Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous heat ranking system before you add chiles to your next meal. Audrey Morgan is an associate food editor at Food & Wine with over seven ...
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 ...
Capsaicin is the compound responsible for determining just how hot a variety of chili pepper will be; the higher the capsaicin levels, the hotter the pepper. There are several methods for quantifying ...
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