Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous heat ranking system before you add chiles to your next meal. The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (aka spiciness) in members ...

From the humble jalapeño to the record-breaking Pepper X, the Scoville scale tells the story of heat in every bite. Born from ...

In Texas, we find spice so nice we had to proclaim it twice. The Lone Star State is home to not one but two officially sanctioned chiles. In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous ...

With Zest Fest on the horizon, my eyes are a little more attuned to chili-related news. A post on the Smithsonian Food and Think blog seems a perfect primer to the upcoming festivities. Many know that ...

Scoville is a term that's usually thrown around when people are talking about the peppers that really pack heat. No one cares about the Scoville of bell peppers, but when we're talking about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1912, chemist Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers. The test is named after him, the ...

What was state of the art in 1912 has mostly fallen by the wayside. Cars have replaced horses. Washing machines have replaced washboards. Air travel, refrigeration and container shipping have ...

With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of very ...

From shifting Scoville levels to chef preferences, here’s why 'make it spicy' misses — plus smarter ways to order, tweak at the table, and recover. Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with ...