Ed Currie Death Pepper

Currie crossbreeds his pepper plants by taking the pollen of one plant with a paintbrush and then delivering that pollen to a different plant. Recovered from the site of a recorded voidout and stabilized by Smokin' Ed Currie, this compound contains trace levels of Pepper X - a substance known to trigger extreme thermal distortion across multiple timelines. Last August, Pepper X dethroned from the Guinness pedestal a pepper called the Carolina Reaper, which had held the record since 2013 with its then-world-beating 1.64 million SHUs.

Pepper X... Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper thats hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own... It isn't called the Pucker Butt Pepper Company for nothing, and it has outdone itself.

This South Carolina ring of fire has knocked the two-year-long Guinness hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper, off of its throne. Fort Mill resident Ed Currie is serious about spice. Perhaps the best testament to this is his most recent Guinness World Record certificate, which names his Pepper X variety as the Worlds Hottest Pepper.

breaking the former record of his Carolina Reaper pepper. This graphic shows how jalapeo and habanero peppers stack up next to the five hottest peppers in the world. Pepper X and the Carolina Reaper were both created by Ed Currie.

From backyard experiments to Guinness World Records, Ed Curries peppers have redefined what it means to be superhot. The Carolina Reaper ruled for a decade until Pepper X dethroned it in ... You can grow the Hottest Pepper in the World, if you dare, with seeds harvested by our very own pepper guru, Ed Currie.

Or try one of our sauces made with Smokin' Eds Carolina Reaper peppers. The first record-breaking pepper that Ed Currie created was the Carolina Reaper. This well-known pepper won the Guinness World Record for Worlds Hottest Chili in 2013.