Smokinā Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, visits Epicurious to taste and rank 10 of the hottest chile peppers on the planet. As the pepper breeder who created the famous Carolina Reaper and a professional hot sauce maker, Ed knows a thing or two about flavor complexity and heat. See where each of these 10 peppers rank in his expert opinion.
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0:00 Itās Getting Hot In Here
0:31 JalapeƱo
1:44 Orange Scorpion
3:41 Carolina Reaper
6:12 Peach Ghost
7:31 Chocolate Bhutlah
9:57 Red Scotch Bonnet (Crossed With Carolina Reaper)
12:00 Habanero
13:35 Cayenne
15:00 Fresno
16:48 Mustard Apocalypse
19:25 No Need For That, Thanks
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38 Comments
Jackassery
No way that was a Bhut Jolokia, Sir
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my guy ate so many hot peppers he can literally not hold his hands still
If capsaicin is a poison, then why do we eat it and love it so much?
Spicy food is some of my favorite foods. I would love spicy steak and lobster. P.S LOVE the thought of spicy seafood.
Don't agree, habanero is delicious and has a severe bite plus it is not an hybrid.
Here, there is a philosopher
This guy is mentally ill I love itš
seeds have no heat? the red pepper seeds i put on my pizza has heat
I think you didn't try Indian pepper. Its the hottest in the world
While reapers are an experience, i've always thought them as five mins of pain and the ghost is more like a ten min journey. Love eating super hots, truly no other way to experience the flavour without stomaching the heat. Once you've got the tolerance up you can truly enjoy these little devils.
What? No orange habanero? They taste way better than the over floral flavor of the red ones. It's a great pepper to add to salsa.
How does Ed rate Pepper X on flavor and heat?
I live in Charleston south Carolina.. I never had a Carolina reaper pepper flesh. But I eat EVERYTHING Carolina reaper flavored or saucedš¤£š¤£š¤£ it's getting dul
This guy needs to grow weed
I grow Chocolate Habanero which have an incredible flavour and look really beautiful cut open and then Trinidad Scorpions which in all honesty I can't taste at all, they're just instant fire. I just started a Bolivian Chilli just for some colour, which I havent eaten yet, they've only just started turning red.
3:00 LEGEND šš gloves for how… globes for what
I ate a whole reaper then bro recomends that little amount
Yup Ed speaks truth
mate youve been dopin those peppers so hard your hands are shaky, go to rehab
If eating peppers makes your hands shake that much your dumb
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He makes me want to try all of them.
I canāt even tolerate a banana pepper.
Love that heās a pepper expert but canāt pronounce jalapeƱo or habanero correctly š
For a pepper master i cat believe he said the seeds dont contain heat, when infact the seeds contain the most heat…
For us men out there if youāre handling peppers without gloves remember not to touch your Johnson when you have to go pee..if you think itās hot in the mouth you aināt felt nothing yet.
i think hes lying. i always gotta go first
Eaten like a piece of pith
I'm kind of bummed over Ed's opinions on the Habanero, I think they are delicious! Definitely has a better flavor than Jalapeno in my opinion
Eigentlich ist das eine scharfe Paprika, aber Pepper bedeutet auch Pfeffer. Allerdings ist Pfeffer etwas anderes als Paprika. Irgendwie verwirrend šµāš«
It's always funny to see someone show arrogance because they eat hotter peppers than the average person.
did he spell "stupid" as "stupit"??
As someone with ibs, I would dream to be him
RIP to any spice noobs who confidently tried a habanero after Ed said it's not hot.
did he write STUPIT ? lol
Ed is not Troy though
When Ed gets a flu: "Wrong neighborhood MF"
StupiT?