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Proper pepper selection, care and preparation can help you turn down the heat as needed. Hot peppers' spicy heat is measured in Scoville heat units, named for Wilbur Scoville.

The Scoville scale for measuring heat in peppers was established in 1912. It's high time for an upgrade.

Poblano and sriracha rate between 1,000 and 2,500, jalapenos up to 8,000, cayenne can peak at 50,000, habaneros up to 350,000 and the ghost pepper, one of the hottest, as much as 2,200,000 units.

The average Pepper X pepper's spiciness is around 2.693 million SHU, and even its breeder couldn't take the heat, as Currie told Scientific American, he needed six hours to recover from the cramps.

Poblano and sriracha rate between 1,000 and 2,500, jalapenos up to 8,000, cayenne can peak at 50,000, habaneros up to 350,000 and the ghost pepper, one of the hottest, as much as 2,200,000 units.

Hot peppers are a produce typically grown between the first spring and fall frosts and are available from local growers.

A sweltering South Carolina chili named Pepper X has captured the Guinness World record for the World's hottest pepper, beating out former title holder the Carolina Reaper.