um, I'd say it's a completely different scale, kinda. the stuff we had was purely meant to be the hottest sht on the planet. the stuff I'm making is meant to be eaten and enjoyed by a larger audience than would typically eat that crazy stuff we had in KY. if you think that stuff was a 9, this stuff is a 2 or 3. but for some people who don't usually eat hot stuff, this might be in the 5 range. I'd consider habaneros to be on the hot side of what typical people eat. the type of pepper we had was in it's own category, let's call it the "FU hot pepper". and what I'm doing on some of my sauces is coring or de-seeding all or a portion of the habanero, which removes a lot of the heat. on this batch I used 6 large habs and only cored 2 of them and it has a delicious, nice heat to it. I could put a spoonful of this in my facehole, but I wouldn't even consider doing that with the KY stuff. that stuff I have literally once every couple of months and I have to mentally prepare for it. this stuff I'd eat every day.
for reference (I'm sure someone will dispute these #'s as it isn't an exact science):
type of pepper and SHU:
jalapeno 2,500-8,000
serrano 10,000-23,000
habanero 100,000-350,000
carolina reaper 1.4mill-2.2mill
pepper X 3+mill
the one I have for next year is 3+mill