Vegetable breeders at Oregon State University have produced two new habanero peppers that they say pack all the flavor ...

That’s closer to bell pepper on the scale than a regular habanero, which can reach between 100,000 to 300,000 on the Scoville chart ... a planted row of bright red Mild Thing peppers, roughly ...

For comparison, a habanero pepper typically hits 100,000 Scoville heat units, but Pepper X registers at 2.69 million units. Breeder and grower Ed Currie created both record-breaking peppers.

The heat of peppers is measured in Scoville Heat Units ... This pepper, also known as "Red Savina," was developed through various mutations of the habanero pepper. It's native to California.