Pepper X measures an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. A jalapeño, by comparison, measures just 2,000 to 8,000 SHUs, while a serrano can land between 10,000 and 23,000 SHUs.

If you've ever cut into a bell pepper, you are more than familiar with the waterfall of seeds that can spill out. Most of us have been taught that properly cutting a bell pepper involves removing ...

Sriracha shortage heads into second year 06:47. Ed Currie recently set a new Guinness World Record for hottest chili pepper, with Pepper X.In doing so, he broke his own record, set a decade ago ...

A pepper must have been fully ripe for the seeds to be viable. That is it should have been red, bright yellow or orange. If it was green, the seeds were immature and will not viable. (The Times ...

Taking one red bell pepper, Lori starts by cutting off the green stem from the top. However, she doesn't cut the pepper itself at this stage and leaves the top intact.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with hot pepper expert Ed Currie about Pepper X, which was named the hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The fish pepper has a striking appearance. Growing to a height of about 61cm (2ft), its leaves are a variegated silver and green. The spicy peppers start out as creamy white with striations before ...