Scotch bonnet peppers can add a world of flavors to your chicken soup, but be warned: if you aren't careful, ... Clocking in ...

Although they may be considered quite spicy to many, Scotch bonnets are solidly in the medium range right alongside habaneros, usually between 100,000 and 350,000 SHUs.

These results challenge the reliability of the century-old Scoville scale, ... ranging from zero Scoville Heat Units (SHU) for bell peppers to millions of SHU for the hottest peppers. ... powdered ...

The combined amount of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in a pepper is used to calculate its heat intensity rating on the Scoville scale, ranging from zero Scoville Heat Units (SHU) for bell peppers ...

Scoville is our Virgil, however, into the 10th circle of pepper hell, where competitors eat unthinkable numbers of 7 Pot Primos, Naga Bubblegums, and Chocolate Primotalii and live to tell the tale ...