Pepper X

2023 - 10 - 17

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The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its ... (NPR)

Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina said his team stabilized Pepper X about a decade ago, but only released it now because no one had ...

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Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper (BBC News)

Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.

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Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world's new hottest ... (CNN)

Chili Pepper X has taken the spicy record as the world's hottest, Guinness World Records announced Monday.

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Move aside, California Reaper. Pepper X is now officially the world's ... (USA TODAY)

Ed Currie has spent the last ten years working on a pepper three times hotter than world's hottest chilli pepper, the Carolina Reaper.

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Pepper X marks the spot as South Carolina pepper expert scorches ... (Boston.com)

Ed Currie of South Carolina wants people to eat peppers and thinks they can benefit from the rush that comes after the burn.

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New Guinness World Record spiciest pepper, 'Pepper X,' is three ... (Fox News)

There's a new king of spicy peppers: Pepper X, grown by the same man who developed the Carolina Reaper, was tested and found to have an average heat of ...

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Move over Carolina Reaper! Theres a new pepper in town thats 3 ... (WION)

The Guinness World Record on Monday (Oct 16) crowned a new pepper as the world's hottest, Pepper X. Ed Currie, the pepper expert crossbred and grew the ...

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Watch: 'Pepper X' is now the world's hottest chili pepper - UPI.com (UPI.com)

The Carolina Reaper is no longer the hottest chili pepper in the world, after the same grower unveiled Pepper X.

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Fort Mill's Carolina Reaper is no longer the world's hottest pepper ... (Rock Hill Herald)

Ed Currie of Puckerbutt Pepper Company in Fort Mill SC has a new Guinness World Record for spiciest pepper. Winthrop University tested Pepper X this summer.

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Hot stuff: Pepper X is named world's spiciest by Guinness World ... (The Guardian)

New chilli far outstrips previous record holder with proud pepper breeder Ed Currie saying it left him with 'horrible cramps'

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The world's spiciest Pepper X is so hot right now—but it's nearly ... (Fast Company)

The pepper's creator, Ed Currie, has been carefully controlling its release for good reason.

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'Pepper X' named the world's spiciest pepper by Guinness World ... (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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 ...

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