The Scoville scale is a method for rating the hotness of peppers. Here's a look at just which pepper is the spiciest.

There are a lot of peppers out there for spice junkies to indulge in, but if you want to experience the extremes, these are the peppers you must try.

The chart used to determine the pepper's heat ... Scoville ratings are determined by the Scoville organoleptic test. The capsaicin oil (the spicy part) of a pepper is extracted and then ...

But there's no real heat in a pepper. So, what's going on? It's all about a chemical compound in peppers called capsaicin. Capsaicin binds to pain receptors on our nerves called TRPV1. Normally ...