Meet Cleveland's Hot Ones: The Local Hot Sauces You Should Be

In August of this year, chili pepper breeder Ed Currie secured the Guinness World Record for his latest creation, Pepper X, a cultivar so hot that it makes the dreaded Carolina Reaper seem wimpy by comparison. But even X, the “World’s Hottest Pepper,” fails to approach some of the demonic hot sauces on the market that promise hours of gastrointestinal discomfort in every drop.

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