There’s a new hottest pepper in town: Pepper X

Turns out, the Carolina Reaper wasn’t quite devilish enough. There’s a new hottest pepper in town — allegedly, at least — and it’s called Pepper X. 

This particular mouth destroyer was created by Ed Currie, who founded the appropriately-named Puckerbutt Pepper Company. He’s also responsible for the Reaper, which held the title of world’s hottest pepper (at 1.5 million Scoville units) until it was bested by Dragon’s Breath (2.48 Scoville units) in May.

Now, he’s taking back the title.

Per a video from First We Feast, Pepper X destroys the competition at around 3.18 Scoville units, although that number has yet to be officially confirmed as a world record. (That will probably happen in November, according to Currie.)  Read more…

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