What's the deal on the HOTTEST Pepper in the world?

[PennyM]

I checked with Pepper Joe and as of June '12 it is now the Butch T Trinidad Scorpion.

Regardless of what you hear to the contrary....the Ghost Pepper (our personal favorite for taste, productivity and ease of growing) held the Crown for 11 years. The Ghost is still the #1 Hottest COMMERCIALLY grown Chile at 1.1 Million Scoville Units...but the Butch T Trinidad Scorpion is the #1 Hottest OVERALL at 1.4 Million Scoville Units.
When they get this hot...does it really matter?
I go more by flavor, prolific crop and nutritional content.




Anyway, don't Peppers and Tomatoes make the perfect companion food?
Like Bacon and eggs?
Or Peanut butter and Jelly?
Or Romeo and Juliett?

I'm Tomato-Ly Yours,
Penny

[ContainerTed]

And all this time, I thought the Bhut Jalokia had stolen the crown. Well, it really doesn't matter too much for me. I get uncomfortable with the heat of jalapenos. And Hab's are not on my menu. A poblano I grew this year was kicking my Bhut in some salsa.

Am I a pepper wimp???? YOU BETCHA!!!!!

[tjg911]

i ate 8 different hot peppers this fall that mark tutt sent to me, all but 2 were super hots. yeah they were hot but i was surprised at how i was able to handle them, don't misunderstand that comment i am used to eating hot peppers so i wouldn't try these if you aren't. i sliced small pieces off them to 1st taste them and gauge their heat then i ate them with salsa and chips. they were great and i did a bit of sweating. the hottest are rated at 800k SHU but SHU is like DTM, it's not really all that accurate just a relative gauge. some peppers off the same plant are hotter than others and i suspect those in the south get hotter peppers off the same varieties that we grow in the north due to the heat in the south. hot peppers come from a climate that typically is hot and humid tho some grow in arid climates. so when i ate a trinidad yellow scorpion or a yellow bhut they are only 200k SHU short of the 1 million the ghost pepper is reputed to be. i thought my fatalli peppers were wicked hot but not as hot as those in the 700-800k SHU range.

tom

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by tjg911

i ate 8 different hot peppers this fall that mark tutt sent to me, all but 2 were super hots. yeah they were hot but i was surprised at how i was able to handle them, don't misunderstand that comment i am used to eating hot peppers so i wouldn't try these if you aren't. i sliced small pieces off them to 1st taste them and gauge their heat then i ate them with salsa and chips. they were great and i did a bit of sweating. the hottest are rated at 800k SHU but SHU is like DTM, it's not really all that accurate just a relative gauge. some peppers off the same plant are hotter than others and i suspect those in the south get hotter peppers off the same varieties that we grow in the north due to the heat in the south. hot peppers come from a climate that typically is hot and humid tho some grow in arid climates. so when i ate a trinidad yellow scorpion or a yellow bhut they are only 200k SHU short of the 1 million the ghost pepper is reputed to be. i thought my fatalli peppers were wicked hot but not as hot as those in the 700-800k SHU range.

tom

My husband can eat raw habaneros. But, I've grown jalapeños and anaheims, towards the end of AZ summer, lots of water and heat, that are hotter than a store-bought habanero.
I love the habaneros in the winter time. Carroty, fruity and mild. But, the tiny, teensy size in the winter can be very annoying.
This year, I'm trailing a bunch of sweet habanero and scotch bonnet types. Hoping for my winter habanero in summer.
Will have to bag my favorites, as I have so many chinois types growing this year.

[Rockporter]

Originally Posted by ContainerTed

And all this time, I thought the Bhut Jalokia had stolen the crown. Well, it really doesn't matter too much for me. I get uncomfortable with the heat of jalapenos. And Hab's are not on my menu. A poblano I grew this year was kicking my Bhut in some salsa.

Am I a pepper wimp???? YOU BETCHA!!!!!

I'm a pepper wimp for sure, lol.....

[biscgolf]

can't wait to grow out some butch t's next year... consensus around here is that my trinidad douglahs are as hot or hotter than my bhuts as well... not quite as immediate but grows on you quickly...

[roper2008]

I've read a lot about the butch T. I'm not growing it myself. The bhut
jolokia is hot enough for me. I will be adding the chocolate bhut for 2012

[sicily]

I grew various bhuts, fatallis, and other hot chiles this year. The trinidad douglah 7 pot was by far the hottest. I wore a mask and rubber gloves seeding it and still wept like a baby. I tasted a smidgen from the base and immediately consumed a lot of milk and yogurt. I froze what I seeded and I'm unsure if I'll be able to use it. I love the fruity flavor of Bhuts and really love chocolate fatallis. This trinidad douglah 7 pot was off the charts for me!

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Originally Posted by sicily

I grew various bhuts, fatallis, and other hot chiles this year. The trinidad douglah 7 pot was by far the hottest. I wore a mask and rubber gloves seeding it and still wept like a baby. I tasted a smidgen from the base and immediately consumed a lot of milk and yogurt. I froze what I seeded and I'm unsure if I'll be able to use it. I love the fruity flavor of Bhuts and really love chocolate fatallis. This trinidad douglah 7 pot was off the charts for me!

I had pretty much the same experience with the Douglah. I'm making a BBQ sauce with mine.

[Alberta]

I grew bhuts and fatallis this past season, I DO NOT EAT THEM, LOL, they were for my husband and son who like hot, hot, hot. The fatallis when picking them actually took my breath away, but the bhuts had no odor at all. Hubby likes both, so I guess they will be a staple in my gardens for the next few years.

[puttgirl]

Hmmm, Butch T's...another one to try someday!

[tjg911]

i have read that datil is a good fruity pepper but with less heat than most chinenese so you can really taste it without the heat over powering you, iirc it is around 100k SHU. i have some seeds so i'm going to try it but it may not have enough heat for me so i could add some super hots to kick it up.

tom

[biscgolf]

i have grown datils for years... they are my favorite hot pepper for flavor... not quite as hot as a hab but with great fruity flavor as you say...

[Templeton]

Some info on the butch here - might be a bit of aussie puff, tho.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=au...ient=firefox-a

[biscgolf]

the aussie article leaves out the fact that the strain was developed by butch taylor of zydeco hot sauces whose farm is in mississippi. naga viper btw has never been stabilized to my knowledge and was purportedly just a scorpion variant...