How Hot a Chili Is: If there is a little too much chilli in the food, then sweating starts. The hottest chili in the world is the Carolina Reaper. Will you believe if we tell you that a person has made a world record by eating this world’s hottest chili in a few seconds? Yes, you heard it right, this person has created a world record by eating 10 Carolina Reapers in just 33.15 seconds. After which the name of this person got included in the Guinness Book of World Records. Let’s know who is this person and how did he do this? Along with this, we will also know how the spiciness of chillies is measured and which are the hottest chillies in the world. Let’s know…
10 Carolina Reapers eaten in 33.15 seconds
A man named Gregory Foster has set a world record by eating 10 Carolina Reapers in 33.15 seconds. Earlier, Gregory had made a record of eating three Carolina Reapers in 8.72 seconds. Actually, Gregory is the owner of a hot sauce manufacturing company. Talking to the media after making the record, Gregory had said that proper use of muscle memory and technique is very important in eating chili. Gregory said that he prepares himself to eat chilies as quickly as possible by eating small and sweet peppers.
Pungency is measured on the Scoville Scale
The Carolina Reaper is the hottest chili in the world. Now a question arises that how is the hotness of chillies measured? Although the hotness of chillies is detected by touching the tongue, but the name of the instrument used to measure the hotness of chillies is the Scoville scale. The hotness of Carolina Reaper peppers ranges from 1,569,300 SHU to 2,200,000 SHU on this scale. This instrument to measure the sharpness of chili was prepared by Wilbur Scoville. It measures the amount of capsaicin (the chemical compound that causes the heat produced by chillies) in chillies. In the year 2007, India’s Ghost Jo Lokia species won the title of the world’s hottest chilli. Its name was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Top 10 hottest chillies in the world
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- Carolina Reaper
- Trinidad Moruga
- Naga Morich or Snake Chili
- Bhut Jolokia
- Habanero Red Savina
- Habanero
- Red hot chili
- Scotch Bonner
- Manzano
- Cayenne
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