Carolina Reaper

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Carolina Reaper
Carolina Reaper pepper pods.jpg
Species Capsicum chinense
Hybrid parentage Ghost pepper × red habanero
Breeder Ed "Smokin'" Currie
Origin Fort Mill, South Carolina
Heat Exceptionally hot
Scoville scale 1.57 million (official record) SHU
File:Carolina Reaper 30 days old.JPG
Carolina Reaper 30 days old plant

The Carolina Reaper, originally named the HP22B,[1] is a cultivar of chili pepper of the Capsicum chinense species. It is currently the hottest pepper in the world.

Origin and use

Bred in a Rock Hill, South Carolina greenhouse by Ed "Smokin'" Currie, who runs the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, it has been rated as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 7, 2013.[2][3] The original crossbreed was between a ghost pepper (a former world record holder) and a red habanero.[4] The official Guinness World Record heat level is 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina. The figure is an average for the tested batch; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU.[2][3][5]

At the second Annual New York City Hot Sauce Expo on March 30, 2014,[6] Ed Currie was presented with his world record by Guinness World Records and an eating competition was held in which the fastest time to consume three Carolina Reapers was determined for a new Guinness World Records at 12.23 seconds by Russel Todd.[7] This record was beaten in September 2014 by Jason McNabb, who finished three peppers in 10.95 seconds.[8]

The pepper has been described as "a good all-rounder to try at home" by UK ethnobotanist James Wong.[9]

Wayne Algenio[10] of Jamaica, Queens, broke the world record at the Puckerbutt Pepper Company's Smokin' Ed's Reaper Eating Challenge at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn on April 24, 2016 by eating 22 Carolina Reapers in 60 seconds.

Gallery

  • Carolina Reaper 30 days Plant.JPG

    Carolina Reaper 30-day-old plant

  • Carolina Reaper leaf.JPG

    Carolina Reaper leaf of about 30-day-old plant

References

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