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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new pepper variety is about twice as hot as the Carolina Reaper. Mark Meredith/Getty Images If you can't get through a meal ...

On a scale from 1 to 10, what level of spice or heat are you most comfortable eating with your food? Some of us like it hot, some prefer it mild, at best, and most people are probably somewhere ...

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the hottest peppers in the world are the Carolina Reaper peppers grown in South Carolina by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Co. Currie spent more than ...

Move on over, Carolina Reaper. There’s a new world’s hottest pepper -- Pepper X. A new pepper named Pepper X is now the world’s hottest chili pepper, according to Guinness World Records, surpassing ...

The Carolina Reaper is the stuff of internet legend, from ghastly YouTube videos to testimonials in gourmet cooking magazines. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregory Foster of San Diego, Calif., got his third Guinness World Record for eating hot peppers by eating 10 Carolina Reaper ...

The Carolina Reaper has been officially dethroned as the world’s hottest chili pepper. PuckerButt Pepper Co. founder and pepper expert Ed Currie has spent the past 10 years working on Pepper X, a ...

A 34-year-old man sought relief from painful "thunderclap" headaches in the emergency room after eating the world's hottest chili pepper, known as the "Carolina Reaper." The incident is documented ...