Nick Woods world's hottest Chilli the Infinity 1.25 Million Scoville units

Experts have pronounced a chilli grown in the market town of Grantham, Lincs, as the hottest in the world.

Tests have revealed the "Infinity Chilli" to have a Scoville Scale Rating of 1,176,182 - hotter than chilli reportedly used in hand grenades by the Indian military. But what is the attraction of this insanely hot ingredient?

The story of the world's hottest chilli begins not in Mexico or Bangladesh, but next to the barbed wire at RAF Cottesmore in Leicestershire.

Nick Woods, working shifts as an RAF security guard and considering his growing family, decided he had to do something more entrepreneurial with his life.

That was five years ago. What was Nick's hobby - cooking up hot sauces in his kitchen - developed into his Fire Foods sauce business, and now the 38-year-old Grantham man finds himself literally in possession of hot property.

Like many great discoveries Nick says he developed the Infinity Chilli accidentally.

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[Cavin21]

They look like regular habaneros on steroids.

[tedbarrus]

Sorry but NO that's not true.

[Cavin21]

@tedbarrus

Naga Meteor is the hottest and will be out soon. Iit exceeded Butch T

[tedbarrus]

The butch T is the record holder and Any Trinidad 7-Pot is hotter then this pepper.

[daberko120ch]

@Hendrix1326 LOL I love watching him eat peppers, he's like... "these are extremely hot..." and that's basically the introduction because he's already eating it :D

[mazvita18]

chuck norris' mentos

[neffboy747]

The more red the hotter they are

[nephildevil]

8 euro for 10 measly seeds pff

[Cataclysm31]

Both the Naga viper, and the Infinity pepper are unstable hybrids.

The Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" is officially the hottest as of 2011.

[Hendrix1326]

@CouchIsLegend Check out TheHippySeedCompany's channel and search for the "World's Hottest Chilli - Trinidad Scorpion ButchT" in his videos. It is being tested at 1.47 Million Scovilles, and will undoubtedly be recognized as the new hottest pepper in the world, beating out the Naga Viper by over 100,000 SHUs.