![]() The heat of a pepper depends not just on the plant’s genetics, but also where it is grown, said Paul Bosland, director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University. The heat of Currie’s peppers was certified by students at Winthrop University who test food as part of their undergraduate classes.īut whether Currie’s peppers are truly the world’s hottest is a question that one scientist said can never be known. ![]() ![]() Last month, The Guinness Book of World Records decided Currie’s peppers were the hottest on Earth, ending a more than four-year drive to prove no one grows a more scorching chili. On the other end is red fruit with a punch of heat nearly as potent as most pepper sprays used by police. Ed Currie holds one of his world-record Carolina Reaper peppers by the stem, which looks like the tail of a scorpion.
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