You may like spicy foods, but do you think you could handle the hottest pepper in the world? In the world of record-breaking hot ones, there's a new sheriff in town – the Guinness World Records ...

I'm always working on new pepper breeds and have one even hotter than Pepper X. I'm not chasing records, though. I enjoy the challenge of making a hot pepper that tastes good. I closely guard my ...

Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Reaper in Currie's decadelong hunt to perfect a pepper that he says ...

FORT MILL — A peppery haze is omnipresent in the back of a rural warehouse, causing one's eyes to water and nose to tingle. Ed Currie, creator of the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X, said he doesn’t even ...

You may know a thing or two about hot peppers and spicy sauces, boasting your ability to consume jalapeños on the regular and aiming for the hottest dipping sauce at restaurants. Maybe you've even ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his ...