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How are Scoville units actually measured to rank the hottest peppers?

Scoville units are a popular way to judge how spicy certain peppers are, but just how does the scoring method go about ...
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How Does The Scoville Scale Measure The Exact Hotness Of A Pepper?

The hottest chili ever measured rates a whopping 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units, but what exactly does that mean? Where does the Scoville Scale come from? What exactly does it measure? And how do we ...
Food & Wine

How the Scoville Scale Works — and Where Your Favorite Chiles Fall

Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous heat ranking system before you add chiles to your next meal. Audrey Morgan is an associate food editor at Food & Wine with over seven ...