In general I think the whole worlds hottest thing is about selling seeds before another super hot takes it's place.
I don't know for a fact,but read stuff about tests being different to raise the rating of said peppers.
Testing different ways until one gives the best results.
I get the idea that different tests are for different amounts of scoville numbers.
I really don't know for a fact about it...
An example just for whatever could be that Pubescence generally can feel hotter when eaten than other peppers only because they have a couple different alkaloids than lets say a Jalapeno or whatever.
They aren't that hot but hit more receptors.
At the same time,1 plant of a Douglah or whatever might kick butt,but it isn't that common or whatever.
So it all boils down to actually testing in the most favorable way to get your hottest plant to be the record.
For me the hottest (and most tasteless) pepper I've ever eaten was Brain Strain.
Hot as heck but tasted like the Butch T,Battery acid.
Brain Strain was hotter but both tasted like battery acid to me.
I've tasted several versions of the reaper.
All/most were super hot but none were world record holders for heat in my opinion.
I will admit they had a good/sometimes better taste compared to some/a lot of other supers.
But taste has nothing to do with the world record.
A lot of the recent crosses will or might be contenders BUT they are probably 1 trick ponies.
Just my opinion,worth exactly what you paid for it.
