Carolina Reaper

Record-breaking hot pepper

The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of chili pepper bred for extreme heat, once certified as the world's hottest.

It has a distinctive wrinkled, scorpion-tail shape and measures over two million Scoville heat units—roughly four hundred times hotter than a jalapeño.

He ate a Carolina Reaper on a dare and immediately regretted it.

pepper

capsicum

Pepper plant or fruit

jalapeño · serrano · cayenne · pod · seeds · crossbreed · hybrid · cultivar · nightshade · pungency

heat

capsaicin

Chili heat compound

fiery · scorching · searing · hotness · spiciness · fire · sting · bite · pungent · sharp

record

Guinness

Irish dry stout brand

ranking · measurement · tested · laboratory · official · verified · champion · competition · dethroned · successor

challenge

eating contest

Food quantity race

  • YouTubeVideo-sharing website
  • viralSpreading quickly online
  • dareChallenge to act boldly

endurance · tolerance · warning · pain · regret · milk · bread · dairy · relief · aftermath

cultivation

farming

Cultivating land for food

greenhouse · seedling · germination · growing · planting · irrigation · pruning · ripening · pollination · crossbreeding

Categories
Opposites
heat/spiciness level

Carolina Reaperbell pepper

Mild, hollow pod vegetable

sweet pepper · banana pepper · pimiento · mild · pepperoncini

culinary intensity/extremity

Carolina Reaperbland

Lacking distinctive qualities

inoffensive · vanilla · plain · comfort food · gentle

Family

harvesting, harvester, harvested, reaper, reaping, reaped, North Carolina, South Carolina, Carolina

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G