PuckerButt Pepper Company founder Ed Currie is on a mission to create the world's hottest peppers. Ed is the evil genius who brought the world the Carolina Reaper, one of the hottest hot peppers in existence; but he's not stopping there.

Smokin’ Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to taste and rank some of the hottest chile peppers from 11 countries around the globe. As the pepper breeder who created the famous Carolina Reaper and a profess...

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