Heat level

We rate every variety on our own scale from 1 to 10+++ rather than in Scoville units, because a number in the hundreds of thousands tells most people very little. The four bands below — Mild, Medium, Hot and Super hot — are the quick version.

Two things worth knowing. Heat is not spread evenly through a pod: a chili rated mild can still bite hard right at the placenta. And growing conditions shift it considerably — a stressed plant in a dry summer gives hotter pods than the same variety in a kind one.

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