

Some ask Currie if the record should be given to the single hottest pepper tested instead of the mean taken over a whole batch. A little bit improves the flavor, but a lot ruins it,” Bosland said. “You have to think of chili heat like salt. And the heat of a pepper is more about being macho than seasoning. The heat of a pepper depends not just on the plant’s genetics, but also where it is grown, said Paul Bosland, director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University. The heat of Currie’s Carolina Reaper peppers were certified by students at Winthrop University who test food as part of their undergraduate classes.But whether Currie’s peppers are truly the world’s hottest is a question that one scientist said can never be known. Last month, the Guinness Book of World Records decided Currie’s peppers were the hottest on earth, ending a more than four-year drive to prove no one grows a more scorching chili. It’s hot enough to leave even the most seasoned spicy food aficionado crimson-faced, flushed with sweat, trying not to lose his lunch. On the other end is the bumpy, oily, fire-engine red fruit with a punch of heat nearly as potent as most pepper sprays used by police. Ed Currie holds one of his world-record Carolina Reaper peppers by the stem, which looks like the tail of a scorpion. which states the following: FORT MILL, S.C. The pepper was first cultivated by Smokin Ed Currie on his South Carolina farm who’s business is Puckerbutt Pepper Company. In the Spring we even offered Carolina Reaper peppers plants.

We also carry the Carolina Reaper peppers seeds, Carolina Reaper powder and Carolina Reaper flakes. But, this is what Guinness World Book of Records has listed as the hottest chili pepper. I agree it is as tasty as it is extremely hot. Science has the Moruga Trinidad Scorpion pepper as the hottest pepper which has been tested up to two million scoville units. The Guinness Book Of World Records has documented the heat level at 1,569,000 scoville units. It has a cherry under tone with a hint of citrus.
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These are dried full peppers intact with the seeds. 25 Carolina Reaper peppers in one ounce, 400 in a pound and 875 in a kilo. Ours are packaged from one ounce or 28 grams to one Kilo or 2.2 pounds. Ours are of best quality, there are Carolina Reaper peppers out there from crops picked years ago that you won’t like. Carolina Reaper peppers have approximately 25 in each ounce.
