![]() ![]() ![]() Currie’s Carolina Reaper hit a blistering 1.64 million Scoville units but not the newly crowned world champ, Pepper X, raises the bar to 2.69 million units.Įd Currie holds a handful of his Pepper X peppers on Tuesday, Oct. Habaneros typically hit about 100,000 on the Scoville measure and the Ghost Pepper about 1 million. His Scoville scale measures the concentration of capsaicin, the chemical irritant that reads as “heat” to the human brain. Well, for reference, those jalapeño slices on your nachos come in at about 5,000 Scoville Heat Units, a measure developed in the early 1900s by pharmacist William Scoville. Although it is technically possible to overdose on capsaicin, you would have to consume an incredible amount of capsaicin, around 150 grams of pure capsaicin-the equivalent to eating 4 pounds of dried Reapers at once! If you want to get to know more about the chemical that makes peppers hot, you can find it here.SALT LAKE CITY - Back in 2013, hot pepper expert Ed Currie set the world record with the Carolina Reaper, his aptly named hybrid that blew by the competition and has held the top spot for the past decade.īut Currie and his team have been busy since then and the latest product of his heat-focused cross-breeding, Pepper X, took a sickle to the Reaper’s record and earlier this month was certified by Guinness World Records as the hottest pepper on the planet. Although the effects of the capsaicin may feel overwhelming at times, eating a Reaper will not hurt you. In fact, it was the Ghost pepper that was dethroned as the world’s hottest pepper by the Carolina Reaper in 2013.Īfter hearing about this amount of heat, you might be asking: Could eating Carolina Reaper hurt me? The short answer is no, it will not harm you. A Ghost pepper comes in at around 1,040,000 SHU on the Scoville Scale, while the average Carolina Reaper is 1,640,000 SHU. Remember the sliced jalapeño you had last night with your nachos? Well, Carolina is 400 times as hot! And that habanero that burned your mouth in the salsa last time you went for tacos? Multiply that heat around 6 times and you´ll get Carolina levels.Įven if the famous Ghost pepper, that is viral online due to its heat, pales against the Carolina Reaper. A more enjoyable experience would be to consume this hot pepper in its diluted form in a variety of dishes. ![]() In short, when consuming a hot pepper like the Carolina Reaper, it is best to add it to dishes and preparations rather than consuming the entire pepper which, despite its great taste, will leave your mouth burning and eyes watering for a short time. It can be used to adjust heat in other preparations and include the great sweetness and fragrance this pepper has into any preparation. Since it´s so hot, a little really goes a long way. It allows the sweet aromas of the pepper to shine through and complement the complex fermentation flavors. The fermentation process we go through really turns the flavor up to 11. Our favorite way to enjoy Carolina, however, is in a fermented hot sauce. Sweet & Spicy Carolina Reaper Wings: these wings aren’t messing around, but if you can handle the heat, nothing can beat these hot wings. Carolina Reaper Salsa: if you like your salsa extra hot-this is the salsa for you! Perfect for an appetizer or topping for your favorite meal! Use whole brined Carolina for this recipe, or let us so the slicing or dicing. However, we did want to share some recipes to enjoy the Carolina Reaper with you: Again, this spicy pepper holds the record for the hottest pepper in the world so it’s probably a better idea to leave the preparation to us and enjoy this hot pepper in its diluted form. ![]()
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