I have seen the hotness of peppers vary *greatly* between the same species in the same garden, and even on the same plant. How do restaurants and other food preparers manage to get a product with consistent hotness?

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I have seen the hotness of peppers vary *greatly* between the same species in the same garden, and even on the same plant. How do restaurants and other food preparers manage to get a product with consistent hotness?

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Such a great question. In fact the whole Scoville scale of chillies seems flawed on this one for this exact reason. One blows your head off the other, of the same chillie is mild!!