Some Like It Hot

Do you like your salsa super-hot, mild or somewhere in between? Here's how the most popular chilies rank on the heat-o-meter:

Inferno

• habanero (fresh)

Blistering

• chili de arbol (dried)
  
• serrano (fresh)
  
• jalapeno (fresh)
  
• chipotle (dried)

A pleasant burn

• New Mexico hot (dried)
  
• California (dried)
  
• ancho (dried)
  
• negro (dried)
  
• pasilla (fresh)
  
• poblano (fresh)

Just a hint of heat

• Anaheim (fresh)
  
• New Mexico mild (fresh)
  
• cherry (fresh)

For cowardly lions

• bell (fresh)
  
• pimento (fresh)