Pepper Heat Levels

Don S · December 23, 2018

I am helping another site improve their pepper descriptions. So that users can narrow down searches we want to assign varieties to a reasonable number of heat levels. One suggestion was (with approximate Scoville ratings)

Sweet (<100 SHU)
Mild (100 - 2500 SHU)
Medium Hot (2500-50,000 SHU)
Hot (50,000 - 500,000 SHU)
Ultra Hot (500,000+ SHU)

I found a dozen or so such ratings on the web, all different, but two are close to the above list except for setting the Hot levels at 30,000 - 350,000 SHU.
Are these reasonable choices? Suggestions welcome.

December 23, 2018	#1
Don S Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Westbrook, CT Posts: 41	Pepper Heat Levels I am helping another site improve their pepper descriptions. So that users can narrow down searches we want to assign varieties to a reasonable number of heat levels. One suggestion was (with approximate Scoville ratings) Sweet (<100 SHU) Mild (100 - 2500 SHU) Medium Hot (2500-50,000 SHU) Hot (50,000 - 500,000 SHU) Ultra Hot (500,000+ SHU) I found a dozen or so such ratings on the web, all different, but two are close to the above list except for setting the Hot levels at 30,000 - 350,000 SHU. Are these reasonable choices? Suggestions welcome.