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

An iron-stomached speed eater broke a Guinness World Record by eating 25 Carolina reaper chili peppers in 4 minutes and 36.26 ...

The evil little peppers are hotter than pepper spray, according to their creator, Smokin' Ed Currie. The contest was part of the NYC Hot Sauce Expo. Story and editing by Carl Mueller. More from ...

Hot peppers trick your brain into thinking your mouth is on fire. 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.

After eating a Carolina Reaper pepper ... at the time of the incident in 2016 – although new breeds called Pepper X and Dragon’s Breath have since reportedly surpassed it.