sir h4xalot Expert Cheater
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: ATTN |
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Weighing in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, the Bhut Jolokia chili from India has been named the world's hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just to put that into perspective, the jalapeno sits at a meager 10,000 SHU.
Early last year, the world's hottest pepper recorded was the Red Savina chili, which registered at 577,000 SHU, but in April that changed to the Dorset Naga which tested between 876,000 and 970,000 SHU. When it gets that hot, I don't really know that the number really makes much of a difference!
The Scoville scale, developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912, was created to measure the heat level in chillies and is used world-wide today. To give you an idea where some of your favorite peppers sit on the list:
0 - Bell Pepper
100-500 - Pepperoncini
1000-1500 - Poblano
2500-10,000 - Jalapenos and Chipolte
5000-23,000 - Serrano
30,000-50,000 - Cayenne
80,000 & up - Habenero, Scotch Bonnet
I roll with scotch bonnets. Hot shit, but I snack on em. But seriously, 1 fuckin mil scoville units? thats like conentrated hot.
15,000,000-16,000,000 Pure capsaicin[4]
8,600,000-9,100,000 Various capsaicinoids (e.g. homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin)
2,000,000-5,300,000 Standard U.S. Grade pepper spray[5], FN 303 irritant ammunition
855,000-1,050,000 Naga Jolokia[6][7][8][9]
350,000-580,000 Red Savina Habanero[10][11]
100,000-350,000 Habanero chili,[12] Scotch Bonnet Pepper, [12] Datil pepper, Rocoto, Jamaican Hot Pepper [5], African Birdseye, Madame Jeanette
50,000-100,000 Thai Pepper[13], Malagueta Pepper[13], Chiltepin Pepper, Pequin Pepper[13]
30,000-50,000 Cayenne Pepper, Ají pepper [12], Tabasco pepper, some Chipotle peppers
10,000-23,000 Serrano Pepper, some Chipotle peppers
2,500-8,000 Jalapeño Pepper, Guajillo pepper, New Mexican varieties of Anaheim pepper,[14] Paprika (hungarian wax pepper)[15]
500-2,500 Anaheim pepper [16], Poblano Pepper, Rocotillo Pepper
100-500 Pimento[5], Pepperoncini
0 No heat, Bell pepper [5]
thats a hot shit scale.
anyone know what happens if you eat some pure hot? |
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