Reply #4: Habaneros are about a ZILLION on the Scoville scale. [View All]

[trof]

OK, not quite that hot, but PUHLENTY hot for me.

Here's REALLY HOT:
The chilis with the highest rating on the Scoville scale exceed one million Scoville units, and include specimens of naga jolokia or bhut jolokia and its cultivars, the "Dorset naga" and the "Ghost chili," neither of which has official cultivar status.<4><5> The Naga Viper currently holds the unofficial title for hottest pepper. It was produced in the UK by crossing the three hottest peppers known to the world, including the Bhut jolokia. Researchers at Warwick University tested the Naga Viper and found that it measures 1,359,000 on the Scoville scale.<6> It should be noted that a chilli trial carried out by a team from the BBC's Gardeners' World programme put the heat value of Dorset Naga at a staggering 1.6 million SHU.<7>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

BTW, pepper spray registers in excess of 5,000,000 on the Scoville scale.