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Better than the Scoville scale? Chili-shaped device can rate pepper hotness The device can be connected to a smartphone to display results of the analysis.

Play as an ice cream cone as you help Scoville cool down after trying jalapeño peppers and a ghost chili pepper.

Super Chili peppers, which are rated at 40,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville scale, are great ingredients for homemade chipotle pepper powder.

Scoville, a drug former addict, says the world of heat has been a healthy substitute for him — as it is for many other chili heads.