The Hottest Pepper Blog

Many of you have asked me how we are doing with our attempt to break the world record for the hottest pepper.  Well, it’s a bit harder than I thought it would be.  Right now we have about 400 plants going with 12 different test groups.  We are trying different organic fertilizer mixes, different amounts of water application,  hoping for hot humid days, and crossing our fingers. There isn’t a lot of information out there regarding a plan for increasing the heat in peppers as I have put  several hours into researching this. I have basically come up with a lot of different opinions but nothing set in stone.  If anyone out there has the sure fire way to do it, please email me. The results so far are that we have tested 3 different groups with our peppers are coming back at around 900,000 SHU tested via HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography).

For the record, I see a lot of let’s say sub par Bhut Jolokia products on other websites.  I think a lot of people have jumped on the band wagon and into the business of selling crap. The Bhut Jolokia peppers are very difficult to grow, which makes the ability to get fresh peppers in the USA difficult. So many of the sites are only selling flakes or powders imported from commercial farms in NE India. If any of you have these products and are not satisfied with the heat, you can have it tested for about $46.00.  I have been told that the SHU value of these products are in the 500,000 – 600,000 range. Far, far below the world record but way above an easily available Habanero so they “seem” hot.  Maybe this is why you see people on the videos eating the “Bhuts” and not having such a difficult time.  I am contemplating selling the “real deal” in the near future. Right now all of our peppers go to restaurants and to commercial salsa makers. I will keep you updated.

Cheers,

Jamie