Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is a Capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the hottest peppers in the world. [1] It is a hybrid pepper and thus not indigenous to anywhere; however, its hybrid parentage is derived from the Trinidad Moruga scorpion (a non-hybrid pepper) the later being indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. [2], It was named by Neil Smith from The Hippy Seed Company,[3] after he got the seeds originally from Butch Taylor (the owner of Zydeco Farms in Woodville/Crosby, Mississippi, and a hot sauce company) who is responsible for propagating the pepper's seeds.[4] The "scorpion" peppers are referred to as such because the pointed end of the pepper is said to resemble a scorpion's stinger.

Not to be confused with Trinidad Moruga scorpion.
Trinidad Scorpion Pepper
"Butch T"
Trinidad Scorpion pepper pods
SpeciesCapsicum chinense
Hybrid parentageTrinidad scorpion
BreederButch Taylor
OriginCrosby, Mississippi
Heat Exceptionally hot
Scoville scale1,000,000 - 1,463,700 SHU
Sprouts

World record

The Trinidad scorpion 'Butch T' pepper was, for three years, ranked the most pungent ("hot") pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records.[5][6] A laboratory test conducted in March 2011 measured a specimen at 1,463,700 Scoville heat units, officially ranking it the hottest pepper in the world at the time.[note 1] One possible secret to the chili's heat, according to a cultivator of the pepper, is fertilizing the soil with the liquid runoff of a worm farm.[7] In August 2017, Guinness World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, at 1,641,183 SHU.[8]

See also

Note
  1. The pungency of a species of chili pepper can vary by up to a factor of 10 depending on the conditions under which the specimen grew.

References
  1. Torrisi, Lauren (February 16, 2012). "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Crowned World's Hottest Pepper". ABC News. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper: All About It". October 23, 2013.
  3. Drew, A.J. "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. "New Record Broken Again!" Archived May 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 14, 2011
  5. "Hottest chili" at Guinness World Records Archived July 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  6. "Guinness World Records" Archived February 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Guinness World Records. Retrieved February 19, 2013
  7. "Aussies grow world's hottest chilli" Archived October 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 14, 2011
  8. Hottest Chili, Guinness Worlds Records, archived from the original on September 24, 2014, retrieved April 5, 2014
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