Top 10 Hottest Peppers – Pepper Joe’s

1. Carolina Reaper - 2,200,000 SHU 🥵
2. Moruga Trinidad Scorpion - 2,009,000 SHU 🥵
3. 7 Pot Douglah - 1,854,000 SHU 🥵
4. Primo - 1,469,000 SHU 🥵
5. Butch T Trinidad Scorpion - 1,464,000 SHU 🥵
6. Naga Viper - 1,349,000 SHU 🥵
7. Ghost - 1,042,000 SHU 🥵
8. 7 Pot Barrackpore - 1,000,000 SHU 🥵
9. 7 Pot Jonah (Red Giant) - 1,000,000 SHU 🥵
10. Red Savina - 500,000 SHU 🥵

The Scoville Scale is a measurement of the heat and pungency of chili peppers where each pepper is recorded in Scoville Heat Units (or famously known as SHUs).

The scale is named after its creator, Wilbur Scoville, who created the Scoville Organoleptic Test in 1972.