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'''Ed ('Smokin' Ed) Currie''' is an American chili pepper grower, founder and president of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company and the creator of the world's hottest pepper according to [[Guinness World Records]], Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper.<ref>|date=2015-04-29|title=Ed Currie, creator of the Carolina Reaper, is working on an even hotter variety|url=https://www.cayennediane.com/new-worlds-hottest-pepper/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Cayenne Diane|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Background ==
Currie was born in [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan]]. He graduated from [[Central Michigan University]] and fought addiction for many years. In 2001, Currie moved to [[South Carolina]] where he began growing his own peppers in the yard and experimenting with crossbreeds. <ref name=":0"></ref>
== Puckerbutt Pepper Company ==
Currie started The Puckerbutt Pepper Company in [[Fort Mill, South Carolina]] in 2003.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> They have over 500,000 pepper plants and sell the hottest peppers on the planet. He sells seeds, pepper mash and hot sauce to more than 95 countries.<ref name=":0" /> PuckerButt has annual revenues close to $1 million and it is the largest organic pepper farm in the [[United States]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Currie's hot sauce "The Last Dab" became well known when it was featured on the YouTube show ''[[Hot Ones]].''<ref name=":1" /><ref></ref>
Currie crossbreeds his pepper plants by taking the pollen of one plant with a paintbrush and then delivering that pollen to a different plant. To create the Carolina Reaper, he took a pepper from Pakistan and combined it with one from St. Vincent.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2013, Guinness World Records gave the title of World's Hottest Chili to the Carolina Reaper. <ref></ref><ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Farmers from South Carolina]]
== Background ==
Currie was born in [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan]]. He graduated from [[Central Michigan University]] and fought addiction for many years. In 2001, Currie moved to [[South Carolina]] where he began growing his own peppers in the yard and experimenting with crossbreeds. <ref name=":0"></ref>
== Puckerbutt Pepper Company ==
Currie started The Puckerbutt Pepper Company in [[Fort Mill, South Carolina]] in 2003.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> They have over 500,000 pepper plants and sell the hottest peppers on the planet. He sells seeds, pepper mash and hot sauce to more than 95 countries.<ref name=":0" /> PuckerButt has annual revenues close to $1 million and it is the largest organic pepper farm in the [[United States]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Currie's hot sauce "The Last Dab" became well known when it was featured on the YouTube show ''[[Hot Ones]].''<ref name=":1" /><ref></ref>
Currie crossbreeds his pepper plants by taking the pollen of one plant with a paintbrush and then delivering that pollen to a different plant. To create the Carolina Reaper, he took a pepper from Pakistan and combined it with one from St. Vincent.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2013, Guinness World Records gave the title of World's Hottest Chili to the Carolina Reaper. <ref></ref><ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Farmers from South Carolina]]
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