Chile Pepper Heat Index

A heat index of the chile peppers that Minnesota Chile Company has been known to grow.

Variety
 
Species
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Heat
Notes
7 Pot Douglah   Capsicum chinense 1,000,000 to 1,850,000 Insanely Hot 2022

Aji Charapita (yellow)

Capsicum chinense 30,000 to 50,000 Hot 2022, 2023, 2024

Aji Charapita (red)

  Capsicum chinense 30,000 to 50,000 Hot 2024
Aleppo Capsicum annuum 10,000 Medium 2022, 2023, 2024
Bhut Jolokia (Ghost) Capsicum chinense 1,000,000 Insanely Hot 2021, 2022, 2023
Black Pearl Capsicum annuum 10,000 to 30,000 Medium 2024
Calabrian Ristra Capsicum annuum 25,000 to 40,000 Hot 2024
Carolina Reaper   Capsicum chinense 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 Insanely Hot 2021, 2022, 2023
Chile de àrbol Capsicum annuum 15,000 to 30,000 Hot 2022, 2023
Chilly Chile Capsicum annuum 1 to 1,000 Mild 2024
Chiltepin   Capsicum annuum 100,000 to 250,000 X Hot 2022
Chimayo Capsicum annuum 4,000 to 6,000 Medium 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Death Spiral   Capsicum chinense 1,400,000 Insanely Hot 2023
Dragon's Breath   Capsicum chinense 2,500,000 Insanely Hot 2022
Fresno Capsicum annuum 5,000 Medium 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Hatch Big Jim   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 3,000 Mild to Medium 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Hatch Big Jim Legacy   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 3,000 Mild to Medium 2021, 2022, 2023
Hatch Giuzeppi   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 1,500 Mild to Medium 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Hatch Joe E. Parker   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 3,000 Mild to Medium 2021, 2022, 2023
Hatch Lumbre   Capsicum annuum 35,000 Hot 2021
Hatch Ms. Junie   Capsicum annuum 10,000 to 14,000 Hot 2021, 2024
Hatch NM 6-4   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 1,500 Mild 2021, 2022, 2023
Hatch Rattlesnake   Capsicum annuum 14,000 to 20,000 Hot 2021
Hatch Sandia   Capsicum annuum 8,000 to 9,000 Hot 2021
Jalapeño Early    Capsicum annuum 2,500 to 5,000 Medium 2023, 2024
Jalapeño M   Capsicum annuum 2,500 to 8,000 Medium 2022, 2023
Jalapeño NuMex Capsicum annuum 35,000 Hot 2023
Maras Biber Capsicum annuum 4,000 to 8,000 Medium 2023, 2024
Marconi Rosso   Capsicum annuum 0 Sweet 2022, 2023, 2024
Moruga Red Monster Capsicum chinense 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 Insanely Hot 2023
Mirasol Mosco (Pueblo)   Capsicum annuum 2,500 to 5,000 Mild 2021, 2022
Padrón Capsicum annuum 500 to 2,500 Mild 2021, 2022
Pasilla   Capsicum annuum 1,000 to 2,500 Mild 2024
Pequin Capsicum annuum 100,000 X Hot 2022
Peter Pepper Capsicum annuum 10,000 to 25,000 Medium 2023
Pimento Sheepnose   Capsicum annuum 0 Sweet 2022
Piquillo Capsicum annuum 0 Sweet 2022, 2023, 2024
Poblano (Ancho)   Capsicum annuum 500 to 1,000 Mild 2021, 2022, 2023
Ros De Mallorca   Capsicum annuum 0 Sweet 2023
Salkim Biber Capsicum annuum 10,000 to 20,000 Medium 2023, 2024
Scotch Bonnet (red) Capsicum chinense 100,000 to 350,000 X Hot 2024
Shishito   Capsicum annuum 0 Sweet 2021, 2022
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion   Capsicum chinense 2,000,000 Insanely Hot 2021, 2022
Urfa Biber Capsicum annuum 7,500 Medium

2023, 2024

Wiri Wiri Capsicum chinense 100,000 to 350,000 X Hot 2022, 2023, 2024