Chris Brokopp, a State Farm agent from Eugene, proved he could offer more than insurance coverage when he outlasted 11 other brave contestants, at the Lane County Farmers Market’s Pepper Fest, held Thursday evening, Sept. 18.
The fiery competition escalated from mild jalapeños, clocking in at 5,000 Scoville units, to the Beast, which reaches 2.5 million on the Scoville scale.
Named after American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, who in 1912 invented a test for sensitivity to hot chiles, the scale measures the concentration of burn-producing capsaicinoids…