A new small, yellow-greenish chili pepper that’s taken more than a decade to cultivate has out scaled all others including one from its developer, earning the official title of the hottest chili ...

Pepper X, the world's hottest pepper Guinness World Records South Carolina pepper expert Ed Currie has crossbred a new type of pepper that’s three times spicier than the Carolina Reaper, the previous ...

The Guinness World Records title of "hottest chili pepper" has been awarded to "Pepper X," which clocks in 2,693,000 Scoville heat units (SHU), the publication announced in a press release on Oct. 16.

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has ...

Scoville units are a popular way to judge how spicy certain peppers are, but just how does the scoring method go about ...

Move on over, Carolina Reaper. There’s a new world’s hottest pepper -- Pepper X. A new pepper named Pepper X is now the world’s hottest chili pepper, according to Guinness World Records, surpassing ...

Pepper X measures up to an average of 2,693,000 Scoville heat units Sam Burros is a writer, producer, and cook working with the Food and Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. Prior to working with PEOPLE, he was ...

Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record ...

There’s a new no. 1 hottie in town. A sweltering South Carolina chili named Pepper X has captured the Guinness World Record for the world’s hottest pepper, beating out former title holder the Carolina ...