Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

Butch T Scorpion
'Butch T' pepper pods
Species	Capsicum chinense
Hybrid parentage	Trinidad scorpion
Breeder	Butch Taylor
Origin	Crosby, Mississippi
Heat	Exceptionally hot
Scoville scale	500,000 - 1,463,700 SHU

Sprouts

The Trinidad scorpion 'Butch T' pepper is a Capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the most piquant peppers in the world. It is derived from the Trinidad scorpion, which is indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago.^[1] It was named by Neil Smith from The Hippy Seed Company,^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4][5] 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 that time.^{[note 1]} 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.^[6] In August 2013, Guinness World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, at 1,569,300 SHU.^[7]

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