With an average 1,041,427 SHU rating, ghost pepper was the world's hottest pepper, but Carolina reaper has a whopping 1,569,300 on average SHU and takes away the number position for the world's hottest chili. Comparison: Carolina Reaper vs. Ghost Pepper When people look at peppers that measure in the millions on the Scoville scale, it can be easy to get lost in the heat and forget everything else about these peppers that makes them so unique. This mistake usually leaves people not realizing how incredible these individual peppers are. Carolina Reapers provide a faster, more immediately intense blast of heat. In terms of raw heat, Carolina Reapers take the lead. They average over 2 million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), more than double the 1 million SHUs of Ghost peppers. That makes Reapers over 400 times hotter than a mild jalapeño! Ghost Pepper vs. Carolina Reaper: A Fiery Showdown: 1. Heat Level: Ghost Pepper: Ranging from 800,000 to over 1 million SHU, the Ghost Pepper delivers an intense and lingering heat that can leave you breathless. It's essential to handle Ghost Peppers with extreme caution due to their blistering spiciness. On the Scoville scale, it is reported that the Carolina Reaper may reach over 2 million SHUs, equivalent to double the amount of heat as the ghost pepper—It's hot, and by hot, we mean HOT! Both of these peppers have a considerable amount of heat packed into them. The Carolina Reaper ranges on a blistering scale between 1,400,000 to 2,200,000 Scoville heat units making it officially the hottest pepper in the world. As for the Ghost Pepper, it ranges between 855,000 to 1,041,000 SHU on the Scoville heat scale. Reaching over 2 million SHUs on the Scoville scale, the Carolina Reaper is two times hotter than the average ghost pepper. Due to their extreme heat, Carolina Reapers can overwhelm most recipes and are best used for hot sauces. Comparatively, habaneros have about 350, 000 SHU. That means ghost peppers are about three times as spicy as habaneros. If you've ever struggled to eat habaneros, you're probably sweating just Pepper X's Scoville rating is reported to be about 2.7 million Scoville heat units (SHU) while the Carolina Reaper's rating is ranges from 1.4 million to 2.2 million SHU, with a median heat of 1.8 million SHU. So on paper that math pans out. uhsTJ.