Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A variety of chili peppers. - AofLine/Shutterstock Scoville is a term that's usually thrown around when people are talking about ...

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 a senior editor at Food & Wine with over eight years of ...

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 ...

In Texas, we find spice so nice we had to proclaim it twice. The Lone Star State is home to not one but two officially sanctioned chiles. In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...