World's hottest chilli is Smokin Ed's 'Carolina Reaper'
The world's hottest chilli is Smokin Ed's 'Carolina Reaper', grown by the US-based The PuckerButt Pepper Company, according to the Guinness World Records. Recognised for the same in August 2013, it measures an average of 1,569,300 on the Scoville scale. The scale measures chilli peppers' 'spiciness' by determining the concentration of chemical compounds.