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 ...

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 ...

This video turns some of the world’s most exotic hot peppers into a painful global cooking challenge, starting with mild ...

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 ...