# Pepper X is three times hotter than Carolina Reaper. Would you eat one?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-x-is-three-times-hotter-than-carolina-reaper-would-you-eat-one/991712 "2023-10-17T17:46:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-x-is-three-times-hotter-than-carolina-reaper-would-you-eat-one/991712/41 "2023-10-17T22:15:03Z")

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For those interested in comparing, I stuck a poll in the Polls Only thread:

> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4042):
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> What peppers would you eat? The [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-x-is-three-times-hotter-than-carolina-reaper-would-you-eat-one/991712) on the recent “hottest pepper in the world” candidate prompted this poll. I chose the peppers and their [Scoville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale) score from the first result on a search on lists of hot peppers: [THE BIG LIST OF HOT PEPPERS | Cayenne Diane](https://www.cayennediane.com/big-list-of-hot-peppers/). I tried to pick recognizable peppers (the list is a lot longer) The number in parentheses in the poll is the approximate Scoville rating of the pepper. [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4042)

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