On the Scoville heat units (SHU) scale, which measures how hot chili peppers are based on their capsaicin content, shishito peppers fall near the bottom, at 50-200.

Wilbur Scoville was a pharmacist who devised a means of measuring the heat of various chile peppers. While the Scoville scale that he created in 1912 is not without its critics, it continues to ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous heat ranking system before you add chiles to your next meal. Audrey Morgan is a senior editor at Food & Wine with over eight years of ...