Zero means no heat, and a regular jalapeño clocks in at around 5,000 units. The habanero, which held the record about 25 years ago, often exceeds 100,000 units. The chemical in peppers that causes ...
Food writer Alison Stein Wellner actually wrote in an article that the shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo Steak House is the spiciest dish in the world. According to her, it beat out currywurst in ...