2014 Top Ten

HOTTEST 1 Smokin’ Ed’s Average of 1,500,000+ SHU Peak of 2,200,000 SHU South Carolina, USA 2014 Guinness World Record Holder SHU: Scoville Heat Units. The measures the spicy heat of chile peppers and other spicy foods. Developed by Ed Currie of It is dependant on the sensitivity of the testers. It is, therefore, not a precise method. Puckerbutt Pepper Company

4 2 Trinidad Scorpion Trinidad Moruga 3 Butch T Scorpion 1,463,700 SHU Average of 1,2000,000+ SHU 7 Pod Douglah Mississippi, USA/Australia Peak of 2,000,000 SHU Average of 1,169,058 SHU Propogated by Butch Taylor Trinidad and Tobago Peak of 1,853,396 SHU of Zydeco Farms Tender fruit-like avor with heat Trinidad Grown by The Chilli Factory that builds…and builds…and builds One pod will spice seven Burned through the latex gloves of pots of stew researchers at the Chile Pepper Institute

5 © 2014. All rights reserved. Do not copy or print. Naga Viper 1,382,118 SHU 7 England Three-way hybrid of , Chocolate Bhut Jolokia bhut jolokia, and trinidad scorpion 6 1,040,000 SHU Unable to reproduce Bhut Jolokia Created by Gerald Fowler of Natural variant of bhut jolokia The Chilli Pepper Company Sweet and slightly tart avor 1,041,427 SHU followed by smoky avor India & Bangladesh 125 times hotter than a jalapeño

9 10 8 Dorset Naga Red Savina Naga Morich 876,000 SHU 577,000 SHU 1,000,000 SHU England California, USA India & Bangladesh Subspecies of the ghost pepper One gram can cause detectable heat Sweet and tart avor, followed Tart and fresh with in 1,272 pounds of sauce by woody, smoky undertones woody Developed by Frank Garcia of GNS Spices Well-suited for BBQ and grilling due to unique avor

Due to the excessive and intense heat of these chile peppers, consumption and handling should be approached with extreme caution! Consumption will likely induce a erce burning pain for 20 minutes or more that causes sweating, tearing, bulging eyes, hiccups, coughing, blisters inside mouth and throat, vomiting & numbness of the that lasts for days!