What is the hottest of all Peppers?!
Weighing in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, the Bhut Jolokia chili from India has been named the world's hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just to put that into perspective, the jalapeno sits at a meager 10,000 SHU.
Early last year, the world's hottest pepper recorded was the Red Savina chili, which registered at 577,000 SHU, but in April that changed to the Dorset Naga which tested between 876,000 and 970,000 SHU. When it gets that hot, I don't really know that the number really makes much of a difference!
The Scoville scale, developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912, was created to measure the heat level in chillies and is used world-wide today. To give you an idea where some of your favorite peppers sit on the list:
0 - Bell Pepper
100-500 - Pepperoncini
1000-1500 - Poblano
2500-10,000 - Jalapenos and Chipolte
5000-23,000 - Serrano
30,000-50,000 - Cayenne
80,000 & up - Habenero, Scotch Bonnet
Answers: Off the guniess world records book so must be right!
Weighing in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, the Bhut Jolokia chili from India has been named the world's hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just to put that into perspective, the jalapeno sits at a meager 10,000 SHU.
Early last year, the world's hottest pepper recorded was the Red Savina chili, which registered at 577,000 SHU, but in April that changed to the Dorset Naga which tested between 876,000 and 970,000 SHU. When it gets that hot, I don't really know that the number really makes much of a difference!
The Scoville scale, developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912, was created to measure the heat level in chillies and is used world-wide today. To give you an idea where some of your favorite peppers sit on the list:
0 - Bell Pepper
100-500 - Pepperoncini
1000-1500 - Poblano
2500-10,000 - Jalapenos and Chipolte
5000-23,000 - Serrano
30,000-50,000 - Cayenne
80,000 & up - Habenero, Scotch Bonnet
Scotch Bonnet is supposed to be the hottest.....
The Naga (Bhut) Jolokia at 850,000 Scoville units.
#2 is the red savina habanero at 577,000 Scoville.
Some sources claim that the red savina is still #1 because the procedure used to estimate the capsaicin in the Naga Jolokia was flawed.
For comparison, the jalapeno is 5,000 Scoville units.
The Scotch bonnet varies from 200,000 to 400,000.
The Naga Jolokia-it ranges from 855,000 to over a million on the scoville scale. This pepper comes from Northeastern India and Bangladesh it bumped the red savina from the #1 spot.
Havanero I think is the hotter pepper.
Scotch Bonnet is the hottest. We grow them in the summer, wicked hot!!!
BTW: it goes by the name Habinaro as well....they are exactly one and the same :)
India's Bhut Jolokia chilli has been confirmed as the world's hottest pepper by The Guinness Book of Records.
Bhut Jolokia comes in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, a measure of hotness for a chilli. It is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the variety it replaces as the hottest. By comparison, an average jalapeno measures at about 10,000.
Paul Bosland, a regents professor at New Mexico State University, recalls taking a bite of the chilli pepper and feeling like he was breathing fire. He gulped down a soda, thinking, “That chilli has got to be some kind of record.”
The Guinness Book of Records agreed, confirming recently that Bosland had discovered the world's hottest chilli pepper.
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Assam India, Naga Jolokia
Ciij\kbooks say it is the Scotch Bonnet. But we in the Philippines swear by the Siling Labuyo, named after the fierce wild chicken found in our forests.
these guys are all right on...except the scotch bonnet is the hottest of all humanely edible peppers.....the one from India (naga jolokia) is the hottest but is for the most part inedible...it is used in some spices but one seed would cause intense pain for up to thirty minutes...some say they use it for stomach ailments.....so if you want to try that.....but i'll pass...thanks..lol
habenero