ABC News' Dan Childs eats the worlds hottest pepper at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo. The Carolina Reaper holds the title for the world's hottest pepper in the Guinness Book of World Records. Michael ...

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the hottest peppers in the world are the Carolina Reaper peppers grown in South Carolina by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Co. Currie spent more than ...

The new pepper variety is about twice as hot as the Carolina Reaper. Mark Meredith/Getty Images If you can't get through a meal without dabbing hot sauce onto your dish, you likely know that the ...

There's nothing quite like childhood and devouring a cup of mac and cheese. That nostalgic reminder was one of many takeaways ...

Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record ...

FORT MILL, N.C. — If you think the Carolina Reaper is hot — or not hot enough — wait until you get a taste of the new pepper created by the Reaper’s maker. Eddie Currie, the man who created the ...

You might want to grab a cold glass of milk for this one. The same breeder behind the Carolina Reaper pepper, which was recognized as the world’s hottest by the Guinness Book of World Records until ...

The Carolina Reaper has been officially dethroned as the world’s hottest chili pepper. PuckerButt Pepper Co. founder and pepper expert Ed Currie has spent the past 10 years working on Pepper X, a ...

Bertucci’s is heating things up. The Somerville, Mass.-born pizza company is challenging spice enthusiasts to put their heat ...

A 34-year-old man sought relief from painful "thunderclap" headaches in the emergency room after eating the world's hottest chili pepper, known as the "Carolina Reaper." The incident is documented ...

I've gotten comments on the opening line of my column appearing in last Saturday's Advocate. It suggested I had driven 18,000 miles in one week. That would be three New York to Los Angeles round trips ...