Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new hottest chili pepper

Pepper X Is Crowned World’s Hottest Chili By Guinness World Records

Pepper X is technically hotter than bear spray.

Pepper X takes down Carolina Reaper as world's hottest pepper

Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who grew the Carolina Reaper, has created Pepper X - which is three times hotter.

Pepper X marks the spot as South Carolina pepper expert scorches his own Guinness Book heat record

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record with a pepper that’s three times hotter. Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Reaper in Currie’s decadelong hunt to perfect a pepper that …

Pepper X named as world's hottest chilli by Guinness World Records after 10-year effort to create new level of heat

Only five people to date have eaten an entire Pepper X - which tops the Scoville heat scale, registering 2.69 million units.

Pepper X: Guinness World Records crowns new hottest chilli pepper

Pepper X has dethroned Carolina Reaper for Guinness World Records for 'world's hottest pepper'

Meet Pepper X: Now The Spiciest Chilli In The World

A new type of chilli known as 'Pepper X' recently broke a long-standing world record to become the spiciest chilli in the world.