How the world's hottest new pepper, Pepper X, compares to its top 6 predecessors like the Carolina Reaper and Ghost

Tue, 10/17/2023 - 20:37

Two hands hold manny yellowish Pepper X peppers — Ed Currie holds a handful of his Pepper X peppers, now the hottest pepper in the world.
AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins

Guinness World Records crowned Pepper X the world's hottest pepper.
It measures in at a blistering 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units.
It dethroned the previous winner, the Carolina Reaper.

Apparently, when you taste the world's hottest pepper, both your face and chest feel tight, and it's difficult to form words, as evidenced by the reaction on the YouTube show "Hot Ones."