Trinidad Scorpion Butch T: The World's Hottest Chili Pepper. As of June 4, 2011 the Guinness page has been updated and recognizes the Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T” as the hottest pepper in the world! The record setting Butch T Trinidad Scorpion tested at 1,463,700 SHU (SHU = scoville heat units). The current official Guinness record holder is the Naga Viper pepper which tested at 1,382,118 scoville heat units.

• The record setting Butch T Scorpion was grown in Australia.
• The name ButchT, or Butch T is after Butch Taylor who is credited with originally discovering this strain. According to a post, Butch was growing out the Jonah strain, noticed a pod variation and saved the seed. He’s been sharing the seeds for a few years. When sending out seeds Butch would include his first name last initial (common when swapping seeds) on the seed package.
• According to a comment from Butch he originally acquired the seeds from a seed bank and they had been sent to that bank by " 'Mark' from New Jersey, he used to go by the username of Groovyone on the old gardenweb site".

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Caribbean Red Pepper: The Carribean Red Habanero has scored up to an incredible 475,000 Scoville Units on the hotness scale, which is rivaled only by the legendary Red Savina Habanero (525,000). Of course, your mileage may vary according to the season and record-high hotness scores are always exceptional. But you can be sure that the Caribbean Red packs a powerful wallop by any measure -- that is, about twice as hot as an ordinary Habanero. As little as 90 days to maturity so is well suited to northern climates. Peppers grow to about 1" in diameter and 1-1/2" in length. Definitely an amazing, unforgettable experience.

Jamaican Red Scotch Bonnet: Scotch Bonnet peppers are EXTREMELY HOT and closely related to the Habanero but less common. The flavor is slightly different, which some people prefer. This is the RED variety.

Jamaican Yellow Scotch Bonnet: Scotch Bonnet peppers are EXTREMELY HOT and closely related to the Habanero but less common. The flavor is slightly different, which some people prefer. This is the YELLOW variety, which is generally a bit harder to find than the red.