Pepper X Breaks Records as World's Hottest Chili Pepper

Pepper X Breaks Records as World's Hottest Chilli "Pepper"

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Pepper X sets a Guinness World Record for spiciness

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Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company unveils the pepper

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The Scoville Scale measures Pepper X's heat at 2.693 million SHUs

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Previous record-holder Carolina Reaper averaged 1.64 million SHUs

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Pepper X is approximately three times hotter than a Reaper

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Eating a Pepper X triggers an intense burn and bodily reaction

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The heat resides in the pepper's white placenta

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Pepper X's exterior bumpiness allows for more placenta.

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The variety was stabilized a decade ago by Currie.

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Released now as no one surpassed the Carolina Reaper

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