Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina said his team stabilized Pepper X about a decade ago, but only released it now because no one had been able to beat his previous record.
Can we just skip everything in between and eat lava?
It’s possible to obtain pure capsaicin. At this point I’m surprised it isn’t for sale as a sprinkle-on condiment.
You can buy extract in liquid form. IIRC that’s equivalent to 15 million SHU.
I know Ed Currie personally. He’s a great dude, gives back to the community, and is a total mad scientist. He has peppers waiting in the wings which put this one to shame!
Well…if so, what’s he waiting for? Those would be the hottest peppers.
Always hold your cards to your chest, give someone else a goal that’s in reach, then reveal that they, in fact, aren’t even close to beating you.
Exactly right. Funny thing is he’s had Pepper X waiting for just such an event, but decided to release it anyway because nobody could beat the reaper. But they were getting close, so time to pull ahead again.
Currie described the feeling of eating a whole Pepper X: “There’s an intense burn that happens immediately. Then your head kind of feels like, ‘Oh no! What’s going on?’ And then your body just starts reacting. You get it in your arms, you get it in your chest,” he said.
“It has no real throat burn like the Reaper, but that comes on later when you’re in pain.”
Wow, dude is crazy :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c
Pepper X: Sean Evans, Chili Klaus & Smokin’ Ed Currie Eat the New World’s Hottest Pepper | Hot Ones
Good god. They ate that thing. Crazy!
Apartheid Andy already ruined that letter.
Why not just eat the fatal ones they use to make bear deterrent and shit? Maybe some of these super spice fanatics are immune to it and won’t die. 🤔
