In 1912, chemist Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers ... split and dried on a screen in a hot sunny place. Hot peppers can be used when they're still ...

The Scoville Scale has for a long time been the gauge that measures the heat of peppers. At the top of the chart there is a light green Pepper X hot pepper that has 2,693,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

In general, the tip end tends to be less hot. Peppers are hottest at the stem end, where the seeds generally are found. However, she counseled, any one pepper may vary in hotness from one ...

US hybrid Pepper X broke the record for hottest pepper in the world. It’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue criminals. When mad capsicum scientist and hot pepper expert Ed ...