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Ed Currie (born August 18, 1963) is an American chili pepper breeder who is the founder and president of the PuckerButt Pepper Company. He is best known for breeding the Carolina Reaper which was the hottest chili pepper in the world until, in 2023, Pepper X, also bred by Currie, took over as the hottest chili pepper, as recognized by Guinness World Records.
Origin. Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States. Heat. Exceptionally hot. Scoville scale. 2,693,000 [ 1] SHU. Pepper X is a cultivar of Capsicum chili pepper bred by the American chili breeder Ed Currie, the creator of the Carolina Reaper. [ 2][ 3][ 4] In 2023, Guinness World Records recognized it as the world's hottest chili pepper. [ 5]
Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Reaper in Currie’s decadelong hunt to perfect a pepper that he says ...
The Carolina Reaper chili pepper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant. Developed by American breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. It was the hottest chili pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records from 2013 to 2023 before it was surpassed by Pepper X, which was also ...
Pepper X rates at an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), a measure of pungency for peppers and chiles. That's hotter than law enforcement-grade pepper spray, which can reach up to ...
Ed Currie holds up certification that his new Pepper X variety of peppers is the hottest in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records - Jeffrey Collins/AP
Hottest chili pepper. Mature Carolina Reaper, listed by Guinness as the hottest chili pepper from 2017-2023. Amongst growers in the US, the UK, and Australia, there has been a competition since the 1990s to grow the hottest chili pepper. Chili pepper species and cultivars registering over 1,000,000 Scoville Heat units (SHU) are called "super-hots".
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