For comparison, a habanero pepper typically hits 100,000 Scoville heat units, but Pepper X registers at 2.69 million units. Breeder and grower Ed Currie created both record-breaking peppers.

The heat of peppers is measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Zero means no heat, and a regular jalapeño clocks in at around ...

Habanero peppers, along with Scotch bonnet peppers, are in the range of 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville heat units. To put that .