From ‘Hot Ones’ to Creating the Hottest Pepper in the World, Smokin’ Ed Currie Says He’s on a Mission From God to Bring Pleasure and Pain to the Masses

I’ve had a lot of different people on How Success Happens whose products are designed to make you feel all kinds of things. We had a best-selling thriller writer who wants to make you feel scared. An organizational expert who wants to make you feel calm. Well, this week’s guest runs the PuckerButt Pepper Company, and he wants you to feel things on a whole different level.

Smokin’ Ed Currie has built a career around peppers — growing them, cooking with them, and pushing the limits of heat. His creations have been featured on Hot Ones and he is the Guinness Book of World Records holder for creating the world’s