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 |