Pepper Master Ed Currie Tastes The Hottest Peppers From 11 Countries | Epicurious

Smokin’ Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to taste and rank some of the hottest chile peppers from 11 countries around the globe. As the pepper breeder who created the famous Carolina Reaper and a professional hot sauce maker, Ed knows a thing or two about flavor complexity and heat. See where each of these peppers rank in his expert opinion.

Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Boris Khaykin
Host: Ed Currie
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Creative Producer: Lisa Paradise
Coordinating Producer: Tommy Werner
Culinary Producer: Kat Boytsova
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Amy Haskour
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Cynthia Simpson
Camera Operator: Will Boone
Assistant Camera: Tony Aviles
Sound Mixer: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Brianna Figueroa
Culinary Assistant: Leslie Raney
Staff Editorial Consultant: Ryan Harrington
Researcher: Vivian Jao
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
VFX: Léa Kichler

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0:00 Peppers Around The World
0:19 Peach Ghost (Sri Lanka)
1:33 Yellow Scorpion (Italy)
2:35 Chocolate Scorpion (St. Vincent)
3:52 Orange Madame Jeanette (Suriname)
4:58 Yellow Naga (Pakistan)
6:06 Red Apocalypse (England)
6:56 Yellow Congo (African Regions)
7:46 Chocolate X (USA)
9:37 Red Ghost (India)
10:39 Red Reaper Moruga (USA/Trinidad)
12:02 Yellow 7 Pot (Jamaica)
12:57 Chocolate Carolina Reaper (USA)
13:56 Carolina Reaper (USA)
15:00 HP 72 (USA)
16:18 7 Pot Douglah (Trinidad)
17:12 Final Thoughts



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