Spicy peppers are measured on the Scoville scale, which ranks varieties from 0 (a bell pepper) to over 2 million (Pepper X, a specially created hybrid). Here are some of the hottest.

For example, the Trinidad Scorpion gets a whopping 1.4 million scoville units (SCU), while jalapeño peppers range from 2,500 to 8,000. Scoville ratings are determined by the Scoville organoleptic ...

Excluding bell peppers — technically chiles, but with a Scoville score of zero — the field ranged from relatively mild jalapeños on the low end of the chart to death-defying Trinidad Scorpion ...

Use the guide below to find out where your favorite chiles fall on the Scoville scale. Scoville scale levels. Mild (0 to 2,000 SHU) Bell pepper, Ancho poblano, Lombardo, Anaheim, Golden Greek ...

Bred by Ed Currie, a South Carolina hot pepper grower and owner of PuckerButt Pepper Company, it boasts an average heat level of 2.69 million Scoville heat units.

The Scoville Scale has for a long time been the gauge that measures the heat of peppers. At the top of the chart there is a light green Pepper X hot pepper that has 2,693,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

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