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PuckerButt Pepper Company founder Ed Currie is on a mission to create the world’s hottest peppers. Ed is the evil genius who brought the world the Carolina Reaper, one of the hottest hot peppers in existence; but he’s not stopping there. Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV,…

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  1. Thomas Blackwell

    October 23, 2019 at 2:03 pm

    Adam Sandler has let himself go…

  2. brett hetherington

    October 23, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    pepperpig?

  3. Andre Corrales

    October 23, 2019 at 2:21 pm

    Why is she crying? Did something sad happen to her?

  4. baghlani92

    October 23, 2019 at 2:27 pm

    Just watching this video made me cry what if I tried it ☠️

  5. Sean Brewer

    October 23, 2019 at 2:27 pm

    WOW

  6. Miz Behaven

    October 23, 2019 at 2:37 pm

    Capsaicin is actually bad for you. Most people don’t understand.

  7. Chris Leung

    October 23, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    So what happens when he fingers his wife after eating a pepper? ????

  8. Tim Exotic Pets and Events

    October 23, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    Wow this is really hot bro

  9. gouldylfc

    October 23, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    What a surname

  10. Anthony Peters

    October 23, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    Anyone Notice.. that this is a Purely European decent Americano/ish thing!?

  11. Glyn Hardy

    October 23, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    I have a strong belief that our Grandaddio grows hotter ones!!! Simply guarantee it!! Been growing the Reaper for several years now and building them hotter each year!
    Hit 3.5 million scoville this year!

  12. Nervanian News Network [Triple N]

    October 23, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    Subtle serial killer

  13. Lordnodob

    October 23, 2019 at 2:51 pm

    Does this dude get high on peppers

  14. Milehighjosh

    October 23, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    Shout out to Sean Evans and the hot ones crew

  15. Siddharth Singh

    October 23, 2019 at 2:59 pm

    Heard of bhut jalokia?
    Mentioned in guniess book of world record?

  16. Hold My Beer Watch This

    October 23, 2019 at 3:02 pm

    I ate one of those peppers shown on this video.
    I didn’t think it was spicy at all.

    BTW, I’m talking about the “Bell pepper” shown on this video.

  17. jigsaw jigsaw

    October 23, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    Some people just want to see the mouths burn…

  18. Rache Fdez

    October 23, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    Here alot ppl complaining about him and he’s doing what many of u dont ( having his own business) ????????????‍♀️

  19. Paul Jovs

    October 23, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    People here in cebu, Philippines we called it “Siling Demonyo”

    If u add. This to. Your ingredients .
    Your food will be wasted. . .

  20. Galactic Vixen

    October 23, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    Why all ultra hot peppers look so wrinkled and deformed? Why can’t they look like ordinary peppers?

  21. Boiler Ny

    October 23, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    We say it -booth jolokiya in assam! Northeast

  22. connor bleakley

    October 23, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    Was the hottest pepper like five years ago lol

  23. V Star 1300 Adventures

    October 23, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    He’s currently working on a hotter pepper too. They only sell the sauce right now, but I am hopeful they will sell the seeds eventually so I can try it. I’ve made some great hot sauce before with Carolina Reaper. I think it tastes great…but my sliding scale for hot peppers starts far higher than a normal person.

  24. Gabriel Garcia

    October 23, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Some men just want to watch the world burn

  25. J Scott

    October 23, 2019 at 3:22 pm

    I was wondering why my local market was out of Jalapenos last week. GJ wired!

  26. Decaying Corpse

    October 25, 2019 at 10:29 am

    RIP to the inside of his stomach.

  27. Tomas Konopasek

    October 25, 2019 at 10:48 am

    is his body healthy with eating thousand times more spiciness than spicy jalapeño ?

  28. Nahtangnouv

    October 25, 2019 at 10:49 am

    So he has a high all day long since hes surrounded by thousands of peppers and snacks on them

  29. Hanibaltherogue

    October 25, 2019 at 11:12 am

    Yeah but the reaper is not the hottest one…

  30. Jaconess Jaconess

    October 25, 2019 at 11:19 am

    Even the looks of this pepper is scary

  31. Hadi SJ

    October 25, 2019 at 11:19 am

    When you get higher pain you get more pleasure ????

  32. David Duane Foxell

    October 25, 2019 at 11:38 am

    He really needs a new hobby ????

  33. Shamich

    October 25, 2019 at 11:54 am

    I THINK THE 7 POT PRIMO IS HOTTER THAN THE REAPER

  34. MaxTheM8MCookie

    October 25, 2019 at 11:54 am

    Lol I can’t even have Indian curry

  35. Monika Gaming

    October 25, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    also avilable inNortheast india ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  36. poor man with no subscribers

    October 25, 2019 at 1:11 pm

    I torcher myself for delicious meals (spiciness I can’t handle but I still continue eating it)

  37. Andy Johnson

    October 25, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    “That’s so good” as his face melts

  38. poor man with no subscribers

    October 25, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    Cartolina reaper so hot the air around it is hot

    Soon we’re gonna have peppers making everything around it melt

  39. Dennis Diamond B. Belvis

    October 25, 2019 at 1:17 pm

    The man is obsessed with hot peppers. Good for the economy, I hope.

  40. Andy Johnson

    October 25, 2019 at 1:19 pm

    God I bet this guy could create some really good weed…

  41. Abdul Gafoor

    October 25, 2019 at 1:23 pm

    Top man loves his job wel done fella

  42. Dyelon Joyce

    October 25, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    He needs to start breeding weed again

  43. Supa Rock

    October 25, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    If you want to test how hot pepper is let Africans test it

  44. Malevolent

    October 25, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    10:20 when you use the sauce all up, bottle can be reused as a crack pipe. Bet all the crackheads buy this bottle of hot sauce…!

  45. SUNBELYN

    October 25, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    Where can I get Carolina Reaper seed pls?

  46. E LEARNING & Cooking

    October 25, 2019 at 2:47 pm

    Excellent product. Thank you for sharing. ???? ???? ???? ???? ????

  47. Greg Wagner

    October 25, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    Why is nobody talking about the fact that reapers look like bumpy versions of the Scorpion pepper.

  48. Luca Caravita

    October 25, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    What’s the best alternative to Orange Habanero for that citrusy/mango-ish flavor that i love?
    Is there anything better or particulary good for flavor/aroma?

  49. cafe del casual

    October 25, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    enjoyed that.

  50. 陈炬

    October 25, 2019 at 3:37 pm

    封面黄秋生?

  51. Dylan Rees

    October 26, 2019 at 6:34 pm

    you can buy his products off amazon:
    hot sauce –
    grow your own seeds –
    salsa –

  52. Ernestine Lea

    October 26, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    I love these! West Africa had these already tho.

  53. Rudy Valentin

    October 26, 2019 at 7:09 pm

    wow, so INTERESTING!

  54. Jsweizston

    October 26, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    I just want to say that i’m proud it’s an American doing this.

  55. I Hit Lickz

    October 26, 2019 at 7:22 pm

    it’s kinda scary that he has more hotter peppers than the carolina reaper and he can pull them out randomly

  56. is da vog

    October 26, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    I could eat it… id just be afraid of what itll do to my insides.

  57. Jasper

    October 26, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    6:32 hes just chasing the dragon guys ^

  58. Nicholas Durham

    October 26, 2019 at 8:47 pm

    Congrats on your clean time dude! Keep coming back!

  59. Tmb yefremov1

    October 26, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    2019- trying to make the hottest pepper
    2039-trying to make the hottest planet

  60. mal

    October 26, 2019 at 8:53 pm

    CEO of spice and heat????????????

  61. Becauseima Genius

    October 26, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    I dub the Evel Ed [after Evel Knievel]. I have some seed left of the first batch of Carolina Reaper that you made available to the public [through Pepper Joe]. I even gave some to a local Mexican Restaurant that first year. And some to a Doctor who is with Visiting Physicians. [talking about that first year of harvest, not seeds]

  62. Scott Bogen

    October 26, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    “The aptly-named Currie” I don’t know why I laughed so hard

  63. Becauseima Genius

    October 26, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    There is a Chuck Norris joke or two in there somewhere… I’m just not the person to invent them…

  64. David

    October 26, 2019 at 10:29 pm

    The only thing I was waiting the entire time to see , was that the reported eats one of those

  65. David

    October 26, 2019 at 10:31 pm

    Better grow vegetables than giving birth to them

  66. bubbas channel

    October 26, 2019 at 10:46 pm

    I thought there was one hotter. The dragon something.

  67. Steve Miller

    October 26, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    Well, I now see who James Bond has to stop next…

  68. Dale wetzel

    October 26, 2019 at 11:10 pm

    People ask me how it’s possible that I don’t have ulcers. My reply is that they get cauterized as soon as they start to form lol

  69. 4MB.space

    October 26, 2019 at 11:53 pm

    This guy did not make the world’s hottest peppers. Anthony, John, Chad and Flea did!

  70. Moist Andy

    October 27, 2019 at 1:07 am

    We need to try cross breeding other plants like eucalyptus or the yohimbe bark tree or mabye iboga and to see what the consequences would be once mankind has artificially intervened in the genetics

  71. Zach ToysReview

    October 27, 2019 at 1:20 am

    Super hot pepper i ever known

  72. Void. _Potato

    October 27, 2019 at 1:30 am

    10:07

    When I eat a Carolina Reaper
    ????????

  73. Massive Oof

    October 27, 2019 at 2:00 am

    I wonder how his toilet looks like

  74. Aplomado Falconer

    October 27, 2019 at 2:01 am

    I’ll bet he has NO bacteria in his gut! Good or Bad!

  75. gold ingot

    October 27, 2019 at 2:14 am

    Im legit scared of these things

  76. Sarcasmo TheGreat

    October 28, 2019 at 6:09 pm

    I experience the endorphin rush he describes when I eat Flaming Hot Cheetos.

  77. Nazeri Abghani

    October 28, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    Right … Im gonna go find myself some habanero to cultivate …

  78. someasiankid

    October 28, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    what a madlad

  79. Haroldo Payares

    October 28, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    Dragon Breath is hotter than Carolina.

  80. Sagittarius A*

    October 28, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    It makes no sense to grow hotter and hotter peppers without taste.

  81. Gustarf X

    October 28, 2019 at 11:35 pm

    Bring that woman that is invulnerable to pepper (the chemical)

  82. monstersdoexist

    October 28, 2019 at 11:38 pm

    Getting inked is like that too, that’s why many people get a small tattoo and then end up getting inked all over. Pain becomes pleasure.

  83. Juan Hernandez

    October 29, 2019 at 12:50 am

    Mexican Candy!

  84. Finesse Vxndo

    October 29, 2019 at 1:16 am

    If i ate that my tongue would melt

  85. Marie Burnette

    October 29, 2019 at 2:00 am

    Diahrea pepper too hot man

  86. Al P

    October 29, 2019 at 2:25 am

    They eat Carolina reapers for breakfast , lunch, dinner and for snacks in Mexico.

  87. Sugar- Box

    October 29, 2019 at 3:21 am

    If he eats Carolina reaper like popcorn then I don’t wut to say.

    Like wut?!!

  88. cody wolfe

    October 29, 2019 at 4:00 am

    His poor toilet..

  89. Chris Smith

    October 29, 2019 at 4:41 am

    The first time I ate a reaper I felt like I was on some hard-core drug, lol

  90. Eliza Star

    October 29, 2019 at 5:48 am

    I wonder if he’s ever forgotten to wash his hands BEFORE he goes to the bathroom..????

  91. Derryl NG

    October 29, 2019 at 7:08 am

    This guy must spend alot on plumbing service for his toilet

  92. Kay

    October 29, 2019 at 7:35 am

    White men ego again. The hottest hot peppers are the keenou in SE Asia.

  93. J H Jay

    October 29, 2019 at 8:58 am

    Carolina reaper, no problem, easy

  94. Juwel Ahmad

    October 29, 2019 at 9:00 am

    World Hottest Peppers Naga Bangladesh ????????????????????????????????

  95. IETCHX69

    October 29, 2019 at 9:13 am

    Currie lol

  96. Doom Dub

    October 29, 2019 at 9:34 am

    With this Pepper diet is very easy now

  97. jack croff

    October 29, 2019 at 11:05 am

    His wife must be pretty hot inside

  98. Luis Mendez

    October 29, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    So he’s like a cocaine farmer that gets high on his own product

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