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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pepper X measures up to an average of 2,693,000 Scoville heat units The world has a new hottest pepper, and it’s even more ...

The Carolina Reaper has met its match. Chili Pepper X has captured the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced on Monday. The new pepper rates an average of 2.69 million ...

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 ...

Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper, has broken his own world record with a pepper that’s three times hotter.Pepper X was publicly named the ...

The world has a new hottest pepper. And it comes from our backyard, right in Fort Mill. The Guinness Book of World Records recently certified Pepper X, as it’s called. Just how hot is it? The heat in ...

The Guinness World Records has named Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world after the Carolina Reaper chili pepper held the distinction for 10 years. Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot ...

“Pepper X,” a new variety of pepper that will cause more pain than bear spray, has toppled the Carolina Reaper to become the world’s hottest pepper, according to Guinness World Records. The heat of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...