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Weighing in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, the Bhut Jolokia chili from India has been named the world's hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just to put that into perspective, the jalapeno sits at a meager 10,000 SHU.Early last year, the world's hottest pepper recorded was the Red Savina chili, which registered at 577,000 SHU, but in April that changed to the Dorset Naga which tested between 876,000 and 970,000 SHU. When it gets that hot, I don't really know that the number really makes much of a difference!
The Scoville scale, developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912, was created to measure the heat level in chillies and is used world-wide today. To give you an idea where some of your favorite peppers sit on the list:
0 - Bell Pepper
100-500 - Pepperoncini
1000-1500 - Poblano
2500-10,000 - Jalapenos and Chipolte
5000-23,000 - Serrano
30,000-50,000 - Cayenne
80,000 & up - Habenero, Scotch Bonnet
(Thanks, Shaula!)
(edit: the photo credit link has been updated)
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1-23-2008 @4:43PM videshi said... the best cure for the pepper burn on your hands is salt water. the salt draws out the oil and dries it up. use cold water because it keeps your pores from opening and letting the oil seep further into your skin.
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1-29-2008 @11:46AM Lori said... I would love to try the pepper. I love to eat Habenero peppers. I make my own sauce with them. I have yet to find a pepper i love to eat.
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1-29-2008 @12:50PM Lori said... I ment to say I have yet to meet a pepper I didn't like. After I get the burn in my mouth I love to have something really salty like sunflower seeds or pumpkin seed. It really brings out the heat!!!
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3-31-2008 @2:28PM lz1990 said... Alright, let me clear some stuff up for all of you. If you eat one of these peppers, your dead. As you all can see, a habenero doesn't even tip the scale compared to this Bhut Jolokia. I don't care what kind of peppers you are used to eating, and stop trying to act tough as if you could take one of these, if you ingest one of these, you will die. I am in a college biology class, and we all did a study of the scoville scale and we concluded if your body is not used to this pepper, it can prove fatal to the user. You will either end up in two places if you attempt to eat the Bhut Jolokia, the morgue, or getting your stomach pumped and put in an insane asylum for attempted suicide.
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3-06-2010 @1:50PM Josh said... I believe it. But even in this new pepper, The Ghost Pepper was equally fatal (unless you didnt consume three of them in a row) then you were. I don't like peppers. even just plain peppers have me running for the milk gallon! (if you don't like peppers, and you try them, milk has fats in it that will absorb the peppers oils.) NEVER drink water. it makes it worse...
but still, pretty stupid to die of eating one pepper.
3-16-2010 @3:04PM TSC said... There are a LOT of videos of folks eating this pepper on YouTube...
4-28-2010 @10:29PM Guido said... I've learned in my years of education that much of what you learn has no real world value and some instructors are completely bias, and teach opinion rather than fact. YOU WILL NO DIE FROM EATING THIS PEPPER! There is one that may be even hotter, it's called a pepin, the problem is it's so small people overlook it. I just recieved 1lb of dried ghost peppers today, they are right next to me and I've been nibbling on on for a while now. I have 25 seeds growing right now and will be happy if I get 5 good plants out of them as they are hard to grow. I'm growing 15 different types of peppers this year including the elusive white hab. Many of them are decrative, until you eat one of course. I also have many different types of tomatoes growing including some rare ones from Russia.
I suggest you google the ghost pepper. It's becoming a major export from India. (I just read an article) Those people eat them with every meal yet don't die. To say "your dead" from eating one, must make you a bovine idiot!
5-04-2010 @9:49AM Guido said... I've learned in my years of education that much of what you learn has no real world value and some instructors are completely bias, and teach opinion rather than fact. YOU WILL NO DIE FROM EATING THIS PEPPER! There is one that may be even hotter, it's called a pepin, the problem is it's so small people overlook it. I just recieved 1lb of dried ghost peppers today, they are right next to me and I've been nibbling on on for a while now. I have 25 seeds growing right now and will be happy if I get 5 good plants out of them as they are hard to grow. I'm growing 15 different types of peppers this year including the elusive white hab. Many of them are decrative, until you eat one of course. I also have many different types of tomatoes growing including some rare ones from Russia.
I suggest you google the ghost pepper. It's becoming a major export from India. (I just read an article) Those people eat them with every meal yet don't die. To say "your dead" from eating one, must make you a bovine idiot!
6-04-2008 @12:18PM bobbymiller said... at the age of 15 i was using habs as a prank on my friends. it was funny... i can eat 10 in a row. does that prove anything besides im very stupid? oh i love eating habs ^.^"
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6-21-2008 @4:58AM Kie said... Dude, were you struck in the head or something? "your body is not used to this pepper?" By saying your body, were you referring to your own personal body, or everyone else's? I kind of assumed everyone has different immunities in their bodies, or is every human body in the world supposed to be exactly the same?
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7-19-2008 @5:14PM jonathan flores said... i love peppers. i eat them like candy.
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7-26-2008 @1:57PM greg said... well i have been making hot sause. For years & i found if you have a pugged up nose it will open it.
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7-26-2008 @2:02PM greg said... all i whant to know is. If pepers taste like candy. What does candy taste like after you eat candy.
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8-10-2008 @1:04PM mark said... Two more reviews of one of the 'worlds hottest chilli' sauces - Naga Snake Bite 'Pure Venom 6.4m SHU are now in:
[b]theHot Pepper.com[/b]
' The naga flavor, of course, is huge, and the burn is crazy. After about a minute my throat is just in flames, but strangely my mouth is ok. Exhaling hurts my throat, and I’ve got just a thin sheen of sweat on the sides of my nose by my eyes. This is the point where glasses get foggy' :lol: :lol: :lol:'
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=6877
[b]thehotzoneonline.com[/b]
'Its a creeping heat and it actually made my gums hurt. Yes folks, that is a first for me, and I’v''e had a lot of extract sauces....... it’s a staggeringly good sauce!'
http://www.thehotzoneonline.com/2008/07/31/passow-gets-yet-another-naga-snakebite/
This is why I love making super hot sauces. I definately have an evil streak in me :evil
Mark
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9-20-2008 @1:00PM roberto carlos said... Cool, where can I get some of this extraordinary Bhut jolokia?....
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10-13-2008 @11:10PM Natalie said... If you will thoroughly massage rubbing alcohol into your hands after handling hot peppers it will denature the capsacian, leaving the hands free and safe. You do have to use generous quantities and do it 2-3 times.
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10-30-2008 @11:03AM Unknown said... dude these are some really hot peppers may ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
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11-18-2008 @7:44PM fresh e said... Ok so we were bored at work and we found these online. I said if I'd eat one if someone brought in milk. Well sure enough the guy ordered them and brought them in with a half gallon of milk. Had to honor my word, it wasn't pleasant at all. So hot that my teeth burned, and at no point did it taste well. Luckily I ate 2 fist fulls of tums so coming out the other way wasn't as unpleasant. So anyone thinking of trying these, have fun, it's rough.
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1-03-2009 @6:55AM Bill said... And I thought my girlfriend was hot...lol My limit is green chilis and jalapenos. If something is so hot that has no taste, then I will not torture my self.
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1-13-2009 @5:41PM sean said... I learned my lesson with peppers the hard way!
A day after I handled peppers " without gloves " I rubed my eyes and WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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