Hot Peppers? Try World's HOTTEST Pepper & Record Holder

4-27-2009 @11:25AM Dan said... This is going to sound crazy, but i grew some Bhut Jolokias, and out of sheer stupidity, chomped down on one. But amazingly, it didn't hurt! It may have been a mutation, (not being able to produce capascin which is what makes a pepper hot) but i dunno.
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6-07-2009 @8:59PM Kathleen said... There was a comment I read somewhere that if the Bhut Jolokias are not grow in the same type of climate, they will have a much lower Scoville rating. Apparently some were grown in a more arid area and they had about half the Scoville rating.
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9-26-2009 @1:01AM kathleen said... You are hilarious!!! I couldn't stop laughing when I read your posting :)
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9-26-2009 @12:52PM Ronald said... Actually, stress on the plants increases the intensity of the pepper. So climate and other growing conditions will affect the pepper's overall rating.
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10-16-2009 @11:24PM ralphie said... I learned my lesson about peppers the hard way...one morning after picking jalapeno and habinaros from my garden. well how do I say it...a few hours later I was masterbateing and well it wasn't good. lesson learned
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12-22-2009 @5:07PM Qhenry said... I ordered some dried Bhut Jolokia chilis. When I got them I carfully took the skins off (setting aside the seeds for growing) and put 10 chilis through a coffee grinder to make "pepper". Ah yes, the rest of the family was mad and coughing, sneezing, burning eyes. It was SO worth it, now I can make any food WAY hot with out changing the flavor at all!! Love the Bhut Jolokia chili!!!
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12-23-2009 @6:10PM ev][L said... @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.

It's only 12 times as bad as a habenero and i ate 2 of those whole for a pack of cigarettes.
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3-23-2010 @10:49AM Frosty said... I would've liked to try this pepper but alas.. 3 ulcers later.. I can't. I wish I knew about this when I was younger before I screwed up my stomach (oh and i'm still only 28 but have the stomach of a 40+ year old)
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3-28-2010 @8:28PM Fire said... remember to wash your hands several times after handling these chili's before going #1
i didn't and i ended up getting the oils down there... felt like i was pissing lava or something...
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9-29-2010 @6:16PM kyle said... is this and the ghost chiil the same????
k
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2-24-2011 @11:34PM saucy bill said... See I thought Bhut jolokia was a man made hybrid pepper...which would still put the habanero in first place for the hottest!!!!!!
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3-04-2011 @2:15PM saucy billy said... You can keep the Bhut Is that a Bhut joke-hahaha). I am sticking with the incredible edible (cooked that is) habanero!
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2-20-2007 @3:26PM Tamara said... Eek.

One time I picked up a habenero pepper to throw in a salad, thinking it was just a pretty orange version of a very mild purple pepper I'd put in a salad the week before. It never ended up in my salad though after I innocently chopped it up and then removed the seeds and veins with my finger nails. My hands started to burn and I realized something was wrong, so I looked it up online. My hands burned for several days, transferred the burning to my face when I touched it, and I was afraid to even take out my contacts myself and made my husband do it.

I never realized food could be so painful.

Thanks to your post, I now know never to go near one of those Bhut Jolokia chilis!
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2-20-2007 @4:14PM Dr Electro said... I love jalapenos. I love Poblanos stuffed full of cheeses or taco meat. However, those hotter chiles are just more than I can handle.

There is a man in Mexico who is impervious to the hottest chiles. He wants to set a Guinness eating record for any hot chile you can name. He can have my share too.
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2-20-2007 @6:52PM Adriane said... A good tip when dealing with hot peppers- (although you Tamara fell into a hot pepper trap!)- wear disposable plastic gloves! That way, the oil won't seep into your skin and getcha later when you least expect it.(like when you go to itch your eye *shutters*)

If you ask your grocer they will most likely have a box in the back and be happy to supply you with a pair.
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2-20-2007 @7:25PM Angela Pitt said... That's one scorching Scoville!
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2-20-2007 @7:55PM John said... I learned my lesson (ages ago) about wearing disposable gloves when handling hot peppers. No matter what you do, the pepper essence will stay in/on your skin for DAYS if you're not careful.

That being said...I would love to get my hands on a few of those Bhut Jolokia chilis. 'Danger' is my middle name!
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2-20-2007 @9:07PM Nandita said... Shaula,
Thanks for the link up. The image is courtesy alibaba.com which I have mentioned in my post. I hope we are not violating copyright by putting my blog name under the pic.
And gosh, while it is good for records, I'd never be even seen near something as hot as that. My hands burn when I touch regular Indian chillies too :)
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2-20-2007 @9:10PM Joanne Lutynec said... Thanks, Nandita. I'll correct the image credit to reflect that.
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