How hot is The Last Dab: Xperience?
Hot Ones The Last Dab: Xperience is rated 2,693,000 SHU by HEATONIST (seller and co-maker). That is the lab average of its pepper, Pepper X, not a test of the diluted sauce. The highest published figure (2,693,000 SHU) is about 539× a typical jalapeño pepper (5,000 SHU).
Checked October 20, 2026 · How we source facts
Every published figure
| Figure | Who published it | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,693,000 SHU | HEATONIST (seller and co-maker)[1] | Seller’s figure |
2,693,000 is the lab average for the Pepper X pepper, not a test of the bottled sauce. A sauce made with vinegar is diluted, so it cannot be hotter than the pepper it is made from. Treat the sauce figure as a ceiling, not a measurement.
What’s inside
Pepper X (as pepper, powder and distillate) and distilled vinegar. Made by Hot Ones and HEATONIST with Ed Currie (PuckerButt Pepper Company).
A sauce is always milder than its hottest pepper, because the pepper is diluted with vinegar, salt and other ingredients. For comparison, the peppers themselves:
- Pepper X2,693,000 SHU
Facts
- The ingredients are Pepper X pepper, distilled vinegar, Pepper X powder and Pepper X distillate; the seller says the sauce is over 91% Pepper X.[1]
- Guinness World Records named Pepper X the world's hottest pepper on 9 October 2023, at an average of about 2.69 million SHU.[2]
- Xperience is the Season 22 version of The Last Dab, the hottest sauce on Hot Ones.[3]
Questions
How many Scoville units is The Last Dab: Xperience?
2,693,000 SHU (HEATONIST (seller and co-maker)). None of these is a published lab test of the sauce.
Is The Last Dab: Xperience hotter than a jalapeño?
The highest published figure (2,693,000 SHU) is about 539× a typical jalapeño pepper (5,000 SHU).
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- How hot is Mad Dog 357?357,000 SHU
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Sources
- HEATONIST (seller and co-maker): The Last Dab: Xperience: 2,693,000 SHU (secondary source)
- Associated Press via Bangor Daily News (2023): The Last Dab: Xperience (secondary source)
- Wikipedia: The Last Dab: Xperience (secondary source)