Chili pepper · Syria and Turkey
Aleppo
10,000 Scoville heat units
Sold as coarse flakes cured with salt and oil. Slow, fruity heat rather than a spike.
What this rung gets you Buffalo wings at hot, and finish the basket
How hot Aleppo actually is
Aleppo is about 2 times hotter than a jalapeño. Growing conditions move any published figure several-fold, so read it as the middle of a range rather than a promise.
On the twelve-rung ladder
It sits on rung 6, Bite, which spans 6.5K to 15K SHU. The top of the jalapeño range and the bottom of the serrano range. Sweating slightly here is expected and is not a sign you have overshot.
Training to this rung is what gets you: Buffalo wings at hot, and finish the basket.
Comparable heat
Anything here burns at roughly the same level, which is what makes them interchangeable when you are training at this rung.
- Tabasco Habanero 7,000
- Hungarian wax 8,000
- El Yucateco Red 9,000
- Crystal Extra Hot 10,000
Common questions
How hot is Aleppo on the Scoville scale?
Aleppo measures about 10,000 Scoville heat units. That is about 2 times hotter than a jalapeño.
Where does Aleppo sit on the ladder?
Rung 6 of twelve — Bite, covering 6.5K to 15K SHU. The top of the jalapeño range and the bottom of the serrano range. Sweating slightly here is expected and is not a sign you have overshot.
What stops the burn from Aleppo?
Dairy. Capsaicin is fat-soluble, so water spreads it rather than removing it; the casein in milk, yogurt or ice cream lifts it off the receptor. A spoonful of sugar held in the mouth measurably helps too. Starch — rice or bread — physically carries it off the tongue.
Aleppo is rung 6 of twelve. Which rung are you on?
Buffalo wings at hot, and finish the basket. That is rung 6. Name the hottest thing you eat without thinking. See how far that is.
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