Sep 23, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
Ed Currie—or Smokin’ Ed, as he is known around the world—is the mad scientist behind the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X. But long before the world records and internet fame, Ed was fighting a much more…
Ed CurrieGuest
Devyn WhitmireHost
How would you describe Pepper X's flavor and heat to someone who will wisely never eat a whole one?
It's almost to the point of, say, you know how when you eat a mango or a papaya, you get like a fruity floral aroma? Yeah.
That lasts for about a tenth of a second, okay? And then it just pounds you in the face.
If it took 10 pounds of habanero to make something hot, I only needed 2 pounds of Reaper to do it.
Okay, so the profit margin has gone up and I don't need to farm as much to get exactly what I need.
How would you describe Pepper X's flavor and heat to someone who will wisely never eat a whole one?
It's almost to the point of, say, you know how when you eat a mango or a papaya, you get like a fruity floral aroma? Yeah.
That lasts for about a tenth of a second, okay? And then it just pounds you in the face.
If it took 10 pounds of habanero to make something hot, I only needed 2 pounds of Reaper to do it.
Okay, so the profit margin has gone up and I don't need to farm as much to get exactly what I need.
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