How Hot Are The Peppers?


The Scoville scale is a unit of measure to help define the hotness of any given chili pepper, as determined by the amount of capsaicin (the chemical compound that makes peppers hot) present.  The scale is named after its creator, an American chemist named Wilbur Scoville.  He developed a test for rating the heat or pungency of chili peppers. His method is precisely called the Scoville Organoleptic Test.

In Scoville's method, a solution of the pepper extract is diluted in sugar syrup until the "heat" is no longer measurable or detectable to a panel of tasters - generally five people.  The degree of dilution this gives is how the Scoville scale gets it's meaure. A sweet pepper or a bell pepper has no capsaicin at all, so it has a Scoville rating of zero, meaning no heat detectable, even undiluted. On the other end of the heat spectrum, the hottest chilis, such as habaneros, have a rating of 200,000 or more, indicating that their extract has to be diluted 200,000-to-1 before the capsaicin is undetectable. Since this test relies on human subjectivity and taste buds, the Scoville Organoleptic Test is at best imprecise.

That having been said, here's some peppers and their Scoville ratings.
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Green Bell Pepper
Sweet Banana
Cherry
Pimento
Pepperoncini
Sonora
Santa Fe Grande
NuMex R Naky
Sandia
Anaheim
Rocotillo
TAM Mild Jalapeno
Coronado
New Mexico 6-4
Espanola
Ancho
Mulatto
Pasilla
Poblano
NuMex Big Jim
Pulla
NuMex Joe E. Parker
Bulgarian Carrot
Mirasol
Cascabel
Paprika
Guajillo
Jalapeno
Hot Wax
Puya
Long Thick Cayenne
Hidalgo
Serrano
Chipotle
Aji Escabeche
Manzano
Shipkas
NuMex Barker's Hot
De Arbol
Cayenne
Jaloro
Tabasco
Aji
Sanaam
Super Chile
Santaka
Thai
Malagueta
Pequin
Yatsafusa
Red Amazon
Tien Tsin
Dundicut
Chiltecpin
NuMex XX Hot
Chiltepins
Haimen
Merah
Tabiche
Bahamian
Carolina Cayenne
Caribbean red
Bahamian
Kumataka
Fatilii
Devil Tongue
Wild Tepin
Jamaican Hot
Datil
Rocoto
African Birdseye
Madam Jeannette
Orange Habanero
Scotch Bonnet
Rocoto / Manzano
Tigre Paw-NR
Chocolate Habanero
Red Savina Habanero
Dorset Naga
Naga Jolokia
Naga Viper
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Police Pepper Spray
Pure Capsaicin
0
0
0 - 500
100 - 500
100 - 500
500 - 700
500 - 750
500 - 1,000
500 - 2,500
500 - 2,500
500 - 2,500
700 - 1,000
1,000 - 1,500
1,000 - 1,500
1,000 - 2,000
1,000 - 2,000
1,000 - 2,000
1,000 - 2,000
1,000 - 2,500
1,500 - 2,500
700 - 3,000
1,500 - 3,000
2,000 - 5,000
2,500 - 5,000
2,500 - 5,000
2,500 - 8,000
2,500 - 8,000
2,500 - 8,000
5,000 - 9,000
5,000 - 10,000
6,000 - 8,500
6,000 - 17,000
7,000 - 25,000
10,000 - 23,000
12,000 - 17,000
12,000 - 30,000
12,000 - 30,000
15,000 - 30,000
15,000 - 30,000
30,000 - 50,000
30,000 - 50,000
30,000 - 50,000
30,000 - 50,000
40,000
40,000 - 50,000
40,000 - 50,000
50,000 - 100,000
50,000 - 100,000
50,000 - 100,000
50,000 - 75,000
55,000 - 75,000
60,000
60,000
60,000 - 85,000
60,000 - 70,000
70,000
70,000 - 80,000
85,000 - 100,000
85,000 - 115,000
95,000 - 110,000
100,000 - 125,000
120,000 - 400,000
125,000 - 150,000
125,000 - 300,000
125,000 - 325,000
125,000 - 325,000
100,000 - 265,000
150,000 - 350,000
150,000 - 350,000
150,000 - 350,000
150,000 - 350,000
150,000 - 350,000
200,000 - 300,000
200,000 - 300,000
225,000 - 350,000
265,000 - 348,000
325,000 - 425,000
350,000 - 580,000
800,000 - 900,000
855,000 - 1,050,000
1,359,000
1,460,000
500,000 - 5,300,000
15,000,000 - 16,000,000