Hottest Alternative Peppers ?

[u/Plane-Butterscotch34]

Recently I have seen some debate over what the hottest pepper is... Some say pepper x (although we can't try that) some say the Warthog by Mathew Arthur and others say the Chocolate Primatolli, I presume this means these 3 peppers are the hottest 3 there are, but what other peppers would you say are up there with them (if any)?

So what are your top hottest peppers according to heat level (SHU) that aren't these top 3?

[u/_YellowThirteen_]

Don't take too much stock in world record holding. Ed Currie is a hack and the records are paid for.

The genetic waters are so muddy at the top of the scoville scale that it doesn't really matter honestly. People have crossed just about everything there is at the top. Peppers in that ballpark can vary wildly plant to plant and even fruit to fruit, so there's really no telling what's truly hottest.

When you get to growing primotaliis and death spirals and gator jigsaws, you might as well be growing the hottest pepper in the world. The difference is minimal.

That being said, hottest things I've ever eaten were a chocolate primotalii, and one particular pockmark peach I grew last season. The pockmark peach isn't supposed to be quite on par with primotalii and the like, but this one fruit was built different. Like I said, it can vary wildly. I'll never forget the feeling of that one.