<P> Bred in a Rock Hill , South Carolina greenhouse by `` Smokin '' Ed Currie , proprietor of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill , the Carolina Reaper has been certified as the world 's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 7 , 2013 . The original crossbreed was between a Bhut jolokia ( a former world record holder ) and a red habanero , and is named ' Reaper ' due to the shape of its tail . The official Guinness World Record heat level is 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units ( SHU ) , according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina . The figure is an average for the tested batch ; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU . </P>
<P> Bred in a Rock Hill , South Carolina greenhouse by `` Smokin '' Ed Currie , proprietor of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill , the Carolina Reaper has been certified as the world 's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 7 , 2013 . The original crossbreed was between a Bhut jolokia ( a former world record holder ) and a red habanero , and is named ' Reaper ' due to the shape of its tail . The official Guinness World Record heat level is 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units ( SHU ) , according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina . The figure is an average for the tested batch ; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU . </P>
where does the hottest chilli in the world come from
where does the hottest chilli in the world come from
Rock Hill , South Carolina
Rock Hill , South Carolina