Carolina Reaper Dethroned: Pepper X is the New King of Peppers.

[mawnansmiff]

The breeder of the Carolina Reaper and other tongue melters has come up with a new variety of pepper with a whopping 2.7 million Scoville Heat Units.

The appropriately named Mr Currie said after eating one of his new babies "I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came. Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

But Mr. Currie, what does it taste like?

Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper

Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

 

[huntertrw]

 

[sablebrush52]

The breeder of the Carolina Reaper and other tongue melters has come up with a new variety of pepper with a whopping 2.7 million Scoville Heat Units.

The appropriately named Mr Currie said after eating one of his new babies "I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came. Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

But Mr. Currie, what does it taste like?

Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper

Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

It's not going to taste like anything because your body going into shock will shut off sensory input in self defense. I suppose there's a practical point to this, like pepper spray. Was Mr. Currie auditioning for an episode of Jackass?

 

[kcghost]

I enjoy most hot peppers until they get hotter than habaneros and I damn sure not eating them straight up.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

I love spicy food and peppers, but... why? Reapers are already too hot for anyone with a brain to eat, why do we need a hotter pepper?

It's like developing an alcohol so potent that 1 shot gives you alcohol poisoning, ok great... But, who's the target demographic here?

 

[PA Piper Mike]

"I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came. Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

...Mr Currie was disappointed that it only lasted 3 hrs and that he didn't need an ICU visit, "Yeah, I know we broke the record, but I will not stop until I create the ultimate pepper that puts my ass in a coma!"

 

[sablebrush52]

But, who's the target demographic here?

Mr Currie...

 

[PA Piper Mike]

I love spicy food and peppers, but... why? Reapers are already too hot for anyone with a brain to eat, why do we need a hotter pepper?

It's like developing an alcohol so potent that 1 shot gives you alcohol poisoning, ok great... But, who's the target demographic here?

Protesters that sit in the middle of the highway/road.

 

[lupy1234]

I did the one chip challenge and felt exactly that way afterwards. Except curled up in a ball in bed.

 

[AcesAndEights]

Would anyone even be able to tell that this pepper is hotter in a side by side? Isn’t hot just hot after a certain point? I have two bottles of hot sauce, one rated 180,000 scovilles, one rated 250,000. They both make me a hot drippy mess. I can’t tell the difference in the two.

 

[Elric]

I bet the next morning was fun.

 

[georged]

The Pepper Wars are so stupid and pointless...

Hell, if you simply want hot, getcha some pure capsaicin crystals. Looks like coarse table salt. Scoville something like 12 million. A teaspoon costs about a hundred bucks. Comes in a tiny test tube w/stopper.

Absolutely ANYTHING can be made lethally hot. Oatmeal, baby food, a candy bar, a glass of Coke.

(What are the crystals actually for? As in, why are they sold? It's how massive kitchens, like military chow halls, put zip into 500 gallon batches of chili and similar.)

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

"I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came. Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

...Mr Currie was disappointed that it only lasted 3 hrs and that he didn't need an ICU visit, "Yeah, I know we broke the record, but I will not stop until I create the ultimate pepper that puts my ass in a coma!"

Scovillescide

 

[fireground_piper]

I watched the hot ones episode last night. Pretty good! He’s clearly gotten used to the new heat because he handles it like a champ like he does others.

 

[El Capitán]

Why stop there? Just start eating lava.

 

[Kobold]

Black pepper is as spicy as I can take. Any more than that I feel like my throat will close up. Not to mention the next morning makes all this spicy stuff not worth it.

 

[AroEnglish]

@smoky.flannel

 

[cosmicfolklore]

We have an Indian grocery store near us that sales pure capsaicin crystals. I picked up some just thinking that I could play some childish jokes with that stuff. One small sample, and I decided not to. However, we were having issues with squirrels in our attic, so I spread some of this around up there in areas where it was evident that they were squeezing through. It only took one day before I never had anymore squirrel problems.

 

[El Capitán]

Black pepper is as spicy as I can take. Any more than that I feel like my throat will close up. Not to mention the next morning makes all this spicy stuff not worth it.

You would not last long at my house lol! We love spice.

 

[timelord]

Would anyone even be able to tell that this pepper is hotter in a side by side? Isn’t hot just hot after a certain point? I have two bottles of hot sauce, one rated 180,000 scovilles, one rated 250,000. They both make me a hot drippy mess. I can’t tell the difference in the two.

Here's my two go to pepper sauces...



On the left: Bhut Jolokia - 'Ghost Pepper' - ca. 1m Scoville

On the right: Trinidad Scorpian - ca. 1.2m Scoville (now 3rd hottest chili)

I often use the Bhut Jolokia on omelets, grilled meats etc. (8-12) drops is enough!); pleasantly hot (if you don't over do it).

I don't recommend doing that with the Trinidad Scorpian (see tasting notes below); if you've got a bolognese sauce but want to liven it up then 4 or 5 drops of Trinidad Scorpian will do the trick. Putting it on grilled meats or omelets a la the Bhut Jolokia and there will be tears and a need to eat a lot of yoghurt quickly - that sauce is a heck of a lot hotter than the other one!

Tasting notes for the Trinidad Scorpian...

Paul Bosland, a chili pepper expert and director of the Chile Pepper Institute, said, "You take a bite. It doesn't seem so bad, and then it builds and it builds and it builds. So it is quite nasty."

wikipedia

I also have some Tabasco in the kitchen; that just used for Bloody Marys and cheese on toast