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Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

Chili pepper

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

Chili pepper

FieldValue
nameTrinidad Scorpion Pepper
"Butch T"
imageTrinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper.JPG
image_captionTrinidad Scorpion pepper pods
speciesCapsicum chinense
breederButch Taylor
hybridTrinidad scorpion
originCrosby, Mississippi
module{{Infobox pepper
embedyes
heatExceptionally hot
scoville1,000,000 - 1,463,700

"Butch T"

Sprouts

The **Trinidad Scorpion Butch T ** is a Capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the hottest peppers in the world. It is a hybrid pepper and thus not indigenous to anywhere; however, its hybrid parentage is derived from the Trinidad Moruga scorpion indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. It was named by Neil Smith of the Hippy Seed Company, 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. The "scorpion" peppers are referred to as such because the pointed end of the pepper is said to resemble a scorpion's stinger.

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. 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. 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. In August 2013, Guinness World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, at 1,641,183 SHU.

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References

References

  1. Torrisi, Lauren. (February 16, 2012). "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Crowned World's Hottest Pepper". [[ABC News (United States).
  2. (October 23, 2013). "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper: All About It".
  3. Drew, A.J.. "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper".
  4. [http://iloveitspicy.com/2011/03/22/new-record-broken-again/ "New Record Broken Again!"] {{Webarchive. link. (May 17, 2016 Retrieved April 14, 2011)
  5. [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/hottest-chili/ "Hottest chili" at Guinness World Records] {{Webarchive. link. (July 28, 2012 {{Retrieved)
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  8. "Hottest Chili". Guinness Worlds Records.
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