More than three hundred people tried the curry before Dr. Ian Rothwell became the first person to finish a dish, taking just over an hour, including a 10 minute walk where he was said to have been hallucinating.

[6] Testing of the chili's Scoville rating was carried out at the University of Warwick's Crop Centre during March, 2010.

Even the researchers at the University of Warwick were surprised by both bestowals of world's hottest pepper as they had thought that another independent verification and proof of cultivar stability would be needed.

[8] As it is possible to vary the heat within a strain by stressing the plant through various techniques such as selectively withholding water and five years is not sufficient time to breed a new cultivar, and especially not to stabilize it, the researchers and growers rejected the claims of both the Infinity pepper and the Naga Viper in favor of the Trinidad Scorpion.

[8] Since the controversy with the Infinity Chili and Naga Viper, both of which appear to have been stressed unstable hybrids measured at a peak, and with the increasing number of contenders for hottest chili pepper, Guinness World Records has required more verification of heat levels and of cultivar stabilization.