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3 days agoWhy Is Everything Spicy Now?
The Carolina Reaper is incredibly hot, reaching up to 2.2 million Scoville heat units.
For over a decade, the Carolina Reaper held the Guinness Book of World Records' spot for hottest pepper, with a 1.64 million SHU rating. Unbelievably, it was dethroned in 2023 with the reveal of Pepper X.