Close-up of two chili peppers growing on a plant - Sabbir Digital/Shutterstock Even if they share the same ranking on the Scoville scale, not all peppers are created equal. Small but mighty, tabasco ...

From Wilbur Lincoln Scoville’s lab in 1912 to the set of "Hot Ones" with Kyan Khojandi, the same question persists: how far does the burn go? Behind every fiery bite lies a single ...

In 1912, chemist Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers. The test is named after him, the "Scoville Organoleptic Test." In the original test, Wilbur blended pure ...

With Zest Fest on the horizon, my eyes are a little more attuned to chili-related news. A post on the Smithsonian Food and Think blog seems a perfect primer to the upcoming festivities. See Also: ...