Currie, who went all in to growing peppers after kicking drug and alcohol addictions, considers that kick a natural high. The burning sensation spurred in humans also releases endorphins and dopamine into the body. Because birds don't have the same reaction, they are able spread pepper seeds while sparing the plant. Even so, the minds of humans and other mammals perceive capsaicin as a threat and send a strong burning signal to the body. The chemical in peppers that causes the burn is called capsaicin and not dangerous unless pounds of it are consumed. It's a crossbreed of a Carolina Reaper and what Currie mysteriously classifies as a 'pepper that a friend of mine sent me from Michigan that was brutally hot.' Pepper X is greenish-yellow, doesn't have the same shelf appeal and carries an earthy flavor once its heat is delivered. The goal was to offer an extremely hot pepper flavored with sweetness. Pepper X has been in the works since Currie last set the hottest pepper record in 2013 with the Carolina Reaper, a bright red knobby fruit with what aficionados call a scorpion tail. Bear spray advertises at 2.2 million units. By comparison, pepper spray commonly holstered by police is around 1.6 million units. Pepper X's record is an average of 2.69 million units. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Carolina Reaper at 1.64 million units. A habanero, the record-holder about 25 years ago, typically tops 100,000. Zero is bland, and a regular jalapeno pepper registers about 5,000 units. Heat in peppers is measured in Scoville Heat Units. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain.' Then the cramps came,' said Currie, one of only five people so far to eat an entire Pepper X. 'I was feeling the heat for three-and-a-half hours. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Reaper in Currie's decadelong hunt to perfect a pepper that he says provides 'immediate, brutal heat.'Ĭurrie said when he first tried Pepper X, it did more than warm his heart. Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. By comparison, pepper spray commonly holstered by police is around 1.6 million units, and bear spray advertises at 2.2 million units.Pepper X's record is an average of 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units.It was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct.

Pepper X was created by Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper.(AP) - Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that's hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record with a pepper that's three times hotter.

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