The World's Hottest Peppers
Pepper X & The Carolina Reaper
Smokin’ Ed gained the pepper industry’s attention when an NPR Reporter ate a small piece of Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper®, rolled on the floor, hallucinated and then shared his experiences with the national media. Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper® made global headlines when it was awarded the Guinness World Record for the World’s Hottest Chili; measuring over 1.64 million Scoville Heat Units.
The pepper is a beautiful bright red with a long stinger. Those who don't fear the Reaper are fools. It is Painfully Hot, with sweet, fruity undertones and hints of cinnamon and chocolate. It can be used to spice up your sauces, salsas or in combat.
You can grow the Hottest Pepper in the World, if you dare, with seeds harvested by our very own pepper guru, Ed Currie. Or try one of our sauces made with Smokin' Ed’s Carolina Reaper ® peppers.
Smokin’ Ed Currie
The Man That Makes It Happen
"Smokin" Ed Currie is an American chili pepper breeder who is the founder and president of the PuckerButt Pepper Company. He is best known for breeding the hottest chili pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper, as recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Our Story.
Planting the Seed
In the 1980’s Smokin’ Ed Currie started investigating the correlation between personal life style, habits and disease and began growing peppers at home.
New Growth
By the 90’s, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Ed had raised 800 hot pepper plants in every inch of his home and the homes of family, friends and neighbors.
Bought the Farm (Literally, not Figuratively)
One day in the early 2000’s, Ed’s wife Linda, realized the growing demand for his peppers needed a farm of its own. Their much larger farm now grows over 100,000 pepper plants and is one of the largest on the east coast.
The Reaper
With extra room to experiment Smokin’ Ed, the self proclaimed mad scientist, created a Guinness world record winning hot pepper, the Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper®.
Puckerbutt Today
Today, Ed and his team of pepper gurus can be found on the Farm- supplying intense Spice and Heat to Premier Food Providers across the globe and Crafting their own PuckerButtPepper Company Specialty Line of Spicy Sauces and Snacks.
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper® grown by Ed Currie of Puckerbutt Pepper Company is the World's Hottest Pepper...
PuckerButt Pepper Company raised the bar for hot pepper heat intensity by producing an amazing hot pepper, the Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper® which surpasses the old world record holder...
Hot Ones, host Sean Evans meets up with a legend of the chili world - Denmark's ghost-pepper-popping Chili Klaus to eat Smokin Ed's Carolina Reaper®...
Rhett and Link go beyond the call of duty and take on eating a whole Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper®. See what happens when one dares to combat the Reaper...
Chile Guide Organized by Heat. Starting with the mildest, 100 Scoville Heat Units, the scientific measure of spiciness. To the hottest, at 2.3 Million, the Smokin' Ed's Carolina Reaper®.
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