NIbbles said:
I believe they have pepper x seeds, but like the comment above said, the results should be back now if not at least a small bit of data should. by a small bit of data we could see if it might have a chance at being 3 mill. shu's. I think they are not releasing it because if it is not as hot as it claims, then they are still making a ton of money off the hot sauce in the meantime.
You said "I believe they have pepper x seeds"
I assume you believe they have single variety that they are calling Pepper X then? Then back to the start, what color is Pepper X?
I am sincerely not trying to razz the folk at Puckerbutt. I think they are absolute
marketing genius at what they do. I counted maybe a dozen or so different times the owner had a different story for how the Carolina Reaper came to exist, lost track of how many different crosses he claimed. Then there was the Reaper is a Primo controversy that spawned a bunch of new hot sauces. Now look at how popular the Carolina Reaper is..
Then we had Death Strain. It made the news media. It turned heads. People asked me for the seed often and I sent them to the Puckerbutt website to inquire. Even though the pepper was never released, they got tons of free advertising from the media and then from folk like me.
So the Dragons Breath comes out. Is it all that hot? I dont care, I am growing it because it is reportedly a new pepper and I am curious. Oh, but cant let that stay in the headlines. Right on its tales comes Pepper X. Timing has to be intentional because all the media says it beats Dragons Breath.
Now, something like the Carolina Reaper is going on. Only instead of the lineage changing, it is the color. The sauce goes from green to red, folk speculate is it a green pepper or a red pepper.
In the media, Puckerbutt is back on top. In folks minds the Pepper X has beat Dragon's Breath. Not one test published. Not one record awarded. Controversy around both pepper is so thick it is unreal. But people overwhelmingly believe there was some sort of contest and Pepper X won so they think Puckerbutt won.
And they did! It is absolutely amazing. They are complete marketing genius. No matter how anyone feels about the business, you gotta admit having a top selling hot sauce made from a pepper never shown to exist is AMAZING.
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