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Welcome
to the Perfect Brewing Supply Hot Shop
Order your hot stuff online, or stop
by the store if you're in the Wheeling, IL area. We love meeting fellow
Chiliheads.
801 Business Center Drive
Mt. Prospect IL, 60056
How Hot is Hot?
The heat of food is measured in something called Scoville Units.
What is a Scoville Unit? In 1912 Wilbur Scoville devised a system
to determine how hot foods are. He used a panel of tasters to
provide heat scores for different peppers. Although we still use the
same name, peppers are currently measured by gas chromatography.
The sensation of heat that we experience from eating certain peppers
is due to the presence of a chemical called capsaicin. The more
capsaicin present in a pepper, the hotter it will seem. The Scoville
scale spans from 0 to 16 million; a sweet bell pepper has 0 Scoville
units because there is no capsaicin present and pure capsaicin
crystals have 16,000,000 Scoville units.
Scoville units vary widely from one species to the next. There are
variations of heat from one pepper to the next within the same
species. Growing conditions, soil and other factors have an affect
on the amount of capsaicin within a given pepper. The Scoville units
listed in the table represent the maximum amount for that item. |
Scoville Units
16,000,000 Pure Capsaicin
5,300,000 Police Pepper Spray
2,000,000 Common Pepper Spray
855,000 Naga Jolokia (hottest pepper)
580,000 Red Savina Habanero
350,000 Habanero Pepper
325,000 Scotch Bonnet Pepper
200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper
100,000 Thai Pepper
50,000 Cayenne Pepper
23,000 Serrano Pepper
10,000 Chipotle Pepper
8,000 Jalapeno Pepper
5,000 Tabasco Sauce
2,000 Poblano Pepper
500 Pepperoncini Pepper
500 Pimento
0 Sweet Bell Pepper |
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New!
One Million Scoville
Food Additive Only. Not a condiment. The first extract in a 5oz
bottle. Certified by HPLC A.O.A.C. and guaranteed to be 1,000,000
Scoville Units (+/- 5%). This is a great value, since it should last
practically forever. Click here to Feel
the Burn. |
Accept
No Substitute!
Get the real Buffalo Wing Sauce. Buffalo Wings
were invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY (Thus the name). Any
other brand of sauce is just an imitation.
Get the wings. |
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