The World’s Largest Chile Pepper is a concrete structure measuring 47 feet long and 2.5 tons in weight and is located in Las Cruces New Mexico at the Big Chile Inn. A motel’s proprietors built it between 2010 and 2011 with the hope that it would draw tourists to their area and give Las Cruces a distinct character (the chile pepper being New Mexico’s favorite crop). This 47-foot-long monster also makes Hatch, New Mexico, the self-proclaimed “Chile Capital of the World,” a competitor of Las Cruces.
