Pepper X was crowned by the Guinness Book of World Records earlier this month, beating the Carolina Reaper. Both are crossbreds by Ed Currie, a farmer who also runs hot sauce company PuckerButt.

Smokin' Ed Currie is the man behind Pepper X and the Carolina Reaper, the world's two hottest peppers according to the ...

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years. For comparison, a habanero pepper typically ...

"If there's the right kind of dessert around, I tend to put something hot on my dessert." Even as a pepper connoisseur, tasting his own creation, Pepper X, which was crowned the world's hottest ...

Discover the hottest ready meals from Iceland Foods featuring Pepper X®. Get ready for a fiery taste sensation with intense ...

The man who developed the “hottest pepper in the (known) world” is the legendary farmer and pepper-sauce manufacturer and self-taught plant geneticist Ed “Smokin’ Ed” Currie of Fort Mill ...

The range of two dinners is so hot, Iceland will be asking customers to prove they are over 18 before purchasing, after ...

I used to take pride in eating the hottest chiles I could ... also known as ghost peppers, whose intensity is so great, the Indian military has reportedly used them to develop a kind of tear ...

namely the biggest metal band in the world, Metallica. While there’s no question The Red Hot Chili Peppers will deliver in their performance, the intensity Metallica bring could more fitting ...

This fiery, seasonal-favorite combines classic chili with beans infused with two of the world's hottest peppers — ghost and Carolina — delivering an intensely satisfying experience unlike any ...