New hottest chile pepper found. Update: ESPN's Rob Stone gives it a try.

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It's hot. Scorching hot. Guinness World Records hot.

Researchers at New Mexico State University have discovered the world?s hottest chili pepper. It's called the Bhut Jolokia, a variety originating in Assam, India.

In tests that yield Scoville heat units (SHUs), the Bhut Jolokia reached 1 million SHUs, almost double the SHUs of former hotshot Red Savina (a type of habanero pepper), which measured a mere 577,000. The result was announced today by the American Society for Horticultural Science.

Chili is spelled "chile" by some, including Paul Bosland, director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State?s Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. Bosland collected seeds of Bhut Jolokia while visiting India in 2001. He grew the plants for three years to produce enough seeds to complete the field tests.

"The name Bhut Jolokia translates as 'ghost chile,'" Bosland explained. "I think it?s because the chile is so hot, you give up the ghost when you eat it!"

The intense heat concentration of Bhut Jolokia could have a significant impact on the food industry as an economical seasoning in packaged foods, he said.

ESPN's Rob Stone gives it a try

 

[buck]

I like spicy food, but no way am I going to try that sucker....

 

[imported_Tick]

Ultimately... who cares? It's too hot to use for anything. Habenero's are still too hot to use.

 

[torpid]

Hasn't this been posted eleventy billion times already?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Tick
Ultimately... who cares? It's too hot to use for anything. Habenero's are still too hot to use.

Depends. Might be too hot for a family pot of Chilli or other dish, but for a Restaurant or Mass Producer of food they're fine. Crushed up and diluted with other Spices also makes them useful.

 

[rbV5]

Thats going to make some sweet pepper spray. 1 million SHUs in the eyes ftw

 

[irishScott]

Crazily Acidic Vegetables FTW!

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Tick
Ultimately... who cares? It's too hot to use for anything. Habenero's are still too hot to use.

Depends. Might be too hot for a family pot of Chilli or other dish, but for a Restaurant or Mass Producer of food they're fine. Crushed up and diluted with other Spices also makes them useful.

Right. People forget that these things have flavor too. It's like adding a little water to your scotch, you take the alcohol edge off so you can taste the other flavors.

Also, if you just want heat and very little flavor added, you can use a piece of a habanero rather than 4 or 5 other peppers.

OK I'm really hungry now.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: rbV5
Thats going to make some sweet pepper spray. 1 million SHUs in the eyes ftw

brings new meaning to melting your face off. stupid shadow priests. :|

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: rbV5
Thats going to make some sweet pepper spray. 1 million SHUs in the eyes ftw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

standard pepper spray is 2 to 5 times hotter than that...

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: rbV5
Thats going to make some sweet pepper spray. 1 million SHUs in the eyes ftw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

standard pepper spray is 2 to 5 times hotter than that...

NEW Police Magnum....NOW with Naga Jolokia.

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: Tick
Ultimately... who cares? It's too hot to use for anything. Habenero's are still too hot to use.

Metzeretta Habanero sauce from walmart is awesome though.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: buck
I like spicy food, but no way am I going to try that sucker....

QFT

I have a Red Savina plant, and those suckers make me want to cry...

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: torpid
Hasn't this been posted eleventy billion times already?

Yes, yes it has. And it is definitely not new.

 

[Queasy]

bump for Rob Stone video in OP.

 

[ultimatebob]

Heh... Stupid sports announcer. He was just told that it was the WORLD'S HOTTEST pepper, and still he dug right in

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Tick
Ultimately... who cares? It's too hot to use for anything. Habenero's are still too hot to use.

really? I use habeneros all the time in my sauces! It really isn't that bad when you have a whole vat of sauce to "dillute" it. If Bhut Jolokia has good flavor, I might trade out the habenero.

 

[BW86]

damn, 11m SHUs

 

[zanejohnson]

i love spicy foods....

that said, i've tried some sauce before made from habaneros, and a variety of other weird named peppers... it was called "the worlds hottest hot sauce"...


now i can handle jalepenos fresh from the garden like they are nothing.... but holy shit, that sauce had me in tears. literally CRYING...just a few drops too....

this sauce was so hot it would even irritate your skin if it got on you.

 

[daveymark]

I was watching something the other day, an indian guy not only ate one of those, he also rubbed it in his eyes

 

[Chaotic42]

Stuff it with cheese, bread it, and deep fry it. Mmmm....

 

[Mojoed]

That guy is crazy. :Q

 

[spidey07]

LOL, if that is anything like muching a raw habenero it won't fully hit you for about 2 minutes.

 

[trOver]

i tear up when eating flaming hot cheetos!

 

[Mojoed]

I can't even imagine taking a bit out of this new pepper. I took a bite of a habenero once and it was PURE hell.