What is the hottest chili pepper? Extremely Hot Chili Peppers

'The Guinness Book of World Records' ranks 'Bhut Jolokia' as the hottest chili pepper in the world with SHU exceeding one million units. SHU for extremely hot Chili peppers exceeds 100,000.
Scoville method uses human tasters to determine parts of sugar needed to neutralize heat, and report it as SHU (Scoville Heat Unit). Modern method HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromotography) measures the Capsaicin in parts per million and back calculates the SHU.
Habanera and Scotch Bonnet are ranked same for same SHU. Bhut Jolokia from Assam is the same plant as 'Naga Morich' in Bangladesh. It explains the closenes of SHU ratings between Bhut Jolokia, and Dorset Naga which is created from Naga Morch.

#1 Bhut Jolokia

Bhut Jolokia is also known as 'Naga Jolokia'
SHU = 1,001,304 to 1,041,427
Native of Assam India.
Very limited availability. Seeds sold in UK.
Bhut Jolokia (Assam), Naga Jolokia (Assam), Naga Morich (Bangladesh), Nai Miris (Sri Lanka), and Oo Morok (Manipur) belong to same plant
Bhut Jolokia - Hottest Chili pepper

#2 Dorset Naga

SHU = 876,000 to 970,000
Created by Michael and Joy Michaud by plant selection using 'Naga Morich' from Bangladesh
Grown in West Bexington, Dorset, England
Limited availability. Fresh peppers used in making extremely hot sauces.

#3 Red Savina Habanera

SHU = 350,000-577,000
Created by GNS Spices by plant selection, California.
Only grown in USA. Fresh peppers used in making extremely hot sauces

#4A Habanera

SHU = 150,000-325,000
Native of Latin and North America
Grown around the world, widely available in USA UK Canada Australia. Limited availability in India.
Used as fresh, or dried crushed peppers. Used in making extremely hot Indian British curries (Phall, Tindaloo), extremely hot sauces in USA and Latin America

#4B Scotch Bonnet

SHU = 150,000-325,000
Native of Caribbean Islands
Grown around the world, widely available in USA UK Canada Australia. Limited availability in India.
Used as fresh, or dried crushed peppers. Used in making extremely hot Indian British curries (Phall, Tindaloo), extremely hot sauces in USA, extremely hot sauces and curries in Caribbean Islands

#5 Carolina Cayenne

SHU = 100,000-125,000
Grown in USA
Used for extracting pure Capsaicin to make pepper-sprays. Also used in making extremely Hot sauces, and 'Extremely Hot Ground Cayenne Pepper'.

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