I don't get hung up on the scoville scale...Some sites list pequins at 30-60 thousand scovilles, but I've had some that will set your whole face on fire. You grow the right chili in the right conditions and BAM! It'll sucker punch you! Plus different peppers=different burns. Some are really hot, but build nice and slow while others seem to hit so fast that your tongue melts right out the gate!