# KS Starrgazer

Also known as StarrGazer, KS StarrGazer, Starrgazer Red.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

KS Starrgazer is a Capsicum chinense f2+ from North Texas, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 200,000 SHU (Official breeder). Flavor is sweet, tropical. Used for Raw slices, hot sauce, beef jerky, dried flakes.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 6.3 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 200,000 SHU · Official breeder
  Khang Starr (2018) YouTube · Taste panel
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZiXlBAQF8

## Heritage

F2+

KS Starrgazer is an F2+ of KS White Thai and KS StarrRacha Hornet, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Khang Starr · 2017

Parents:
- [KS White Thai](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/ks-white-thai)
- KS StarrRacha Hornet (Not a named variety)

Khang Starr put StarrRacha Hornet pollen on KS White Thai and showed the F1 in 2017. By 2021 the red line was F5, and gold and orange plants still appear.

## Page sources

- [Khang Starr F1 tasting: White Thai x StarrRacha, the founding cross later named Starrgazer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HBgEHbJSE)
- [Khang Starr 2018 Gold phenotype review, heat guess, and comparison with KS White Thai.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZiXlBAQF8)
- [Khang Starr 2021 Red F5 review: parentage, pod shape, flavor, seed count, and uses.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuFsxM3jn0M)
- [Live seed listing for an orange phenotype of the regular red-ripening KS Starrgazer.](https://texashotpeppers.net/products/ks-starrgazer-orange)

## FAQ
### How hot is KS Starrgazer?

Capsi’s sourced range is 200,000 SHU (Official breeder). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does KS Starrgazer taste like?

Sweet first bite, then a tropical aroma and a throat burn. Crunchier and sweeter than a plain Thai, with a faint metallic finish after the heat.

### How do I grow KS Starrgazer?

KS Starrgazer: subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.

### What can I substitute for KS Starrgazer?

KS White Thai

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/ks-starrgazer
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data