Ranked as the Guinness World Record’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper peaked at about 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units, the scale used to rank how spicy peppers are.

When Currie was ready to announce that “Pepper X” had shattered his own previous record via a scientific measure of hot flavors, he reached out to Collins because of a relationship that began 10 years ...

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years. For comparison, a habanero pepper typically ...

Previously, the Carolina Reaper was the hottest pepper in the world ... Reaper has been circulating for more than 10 years, but Currie's Pepper X has been in the works for even longer.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ classic settles highest between the two rankings it lands on this week on the Official Physical Albums chart. On that tally, the project re-launches at No. 79.