“Pepper X”

It’s been the unofficial record-holder for years, but Guinness finally just weighed in. Tests showed an average of 2.69 MILLION Scoville units (the old record was Carolina Reapers at 1.6 million). To put that in perspective, an average jalapeño is only 3,000 to 8,000 on the Scoville scale. The guy who created them Ed Currie, also made Carolina Reapers, and he broke his own record. If you’re a fan of spice and think you could handle a Pepper X pepper, you’re out of luck for now. You can’t buy whole peppers yet, or the seeds, and the reason . . . to protect his profits, Ed doesn’t want anyone else growing them (so, it’s not because they’re too dangerous . . . although they’re probably that too). For now, you can only buy Pepper X hot sauce. There are a bunch of flavors, but one called The Last Dab: Xperience is supposed to be the hottest.