- Who
- Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company
- Where
- United States (NYC)
- When
The hottest chilli pepper is Smokin Ed's 'Pepper X', grown by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company (USA), which rates at an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA, 23 August 2023.
Ed, the previous record holder for the worlds hottest chilli pepper - the Carolina Reaper - has been growing Pepper X on his farm, developing the pepper for 10 years to grow the worlds next hottest chilli pepper.
