Hot Takes
1 season, 9 episodesSeason 1
How-To
Smokin’ Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to taste and rank some of the hottest chile peppers from 11 countries around the globe.Read More: 18 Types of Peppers and How to Cook With Them
Q&A
Pepper master and hot sauce expert Smokin' Ed Currie returns to Epicurious, this time to answer your burning questions about hot peppers.Read More: 18 Types of Peppers and How to Cook With Them
How-To
Smokin’ Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, visits Epicurious to taste and rank 10 of the hottest chile peppers on the planet. As the pepper breeder who created the famous Carolina Reaper and a professional hot sauce maker, Ed knows a thing or two about flavor complexity and heat. See where each of these 10 pepper varieties rank in his expert opinion.
How-To
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to turn the dreaded 'Pepper X' into some of the world's hottest hot sauce.
How-To
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to demystify hot sauce labels and classify some of the many varieties available into categories of hotness. Which ones come in on the mild side and which ones push the envelope on heat?
How-To
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to try a variety of hot snacks, ranking them according to heat and flavor. Can you make a snack that packs a punch but also tastes good?
How-To
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to blind taste 12 of the world’s hottest peppers, ranking them according to heat and flavor. Can Ed guess each pepper purely from taste and appearance?
Chefs
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to taste 17 hot condiments from around the world. From Japanese Yuzu koshō to Yemeni Zhug, find out what spicy condiments are on offer worldwide.
Q&A
Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to taste 10 of the absolute hottest hot sauces on the market. From Ed's own Reaper Squeezin's and Extra Mean Green to Mikey V's E.A.F.O. and the Hot Ones The Last Dab Xperience, see what Ed has to say about ten of the hottest of the hot. 🔥