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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.

If you can’t escape to the Caribbean this winter, then bring its spicy heat and tropical flavor to your kitchen. Jamaican ...

For those who crave intense flavors, the world of spicy peppers is a thrilling adventure. These tiny fruits pack a surprising ...

In 1912 pharmacist Wilbur Scoville invented the Scoville Scale, which measures how ... five people who has eaten an entire Pepper X. "I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours.

the American pharmacist who created the scale used to measure the hotness of different kinds of peppers back in 1912. Different peppers have different heat levels depending on the concentration of ...