Four months later, however, Currie claimed to have bred a stronger pepper known as Pepper X with 3.18 million SHUs. In May 2017, breeder Mike Smith of St Asaph, Wales, claimed to have surpassed the Carolina Reaper with his Dragon's Breath pepper, developed by Smith alongside Nottingham Trent University and reported to be 2.4 million SHUs Smith applied to Guinness World Records for confirmation.
The figure is an average for the tested batch the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU. The official Guinness World Record heat level was 1,641,183 SHU in 2017, according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina.
It was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records on August 11, 2017, surpassing the previous record set by the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T". The pepper was bred in a greenhouse in Rock Hill, South Carolina, by Ed Currie, proprietor of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company in Fort Mill. The sensory heat or pungency detected when eating a Carolina Reaper derives from the density of capsaicinoids, particularly capsaicin, which relates directly to the intensity of chili pepper heat and Scoville Heat Units (SHU). It has been described as having a fruity taste, with the initial bite being sweet and then immediately turning to "molten lava". The crossbreed is between a "really nastily hot" La Soufriere pepper from Saint Vincent and a Naga pepper from Pakistan, and was named "Reaper" due to the shape of its tail. Pungency 30-day-old Carolina Reaper plant Mature plant Mature plant In 2013, Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world.
Developed by American breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant. He’s the creator of both Pepper X and the Apollo pepper, and is one of the absolute sweetest guys you’ll ever meet! Next time, rather than justifying the really ugly and completely unnecessary smearing of someone’s character when you have no evidence with which to back your claims, remember that there’s a real person whose hard won reputation you’re helping to unfairly destroy with such ugly and utterly unfair accusations, and show some compassion instead, by not making accusations that you have no proof for.Exceptionally hot cultivar of the Capsicum pepper I subscribe to Ed Curry’s YouTube channel. In answer to the question of “where are they?” that’s where they are! Thing is, while Ed was unnecessarily rude in his response to Dave, Dave calling someone a liar who’s scamming the public for money when you have no evidence that that’s what they’re doing the way Dave did is a pretty nasty thing to do to someone. Lenny, I’ll link you and Dave to a website where you can buy Pepper X seeds so that you can grow them yourself. According to Sean it is by far the hottest version of the Last Dab ever. Flavor-wise it’s a combination of the ‘fruity’ flavor of the Reaper and the earthy flavor of the Pepper X. It should pass the 3 million Scoville Heat Units to pass the Pepper X. Heat-wise it will obviously be a monster, but if it will become officially the hottest is unknown at the moment. The Apollo pepper is a hybrid between the two hottest creations of Smokin’ Ed until now: the Carolina Reaper (still holding the Guiness world record as hottest pepper) and Pepper X (unofficially the hottest pepper in the world). Apollo: a hybrid between the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X But is the Apollo pepper the new hottest pepper in the world? That remains unclear. Showrunner Chris Schonberger even doubted if it should be in the show, because it might be too intense for celebrities. Is the Apollo pepper the world’s newest hottest pepper in the world?Īn incredibly intense heat build and tears rolling down your cheeks, just a few things that are named to describe the power of the pepper/sauce, but Sean also calls it the most delicious and ferocious pepper Smokin’ Ed ever created. It’s Smokin’ Ed Currie’s latest creation and according to Sean Evans it’s his most ferocious creation ever. A new version of Hot Ones’ own hot sauce, made with a completely new pepper: The Apollo pepper.
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Down below you can watch the full reveal, in which we see a few familiar brands and sauces, but the biggest surprise of all was the new number 10: The Last Dab Apollo. Yesterday Sean Evans revealed the new hot sauces for the 13th season of Hot Ones.
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