Here Are the 10 Hottest Chili Peppers on the Planet

(via First We Feast) For two years, the Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T” held the record for the world’s most fiery chili, until the Reaper dethroned it in 2013 with a whopping 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (the standard method of quantifying a chili’s spiciness). The world of peppers is constantly evolving, with growers competing against one another to see how far they can push the limits of the human taste bud.  First We Feast has a list of the hottest chilies known in 2016.