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 criminals, has broken his own world record ...

FORT MILL, N.C. — If you think the Carolina Reaper is hot — or not hot enough — wait until you get a taste of the new pepper created by the Reaper’s maker. Eddie Currie, the man who created the ...

The man who brought the world the famously, unbelievably hot Carolina Reaper — hottest chili pepper in the world according to Guinness Book of World Records — has been thinking up something new.

Scoville units are a popular way to judge how spicy certain peppers are, but just how does the scoring method go about ...

The Guinness World Records title of "hottest chili pepper" has been awarded to "Pepper X," which clocks in 2,693,000 Scoville heat units (SHU), the publication announced in a press release on Oct. 16.

Ed Currie, owner of PuckerButt Pepper Company, shows off the Carolina Reaper, certified the world’s hottest pepper. Currie told Fort Mill police some of his world record peppers may have been stolen ...