We try PEPPER X! Thank you for sending it! We love you! Here is a dose of the true true people!

[@mikes978]

If the reactions on Hot Ones has taught me anything, Da Bomb is the hottest sauce they have in their line up and most guests on the show barely flinch after any Last Dab Pepper X sauces. Usually they're just still suffering from Da Bomb and the Last Dab is a relief

[@Slayyn1723]

i just posted the same comment not knowing you were thinking the same shit.

[@Feeldaburn]

Da bomb is definitely a deceiver sauce low scovile rating but the extract comes crashing in

[@Senedras]

Tried them all. And seriously Bomb is a whole new ball game. Like getting a mouth full of battery acid. It's so unforgiving that it shouldn't even be allowed to be consumed lol. I use 2 drops of it in a big bolognese & that itself is more than enough to share with my whole family without any casualties 😂

[@PeeNile]

Am I alone in thinking Da Bomb is mild? I've had hotter habanero sauces.

[@turkeygravy0]

true, but Da Bomb tastes horrible and was made just for the sake of being unbearably spicy. I wouldn't even call it a sauce

[@jeremyf1901]

This is wild. I was so excited to see you eat this sauce. You should definitely get it tested!!
Thank you for being in the comments saying hi to us, Johnny.

[@phoneaccount206]

Lmao this sauce is much hotter than they let on. I bet you try it a you would be chugging water. The guy on the right is burnt out on the sauce lmao. The one chip challenge falls short to the heat on this.

[@Collan-D]

The x you both threw up was so perfectly coordinated. I thought it was planned but since you both were surprised and amused, I then knew it wasn’t. 😂 Gave me a good chuckle! Keep up the good vibes and the great videos! The life boat is also a great positive channel as well!

[@ChaseTheHeat]

I swear it wasn't planned. Thank you for watching and commenting

[@Collan-D]

@@ChaseTheHeat 🌶️ lol you guys are awesome! I knew exactly what you were thinking, which was that people watching the show would think that was staged. Peace love and spice brother! 🌶️

[@toxicgracie3772]

Reminded me of DX from WWE 😂 (Shawn Michaels and HHH)

[@SpiritProf]

“I’d put it on tacos” was about as complimentary as reading “Have a nice summer” in your yearbook.
Did anyone else get the impression that those labels were printed before Guinness tested the pepper?
I agree with getting it tested. Also curious to see how it stacks up against the other two last dabs (xxx and apollo). 🔥 ❤😎

[@dadgrowscapsaicin4341]

Especially because the XXX is pepper-x, chocolate pepper-x and peach pepper-x...

[@homerco213]

I have five quarts of peppers fermenting as we speak. Hoping to get about five more. The flavor profile for fermented hotsauce vs regular is much improved in my opinion. Plus its super fun to crack open a quart and get sprayed with brine.
Sorry children.

[@MeatyM]

You guys nailed it, I thought the exact same thing when I tried my bottle. The pepper X hype is hotter than the sauce.

[@mkendall8393]

There is a lot of controversy out there that pepper x is not nearly as hot as they have stated. Read some things just last week that the lab results may have been wrong

[@Cloud30000]

They claimed to have stabilized it 10 years ago and only just now got it tested; something doesn’t add up, and my guess is that they knew it wasn’t hot enough ten years ago but finally gave up when they couldn’t figure out how to reliably increase it.
Alternatively, it could be unstable and they are lying about stabilizing it even 10 years later, so they tasted and gave one of the hotter peppers in the batch for testing but the average from the variance is actually much lower (causing the sauce made with it to be low, and also explaining why they won’t release the peppers if it becomes apparent that it is actually unstable and many of the blooms are just not that hot).

[@catfishredneck88]

from who eds haters? lol@@mkendall8393

[@MarcGoudreau]

You have to get your hands on a PepperX pod to really make a serious qualitative evaluation of PepperX. I know Puckerbutt has it under lock and key but it would be cool if they'd arrange for you to evaluate a pod.

[@shyataroo]

2.69m SHU on average for the pepper X peppers that were tested. My thought is the capcaisinoids vary greatly from pepper to pepper, and Ed got some real scorchers.

[@84mikerider]

I bought my wife the Hot Ones flight for her birthday last week and we had a wing party this last weekend with her 63 year old mother. We all made it through the 10 sauces and I didn't let them on to the fact that the Pepper X sauce was not the hottest sauce I've had. It is in fact a very delicious hot sauce though. I agree with you 100%!

[@mytimetunnel]

Cannot wait to see the results of the test :) TY for the review, love seeing you two pair up lately.

[@HIWWO2023]

I grabbed a Bottle and hesitated for a couple days because of the Hype and Fear of it sending me over the edge.... I don't eat peppers raw... But I have all Abercrombie Peppers Dried pepper powders. I use them in basically everything.... So my tolerance is definitely higher than the average.... But this.... On my scale was about a 6-7 as your brother noted. I'm no Pepper fanatic but I enjoy a Nice Burn! This gave me a Burn.... But nothing like I expected, I put a dab on a piece of chicken for the 1st bite.... 2nd bite I dumped a good portion of Super hot Yellow pepper powder to add to the 2nd dab.... Slight endorphin rush, But only after adding the Pepper Powder....🤷🏾‍♂️

[@crownjewelmusicgearreview9430]

My favorite brothers, love watching videos with both of you in it! Thanks for doing this video. I was intrigued to see what your opinions were on this one💯

[@ReganMcKee]

First time commenter first time heat chaser. I'm 30 and just now started my journey on becoming more spice tolerant. I have to say your tube of terror is mind blowing. I never thought spice could do what it does. That 13M Cap crystals is so insane to an amateur like me lol BUT I'm committed to eating at least one nut per day as if it's a prescription. Once tolerance builds ill up the dose. Love your channel and insight to peppers I'm following your page from now on 👍 cap cramps will take some getting used to

[@archdawg5688]

Hey Regan, when I started a couple years ago i reached out to a guy named Uncle bullcow. He is on youtube aswell. He grows peppers and will sell you some if you want. Makes his own hot sauses too. Great guy, just reach out to him and you will be trying a bunch of the hottest peppers in the world! Good luck, safe travels...

[@jjames6990]

Remember that peppers fluctuate/range in Scovilles. That inner membrane the seeds are attached to will come back 2.69m, but the flesh will only be 1.8-2m. Consider that with the dilution, then it's def not going to be as strong as something made primarily with extract (Da Bomb). I would rather have a hot, flavorful, wholesome sauce vs a jar of vinegar mixed with cap powder and extract.

[@Colevid19]

If you’re looking for a very good flavorful hot sauce I recommend Truff Hot Sauce. (Made with white truffle) hence the name. It’s nothing your getting an endorphin rush from but taste wise it’s one of the best hot sauces I’ve had.

[@PaulVarricchione]

I love a good vinegar forward sauce. Also, thanks for this review. I almost predicted it. I've had the last dab and it wasn't as hot as I'd expected based on where they place it on Hot Ones. I expected you to rate it this way. Pepper X is merely an ingredient. They have to be able to sell bottles and they'll sell more to people that can't take super hot.

[@fredericlapierre3379]

This sauce being so "commercial" could not really be as hot as it should be.

[@TheCeaselessHunger]

Johnny, your face the second after you said "the world's hottest pepper" was ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS! Read ya loud and clear good buddy!

[@Razgries86]

I had the last dab pepper x a couple years ago, loved it, amazing blend of flavors, really got me into indian food for a spell. It was not over poweringly hot for a chili head in a good way. That being said, in defense of the pepper, NOTHING compares to a raw pod. Thanks for the honest review, actually sounds like a better sauce to me because I love vinigar!

[@sheastewart7608]

The math on the dilution is a simple as you think it is. However, maybe one of the dilutants could cause breakdown of capsaicinoids, or maybe something about the manufacturing process breaks down the capsaicinoids (i.e. excessive heating --> oxidation of capsaicin).

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

One problem with the Scoville Scale is how inconsistant it is, notably as it accounts for dry mass so it doesn't consider water. Pure capsaicin is 16 millions. Take a drop of pure capsaicin and put it in a swimming pool of chemically pure water, that water is now 16 millions as, if you remove the water, you still have pure capsaicin, despite the actual concentration of capsaicin being minuscule. Needless to say, you wouldn't even feel it.
IMO the scale should be ignored, and replaced by a capsaicin concentration indicator.

[@anvildesignartphotographyl5646]

we need new true documented Scoville Scale "SHU" printed on all hot sauces, to let customers know what's in the bottle they are buying. sure the raw pepper is tested and verified for records but that's not what ends up in the bottle. we are always searching online to find out how hot sauces are, never sure about it because when you get them, they don't seem to be as hot as they claim.

[@curtisnielsen1399]

Thanks for the heads up. Pretty confident my wife will buy this for me for Christmas, and I was hoping for something truly extreme. Need to send her your scorpion sauce you mentioned as an idea too

[@RoZyk007]

We should remember that every pepper hits differently, it's possible that scovilles are there but burn isn't that vicious. Nonetheless when fresh X will be available on market everything will clear out.

[@cenobytecode]

I had the same thing with Reaper Squeezins...it needs to be mixed and heated with a butter or bourbon (solvent) sauce. After that, the heat level jumped quite a bit.
Maybe it is the bottling process or something that ruins the pepper? My other question is why isn't the sauce greener? The pepper Xs he showed were on the green/mustard color.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

Just shady. Lots of questions, no credible answers. It sauce NEEDS an explanation

[@cenobytecode]

@@ChaseTheHeat absolutely! I was going to get one for my birthday and run some experiments; however, its quite expensive and I can get a ton of ghost flakes for that price.
I really want to try the primotalli pods too, seems like a waaay better investment while we wait for your analysis.

[@lonndawg7554]

@@ChaseTheHeat yeah Johnny, I wanted to mention that also about the color... I didn't say anything mostly because, wasn't sure of the exact color of the pepper, on my monitor it comes up a yellowish green,... Which, should produce a sauce with a similar color if it were the dominant pepper as stated on the side of the bottle, not so red in color, but even using your own words it sounds like... You're wondering along the same lines that I'm thinking. Thank you for reminding me of this thought that occurred to me that I did not act upon it. Again, over time as with everything in this world... Things will be revealed.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

Everything about it is shady. Every way you look at causes more questions.

[@ibanezleftyclub]

I knew just by watching the show it wasn’t that hot, Da Bomb is crazy, but if this stuff was even remotely 2mil + then it would make Da Bomb look like Tabasco sauce. And all the celebs never reacted like that.

[@user-yx8rr5gc1y]

I totally agree. I was expecting the worst, and it was actually a bit of a downer. I bought into the hype for 30 bucks a bottle and feel I was ripped off. I still love the Carolina Reaper. My favorite.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

But if you say anything to them, their minions will go after you. You just gotta take it. Not a good look for the chili community. Real chili heads know the score. It's a shame. I'm sorry you fell victim to it.

[@entertainmentchannel8494]

Have you got the results back yet regarding what the scoville rating was

[@DirkVomEck]

I made my own sauces this year. I would ship you some sauces if shipping from Germany to the US wasn't so ridiculously expensive^^
Haven't had a Pepper X sauce yet, but I think it comes down to the way different peppers hit you as well. I find Carolina reapers to go down easy. They do burn of course, but it is manageable. My bane is Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Peppers in all varieties. They just keep kicking you on the way down xD
And in this years Hot Sauce making I added chocolate Bhutlas to that same category for me. beautiful looking puts, absolutely mean sting all the way down^^
Keep being awesome! And remember to hydrate, nobody needs a scare like that again

[@stompingpeak2043]

Choc Bhutla is torture to me. I'm good on eating one of those. Idk why but they are a killer if fresh.

[@TFGPKW]

Interesting...particularly comparing it to Trier's video (I vaguely remember him finding it mild at first and then it building). I think Ed mentioned something about the effect of heat being tamped down when cooked into a sauce during one of his epicurious videos (making the world's hottest sauce maybe? something like that), but in this video, I found Tommy's reaction the more telling...

[@Cackle-uh]

They look like they could be brothers but not just brothers, actual twins!

[@ChaseTheHeat]

We are

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

Cool vid. Nice for someone to send. I've noticed your views have been really going up lately. 😊

[@432htz3]

Appears to be a kind of a con running on the hype of this pepper X sauce. Lots of people will try it and will not be blasted away from it because of the heat so will buy more of it simply because they think they can handle 2.69 when it is not as a result sales of the sauce will be higher. Business is about making an honest buck , not conning people to fatten your bank account. Thanks for the honest review Johnny.

[@1dudecrush]

Bro. PLEASE get a bottle of that scoville tested in a lab. I would love to know the real number.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

I will

[@kenmandelin7812]

Job well done boys! There is a lot to learn from you. I’m glad you called out this sauce for not living up to the claim.

[@ChilliChump]

Quick maths says if this is over 90% pepper x, the sauce should be over 2.3 million Scoville. Doesn't appear to be that at all from your reaction mate. Be interesting to see what a lab says

[@ZeRoUnload]

Are you going to be able to try the actual pepper?

[@ognycsourd6805]

I’m glad you reviewed this and gave an honest review as always. At $20 ish a bottle plus shipping if it’s not that hot it’s be gone in two days. But everything effects people different I’ll still try it for myself along with some of your stuff. Much love

[@dresdensinn6669]

I bought a bottle, now I consider myself a low to mid-range chili-head and I put the heat at a 6, good flavor but only moderate heat.

[@chalybee8689]

I seems to me that peppers always lose heat when cooked, and sauced are almost always made with cooked peppers. So I dont think we can really gage the heat with this...
From my experience cooking peppers. I dont cook my peppers when I make sauces because of that.

[@WthetaxmanT]

You mentioned CTH-4: I think that it's been sold out for a while. I would grab a pack if you restock it! Thanks : )

[@davethompson2757]

I completely understand why He won’t send out peppers

[@saacksjoel]

I've been caught with sauce before. Being far weaker than I expected. 91% sauce would surely be extremely thick. Will be interesting to see the lab analysis.

[@TheLeagueOfFireSilverSurfer]

"Pushed it" aka added extract/pure capsaicin. 😅

[@aaronbodle6839]

I was surprised by the lack of heat also

[@RUCOET]

An interesting experiment might be to find a sauce that consists of 91% of a pepper that you know well and test them side by side. For example, taste a 91% reaper sauce - knowing the reaper you can compare the 91% reaper sauce to the reaper. The amount that the sauce is weaker to the reaper might give you an indication of how different the pepperx sauce would be to the actual pepper?

[@ChaseTheHeat]

I don't know if any. CTH-4 Painfully Scorpion is mostly scorpion with a little reaper. It's about 60% POP and all natural. No extract and it is much hotter than this sauce.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

And tastes better

[@RUCOET]

​@@ChaseTheHeat Thanks for the reply! That really puts PepperX in a tough position - either the sauce isn't 91% or the pepper's potency is exaggerated. And with the fact that no real critic will ever taste the pepper, people will remain skeptical about it. Anyway, can't wait to hear the results from the lab you mentioned, and thanks for the great channel!

[@patrickoneil6610]

You guys are wild, I bought this sauce and put literally one drop on my tongue and I was hiccuping. It felt like I just put straight battery acid on my tongue. And I love really really hot food.

[@hsuhorn]

skill issue

[@Frankybroadcast]

I always loved spice but this channel helped me take it to the extreme.

[@findommed]

Scoville ratings are based on the DRIED form of the original pepper NOT the sauce in the bottle (don't ask me why). Evidently, to make the sauce, about 40% of the heat is lost in the cooking process. Then, since the final product is about 90% water, the scoville is one tenth of where it once was. From my understanding, unless extract or crystals are being added, the maximum SHU for any bottled hot sauce is less than 400K and more like 250K. This would explain why the sauce is nowhere near as hot as the pepper tested. Btw, salt exacerbates heat. If it's added, it's a good way to increase the perceived scoville. Hope this helps.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

What would help is them not making claims that can't be backed up. In video they are seen saying it is over 2.4 million. Words matter. just sayin

[@findommed]

@@ChaseTheHeat Yes, I agree. Claiming the sauce is 2.4M would be misleading. Claiming the pepper is 2.4M is probably conservative. I hear some Pepper X's test as as high as 3.1M SHU. So far, no one's been able to tell me why tests aren't done using the actual sauce instead of the dried chili. Very frustrating.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

I had the sauce tested twice with two different labs. The results were 60.8K and 61K. 3% as hot as claimed. That's a problem

[@findommed]

@@ChaseTheHeat Crazy! And sounds about right. Thank you for investigating it! In your experience, what's the hottest (non extract) sauce you've tried? I hear Reaper Squeezins or Fiery Fool, but I'm curious to know your take.

[@MrGoranPa]

Brother is snorting, sneezing, crying a little there in the background. Shit is strong.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

It's hot. No doubt. The problem is it's only 2.7% as hot as they claim on video. Or, 97.3 % less hot as is should be. In actuality, not so strong.

[@discordia013]

Last Dab XXX with Pepper X and Chocolate Pepper X came out 2? 3? years ago. So it's been around and available for years.
That was a chunky sauce with a deeply uncomfortable burn. I still think Dingo's Widowmaker II was hotter than that and a better flavour.
Not buying into the hype on this latest version.

[@steveski5838]

I watched Roger eat almost the whole bottle 😂😂😂

[@Repents1]

Might be an immature pepper x they are using. I think during the video when Ed gave the hot ones dude a sliver he told him it was immature so not as hot as the mature one. Just guessing though.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

They say it's 91% percentage of pepper. A sauce with 91% habanero would be hotter than this sauce. Very disappointed

[@Nefville]

That would explain it. 91% of 2.69m would be 2.44m. Doesn't make sense. Just 2.4 is absurdly hot.

[@oldgold5848]

No surprises really Johnny. He has a good reason why he hasn't sent you a pod.

[@frostydawggaming7999]

Hope you guys get a chance to try a raw pepper 🌶️ soon.

[@AaronProctor.]

I have the same hot sauce and I thought it was going be hot like the original “The End” sauce but it was just above Tabasco Scorpion Sauce

[@ricksmith7173]

Thanks Guys, you Both Are Crazy❤ in A Good Way!!💜⛵🎃

[@redjamproject3252]

Maybe the sauce have 91% peppers but most of it is not fully ripe pepper as they get a lot stronger when they get red. I have grown Carolina Reaper in my garden and they are not super hot when they are light green.

[@simmov9489]

Wow I can't wait for the scoville reading on that boys. Looking forward to that video 👍

[@silverplays5128]

Watch him get a cease and desist from puckerbutt. Lmao. It truly wouldn't surprise me.

[@adriansumner1412]

It's a nice sauce that one, I've still got about half left in the bottle. Goes well in a Tikka Masala or Jalfreezi.

[@noobstix4915]

The old last dab was a let down for spice. But it was a great tasting sauce. Glad to hear this one tastes good too. Still want to try a fresh picked pepper x though.

[@martymcpeak4748]

Maybe Heatness dumbed the sauce down and Ed never signed off on it. I hope that's the case because if not this is going to come back to bite Smokin Ed right in the ass. We know we can count on you guys for an honest up front review. Thanks guys and God Bless

[@hyperionxxxxx]

It's sad that there is so little transparency when it comes to pepper x, this shouldnt have to be such a polarizing subject.
Anyway, I tried the earlier version of the last dab with pepper x, I think it was called "the last dab xxx" and I had the same experience. It wasnt that bad tasting, just kind of earthy and not very sweet but the heat was nowhere near what I was expecting for whats essentially a mash of a pepper thats hotter than the (at the time) worlds hottest pepper. Had it on some random corn chips and had no problem to just continue eating them with the same decent sized "dab". Couldnt do that most of non-extract the reaper sauces I have tried.
You can kind of see it on the show (which I like to watch) aswell, the guests either tap out with some of the nastier extract sauces in the middle or they dont tap out at all and continue with the last dab with not much issue despite putting that traditional extra dab on.

[@breh08]

Here's to hoping Ed will let you come try the pepper itself! I'd be curious on your review of the pepper with no additives, processing, etc.

[@sg2823]

I don't know gang, someone needs to really needs to hand johnny an actual pepper x. This hot sauce has to be a faux pepper x sauce, just to sell the product. Peace out Johnny and Tommy!

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

I keep seeing everyone say that 91% of 2.69 mil SHU is 2.4mil shu...yes, that is correct, but the bottle says that 91% of what is inside is supposed to be the 2.69 mil SHU pepper in different forms (puree, distillate, and powder). Since the scoville scale, if I'm understanding correctly, measures how many parts water it would take to make 1 part of the product undetectable. So in PepperX case, it would take 2.69 million drops of water to make 1 drop of PepperX "juice" undetectable. if 91% of that little bottle is Pepper X "juice" in one form or another, the remaining 9% even if it was just water, wouldnt even lower the SHU of the sauce to 2.4 mil. it would take around 200K drops of water to lower it tahat far. 9% of that bottle is likely around 150-200 drops total (from experience mixing my own vape juice for a while and measuring everything in drops.) So this sauce isnt just shady, it's an outright lie, and false advertising.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

Certainly doesn't add up and not releasing it creating doubt

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

@@ChaseTheHeat My math was wrong. in my example above...it would take waaay more than 200K drops to lower the 91% of the bottle to 91% of what pepperX is supposed to be. the bottle is 5 fl oz. 91% of that is 4.55 Fl. oz so you would need 200K x 4.55 fl oz. of water to lower the SHU to 2.4 mil. so those last .45 oz of whatever else is in that bottle shouldnt even lower it to below 2.69...it would just lower the fifth decimal place...lol

[@notademonrat]

The Hot Dang show drank a whole bottle and he said it was really hot and i trust him, didnt seem like you tried much.

[@nkrekula]

Harvest 912 is so cool thanks for sharing. Airborne!

[@JasonP-fp5ys]

Lmao-great choreography with the infamous “X” salute
🔥🔥🔥🌶️🌶️🌶️🔥🔥🔥

[@malcolmt7883]

Fermenting or pickling, at least when I do it, reduces the heat considerably. Is there some kind of trick to maintaining the heat in a sauce?

[@KajunNinja]

Wow... i was expecting you to be blown away but you sait it was like a two. Cant wait to see what Scoville reading it gets and will it be explained out 8% distiled vinigar can cut the suposed hot pepper down to table sause.😂😂😂... Love your Channel and Love your Honesty❤ CTH Johnny. Get the Answers for us.

[@MrWilderNapalm]

Honestly I am on my 4th bottle and I love the stuff. That being said it seems as if it could/should be hotter. CTH4 stings way more no two ways about it. As far as flavor I get a strong citrus hit right off, could be the vinegar you and Tommy both detected, then floral but in a nice way. But I also try to remember this sauce isn't just made for our kind it also had to be doable to the public at large. I'm sure if Ed wanted to mess us up he could and will. Have you heard about Pepper Y? He swears its hotter than X. I think our problem is we want to be hurt as bad as if we just ate the pod but we want in a sauce with a great flavor.

[@lonndawg7554]

Wow, I kind of don't know what to say... :-) For a comparison... Do you recall ever having tried the Last Dab XXX ? I'm kind of looking for a reference, do you think the last Dab triple X was hotter ? I have been waiting for you to get a hold of a bottle of this, I am on one hand... Kind of glad from one perspective that this sauce is consumable for the average Chile head, but also as you are conveying to us, it certainly did not seem to blow the doors off the building...🙂 it's going to be interesting.... To see how all this plays out, there's something to be learned, I'm sure you know this controversy, Ed is a fantastic person, and who knows what is in the lab of a mad scientist 🙂

[@ChaseTheHeat]

Ed owes an explanation. This sauce is a sham. $30 for a sauce that I doubt will be 300K SHU. I am looking forward to the results. This sauce needs an explanation from the people making money selling it. The 91% is where it becomes shady to me. This sauce should be 2 million SHU and it's weak.
It's a bummer. I was expecting so much more

[@averagejoegrows]

ed is not a fantasic purpose u BITCH ! he is a theif and LIAR !

[@ChaseTheHeat]

What your language here. I'll block you forever for berating a follower of this channel. Last warning

[@Sevlar01]

Great video. I am wondering though if it would have been hotter if you got to the bottom of the bottle. Perhaps its all settled and yes it was shaken but maybe there isn't enough room in the bottle to properly mix it up. So you never know, you may be in for a surprise as you get further into the bottle.

[@thechugdude]

I reviewed it and had similar thoughts. I don't have as much experience as you so I didn't say too much lol.

[@daves1563]

91 % pepper X would be about 4.5 Oz per bottle of just X, and .5 or half an ounce of vinegar. That would be so thick like a paste, especially with powder added. Edd Squirrely is so full of XXXX. If there is no XAnthan gum wait for it to separate and remove the thin vinegar, then taste it and it should all be pepper X.

[@greghamann2099]

Thankx for keeping it real Johnny.

[@SuperReddog17]

by the ingriedients you said, it made me wonder where the red color came from.

[@absy184]

I wonder how much of it is _actual_ Pepper X, rather than powder / distillate. Depending on the method of distillation etc, I wonder if that's essentially watering it down substantially?

[@syx3s]

2:10 minutes in. i don't believe looking at the contents of that bottle that it's possible for 90% of it to be pure pepper. it would almost be a solid paste. you could fix your drywall with 90% pepper.

[@bryceandcolesvids]

Exactly. It’s like a marketing scam

[@nicks.12]

How cool, I'm currently eating a hotdog with this on it and sure enough you pop up on my recommended. I cant wait to see the results of the independent Scoville rating. My guess is 700,000.

[@cedricbelanger112]

I am not a pepper "Xpert," but in my few experiences with hot peppers, raw peppers feel way hotter than hot sauces for me, like the difference is surprising (for equivalent scoville units, although I never tested what I eat in lab and I assume they are in the same range). Others with that feeling? This could be because some sauces are made with weaker peppers, but that would be false advertising in my opinion. This could also be a consequence of the average measure; without the standard variation (or other metrics such as skewness of the distribution if it is not gaussian), we have no clue how consistent the heat is for a given pepper.

[@nicks.12]

Pepper x is roughly rated at 2.6 mil. Assuming it works this way, 90% of 2.6 is roughly 2.3. I think its safe to say its not anywhere near that hot. Id be surprised if its above 1 million.

[@leeroy5665]

Sorry Ed, but pepper x is not the hottest pepper in the world, and its been around much longer than many people know!

[@taurushipointenthusiast1306]

Thank you. I did not waste my money

[@Ragnar009]

I have to try this. There are several sauces with a similar ingredient list, Trinidad, and chocolate plague to name a few. That are screaming hot without the distilant. You would think having a POP of 91%, you wouldn't need it.

[@ChaseTheHeat]

Save your money. It isn't worth $15 let alone $30

[@Hollenthon2468]

I have a feeling that if you take any of these super hot peppers, Primotallii included, and make it into a sauce like that with additives that it won't be nearly as hot as the pepper itself.
The 91% part may be referring to 91% of the entire bottle. You would probably need to consume 91% of the bottle at once to get a heat level close to the actual Pepper X pepper. That's my guess.

[@itwasntmebro2669]

I had a bad sinus infection and this stuff just a dab cleared me out lol..seriously..2 days later my si was gone.

[@pkwan970]

I tired the last dab, all marketing, very little heat. Given the $20/bottle price tag, I expected a lot more. But I suspect there is limited supply of pepper x, and they want to sell as many bottles as possible. So there is a lot of other peppers or filler because heat level is very disappointing

[@epicon6]

I’m glad there’s one more great tasting hot sauce even though it’s not ultra hot, because i use ultra hots for cooking and tastier hot sauces for dipping and straight on food/snacks.

[@jay71512]

If its 90% pepper x then 10% other, then it must be 2.4m scovilles. Thats not considering rhe extract that must be higher than 2.69m. Something doesnt add up here.

[@Mennenth]

... I'm so disappointed in myself for not researching before buying like I normally do. I got got by the marketing.
The flavor is indeed good, but all that does is make me want a sauce that does pepper X justice instead of this... participation trophy of hot sauces that I was sold. "YAY! I've had pepper X, the hottest pepper in the world!"... I suppose...

[@Castle743]

My gosh
You look like twins❤

[@Sadar21Osasuna]

Johnny Scovile scale is not linear right? Therefore, if you diute 10% you might be diluting proportionately more than 10%?

[@nickeats88]

Love you dawg, great video. Pepper X shaping up just like I thought.

[@stevenk8953]

Well I’m glad you finally got a chance to try the sauce. Maybe you should pay good old Ed a visit in North Carolina! Eat a pepper with him. 😅

[@murph6253]

That’s crazy, appreciate the honesty Johnny. Very eye opening reaction 🌶 🔥

[@JUMBOpin]

It was created for a show and there’s no way they would sell a sauce that would destroy a common person. No way. Creating a brand 101.

[@Dinkydau00]

The scoville rating is 0,91 * 2,7M = 2,45M scoville.
But you asked for a mathematician. I happen to be one... so let's make it more complicated... I mean let's generalize it and see why it works. You can also look at it this way: there is 91% material at 2,7M scoville and 9% material that's 0 scoville. The rating of the whole sauce is a weighted average over the components. The rating is thus 0,91 * 2,7M + 0,09 * 0 = 2,45M scoville. Here 0,91 and 0,09 are the weights. You just multiply the percentages by the scoville ratings and sum those, so this method can also be used if you mix substances of varying scoville amounts.
By the way, the reason you need to take an average in the first place has to do with the fact that the scoville scale is a linear scale, which basically means that 2 times more scoville means it's also 2 times as hot. Not all scales work like that, for example the decibel scale for sound is a logarithmic scale, so you would need to do something different there. (A sound that's 2 times as loud corresponds to *adding* a fixed number of decibels instead of multiplying the decibel rating by 2.)

[@ChaseTheHeat]

This comment is simply awesome!

[@Dinkydau00]

@@ChaseTheHeat Thanks!

[@Charlie-gm1qm]

as a chili head, and after watching my favorite youtuber JOHNNY SCOVILLE eat this sauce. i cannot wait to get my hands on this stuff! Thanks so much for the entertaining video, the both of you. P.S. there's no way you two are related... LOL

[@colbysmith974]

I got an advertisement on Facebook from first we feast for last dab xperiance that says "pure pepper x". Super misleading and now he's posting videos explaining scoville testing as if he doesn't say his sauces test over 2 million shu