GMM Marathon: Food Feuds Taste Test (Marathon)

It’s a Food Feuds marathon! Let’s talk about that. Good Mythical Marathon! Sorry, I wasn’t done. There are a couple, are you done? I’m done. Done, done, done, done, done, done. There are a couple of paths to becoming a judge. Some people go to law school. And some people go to engineering school and become professional eaters on Youtube. One, makes you a Judge Judy, the other makes you a judge foodie. As a co-judge foodie, we have presided over 36 Food Feud cases thus far in our careers, and today, we are looking back at 6 of our favorites. I’m excited to look back at these, because I can not tell you, the number of times that I’m out in public, and I’m eating at one of the places that we have judged against something else. And I’m kind of like. I kind of think that this is better than that. I wonder if that’s what we actually determined on that show that we make. Yeah. We should watch it back. So, before we get to each one of these. I’m going to, I’m going to tell you which one I think I like better. Just off the cuff. And see if my real life self is consistent with my show self. – All right. – That’s a risk. I’ll do it too. We’re starting with our very first Food Feuds Do you remember this one? Texas Roadhouse vs. Outback Steakhouse June 10th. 2019, Link. Oh, you remember that? Yeah. Let’s see, Texas Roadhouse vs. Outback Steakhouse. I think I would say. I think that Outback is really good. Outback’s really good. I have a special lunch place in my brain. In my brain? Yeah. For Texas Roadhouse. You’re like the ancient Egyptians, you believe that your brain in in your heart. Yeah, I do. And I’m starting to like cats. All right, let’s watch it. Will Texas Roadhouse out-stack The Outback? Let’s talk about that. Good Mythical Summer. Our June live shows featuring unpredictable comedy and harmonious songmanship are comin’ up quick! Get tickets at RhettAndLinkLive.com now. Now a little while back we did a chain restaurant steak taste test and the best steak came down to Texas Roadhouse and the Outback Steakhouse. Outback barely eked out the win but I think that was mostly because and I said this at the time, that was where I had my first date with Jessie so I just had to pick one. Yeah and here’s what happened after that episode aired, we noticed that we had accidentally tapped into an existing beef, no pun intended, between the Roadhouse and the Steakhouse. It all started back in 2018 when Texas Roadhouse retweeted this meme with them as the Krusty Krab from Spongebob and Outback as the villainous Chum Bucket. And then Outback replied with this. Okay. Which I gotta be honest, point Roadhouse. Then Roadhouse destroyed Outback with this. Oh okay so we know that Texas Roadhouse has a better social media team. But we wanna have an honest to goodness, fair and square comparison between the two restaurants to really figure out which is better overall and not just steaks. It’s time for Food Feuds: Texas Roadhouse versus Outback Steakhouse. We’re gonna taste various signature dishes from each restaurant head to head and then Rhett and I will rate each dish on a scale of one to 10. In the end, whoever has the most points will be crowned the absolute uncontested best steak restaurant of all time according to us and will win a chance to sponsor a GMM episode. Ha, I like the way that works. Okay so when we did the restaurant free bread taste test last year, Texas Roadhouse beat Outback but then Outback recently won the steak taste test so these guys are starting out on even ground. Yeah and now both of their menus are huge and there’s lots of good stuff that we just don’t have time to try but feel free to share in the comments the dishes that you like but just don’t be going, you guys didn’t try the cheesy winger dingers. What’s wrong with you? Sound good. We had to draw the line somewhere. Okay first up we’re gonna be tasting a sampling of appetizers from each restaurant. Hi y’all I’m Roadhouse Rhonda. I’ve got a Roadhouse combo appetizer platter. We got your boneless buffalo wings. We got rattlesnake bites, no they are not real rattlesnake. Please stop asking me that. It’s like a jalapeno. Yeah yeah and then we got some tater skins and you get a choice of dipping sauce but I gave you blue cheese and that’s just how we’re gonna do it. Okay, thank you Rhonda. Enjoy, buckaroos. Thank you Rhonda. Oh you. Don’t eat that trash. Hello, good day, mate. My name is Beck Betch and I’ve got some Aussie-tizers for you. We got some fries. We got Aussie cheese fries, Kookaburra Wings, and we got volcano pretzel bites. I’ve never had these. You’re gonna have all of them. Now a couple of things. Bloomin’ Onion is not here because Texas Roadhouse actually has a similar dish and we’re gonna put those head to head in a different round. Second thing is we got a lot of things to taste and so we’re not gonna be going back and forth. We are tasting, getting an essence of the whole plate, and then conjuring our score. We’re gonna conjure a score? Conjure it. Like magic? Can’t go wrong with cheese fries. No those are good. Is the different sauce for the fries or a Kookaburra Wing? I’m gonna do without the sauce. Never had this. It’s a tasty wing. Totally unique too in its rub. That’s an interesting wing flavor. Kookaburra. I like that. I thought that was like an endangered species. And then to round out our appetizer plate– A pretzel bite? Oh this is probably what this is for. I put my fries in it by accident but didn’t hurt ’em. Oh man there’s more cheese on the inside of that. That is an odd thing to put on the menu That’s not the highlight of the plate. Mm-mm but the wings. That’s a good plate though. You can’t go wrong with cheese fries. See now over here when we got the tater skins, these things are huge. You can pretty much compare these with the loaded fries. Tit for tat. I’d say they’re pretty much neck and neck. Yeah, both very good. They’ve done a pretty good job of slathering it with cheese and bacon bits. Boneless wings which not a fan technically. Dink it and sink it. I don’t think we got time for sinks and sinks, man. You don’t like a boneless wing? I feel like I’m taking advantage of the concept of a wing. It’s good though, it’s a little drier. I would say it’s not bad. It’s not as interesting as the other one. Oh and then these jalapeno poppers. That’s really good. Because the jalapeno is not overpowering, so we just need to give a score one to 10 for each. Way better than, okay, you wanna start over here. Again I don’t know about the pretzels but the wings are really coming to the fore for me. I’m gonna get it a nice, solid seven. Okay I was thinking six because the pretzel bites are a serious misfire for me. What about over here? Six over here, I think I’m gonna go seven over here. Oh. Because even though I don’t typically like the boneless wings, I love these rattlesnake bites and I actually prefer the tater skins over the fries. To me these wings are really knocking out these nuggets. I’m actually favoring the Outback and I’m gonna give that a six. Okay. So that means we have a score of 13 for both of them. Oh we tied. Okay so when we did the steak taste test, we did sirloin because that was the only steak that was available in all those chains but now we got a lot of other cuts available so we’re going with a porterhouse which is a New York strip and a tenderloin together. Hello. Hello. Good day. So the Outback steak comes with any potato and any side. I’ve got here homestyle mashed potatoes and American cheese ’cause it’s a beauty. Oh okay. Okay. Goodbye. Hey! You come back here. Now you can leave. Oh. It’s a power move. A little control thing happening here, I see. All right. Texas Roadhouse steak with mashed potatoes, some white gravy and that is chili, AKA Texas honey. Let’s prepare our steaks for eating. Can I use a knife? You know what, under these circumstances because we gotta move quickly– It’s round at the end. Yes. I mean, oh, oh, nothing’s gonna happen. Cutting into the strip here. Okay I’m gonna cut into the same place. Okay now I’ve got two equal size bites here. I’m gonna start over here. Wanna start over here? I kinda want a piece with the fat in it. I’m not blown away. Add in a little white gravy and mashed potato. That’s an interesting concept. Oh that’s good. I kinda feel like I’m doing something wrong when I put white gravy on top of mashed potatoes but– No I like that. I don’t wanna be right. And then– You do have a spoon but you can– Never had the chili. You can do it with a fork if you want. I’m just assuming you’re going to the other side. Dang that’s good chili. That’s really good chili. It’s not hot, it’s sweet. That’s what you would expect from a Texas themed place. You gotta get the chili right and they did. All right. All pretty solid. Now we’re diggin’ in over here, I’m gonna take a complimentary bite. The steak’s better. They put a rub on it. That’s a more tender steak. I’d say it’s– They’re both good. I do agree. It’s a better steak though. How ’bout this mac and cheese? This mac and cheese got some sort of spicy on it. And it’s a little swirly which kinda throws you off a little bit. I like that spiral. It’s an upward spiral just like the toilets Down Under. Yep, they go up. They spiral up. Now at this point if you’ve already had the loaded fries, you’ve got all this bacon happenin’ on this potato. You might get bacon overload if that’s possible. I think I prefer the bacon and the cheese on my potatoes more than the white gravy. I love the white gravy and I love that chili. Very good chili. Man, all the sides are great. I am feeling really, really good about this whole plate and don’t feel like there’s anything that really missed at all. I’m gonna give it an eight. Mm, mm. You know what I agree. I was also thinking eight over here. Okay. Over here, I do agree with your assessment of the steak but when you bring in the sides, man. I’m gonna go with a seven. I don’t think there’s that much of a difference. It’s difficult. I don’t know I feel like the steak was a slight misfire compared just again, side by side comparison. The white gravy throws me a little bit. Really good chili but not enough to get it above a six for me. I respect that. Now onto dessert. Hi, what do we got here? Okay Rhonda. This is just a standard big-ass brownie. With a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate fudge. We don’t need a lot of frills– Don’t oversell it, Rhonda. Yep, don’t need it. Rhonda’s recently. So she’s her own . Anyways, this is the Chocolate Thunder from Down Under. I will be back for you. She’s scary ’cause she’s so . Okay you’ve got a lot of tax, sir. You’re not gonna make it far in this country. So it’s a pecan brownie and it’s vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, chocolate shavings and whipped cream. Okay. Enjoy. So there’s a nuttiness to this one. Mm-hmm, okay. There’s a roundness to this. What do you think about a round brownie? How do you feel about that? I like that, ooh and there’s a softness. I’m going for the center, the part that I usually save for last. I got a really big bite but I’m just gonna try it. Mm, that’s good. That is really, really tasty. Mm-hmm. I’m gonna give it a nice wipe. Yeah, gotta have a clean spoon. Gotta have an unbiased utensil comin’ in. There’s a little more to this and that brownie doesn’t have any pe-cans or puh-cahns in it. Oh wow this is super moist too. I thought it was gonna be hard. This thing here, there’s a lot more moving parts. What? Oh my goodness, that’s good. Dude, that is so good. There’s a couple of things that bump me. Oh really? It’s actually, I wouldn’t call this a brownie. It’s almost custardy like it’s almost liquified. Well this is very traditional. And it is what it is and it is a good brownie. This is something new and different altogether that I, I’m gonna give this– It’s like a molten, loose cake, which I don’t think I’m making it sound appetizing. I wanna give it a 10 but I just feel like I can’t, I’m gonna give it a nine. I can’t imagine that being a better dessert for what it is. I can imagine it because that one to me is better. I’m gonna keep eating it– I don’t like nuts in my chocolate stuffs and I don’t like chocolate stuff that’s that loose. I gotta be kinda brutal, I’m actually giving this a five. It’s just not up my alley. This on the other hand, it’s not gonna blow it out of the water but I’m gonna give it a solid seven. I’m gonna give it a six. It’s good, it’s not great. And finally the Bloomin’ Onion because Texas Roadhouse also has a version of it. But not because we eat it last usually. Good day, mate. Good day. This is our famous Bloomin’ Onion. It’s an onion that blooms. And is then fried. Yeah it’s both. Hey, you! You may have created this. Yes. Lookin’ a little tiny. Oh no. Don’t you think? Disappointing. Let him have it. Wow, whoa! Wow. All right this is the Texas Roadhouse Cactus Blossom. No it is not a cactus. It’s still an onion. Don’t ask me that. And it comes with some horseradish sauce. And it’s, okay so you clearly ripped off the Outback but then you in the Texas fashion made it bigger. Yep. Yeah. You wanna start over here? Yeah. With what I’ll call the original. Well the funny thing is I mean, not only is it smaller but it’s fried in a different way. Have they got– It’s hard fried. I’m told that Outback has proprietary machines that they keep secret but then Roadhouse figured it out somehow. I mean it’s not that hard to figure out I don’t think. Just call some engineers. Can we cut an onion to little strips? That’s good stuff. Yeah. Movin’ on to the Texas Roadhouse. I’m gonna do no sauce first, just– I’m going all the way. Way different. Oh wow. And not as good. Mm-mm, the horseradish in that sauce is, it’s overbearing. Yeah. And then the breading is kinda blah. You know, you think when you steal a machine, you steal a recipe, you do something to make it better but that did not happen. This is almost the perfect appetizer. 10. 10? I mean well if you’re gonna rank a Bloomin’ Onion against other Bloomin’ Onions, this is a 10. This is the standard. Okay I’ll go there brother, 10. I wanted to so I will. Texas Roadhouse, this is the only place, but you have disappointed here. I’m giving it a five. Four for me. Ooh! That hurts. Yeah, that is the death nail for Texas Roadhouse, I’m sorry to say. And so the final score is wow, 63 for Outback Steakhouse and 48 for Texas Roadhouse. So there you have it, the official absolute uncontested best steak restaurant of all time according to us is the Outback, congratulations, Beck. Hey, I’m very happy about this. Sorry Rhonda, you okay back there? Yeah. Thanks for liking, commenting and subscribing. You know what time it is. – We were right. – We were right. By a long shot, 63 to 48. It wasn’t even close, of course we knew that. We’re Outback boys. I could not had told you that we gave the Bloomin’ Onion a double 10. Yeah, it’s a perfect food. I say that every time we’re eating it. I do believe it. Every time I’m eating it. I believe it now that I’ve seen it. And, when I forget again, and someone tells me that we both gave a double 10. You won’t ever forget again. I won’t ever forget again? Because, what happens is, when you go into the file cabinet that is your brain, and you bring out the memory, and you. Dust it off. And look at it. Yeah, that’s it. And you put it back. It comes out easier the next time. You lube it up. as a matter of fact, every time you remember something you’re lubing your memories. There it is. All right, let’s make another prediction before this analogy gets out of hand. The next Food Feud is between two places that serve deliciousness by the dozen. What’s that, Link? Does what? Serve deliciousness by the dozen? Serve deliciousness by the dozen. Okay, this is Dunkin’ vs. Christy’s Kreme I’m not gonna repeat what I actually just said. – You can play it back. – What was that? Because it will, it might embarrass you. You want me to say what I said? – No. – Okay. August 30th, 2021. Okay, I predict Krispy Kreme by a long shot. You think I’m right? They got better donuts, I know that already. I think Krispy Kreme should win, but, I don’t think it’s as close as you, as far as, I think it’s. You know what I, I think, I think it’s closer. I think it’s closer than you’re predicting that it is. I accidentally said Christy’s Kreme. Play the video. – Dunkability or crispy creaminess. – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat digitized music) “Good Mythical Summer” – And it is in fact, our final week, of “Good Mythical Summer 2021.” – Next week we’re gonna take a quick one week break to compose ourselves, all right, and then we’re gonna be back on September 13th, in the year 2021 with season 20. But you know we couldn’t just do with any old premiere week for the big 20, tell ’em Rhett. – We hereby proclaim the, GMM Season 20 Premiere Week, as the Week Of Mega-Cality! That’s right, every day is gonna feature one of our biggest, most heavy-hitting, most fan favoritest, kind of episodes and we’ll be back to our normal Monday through Friday schedule five times a week. – Bam! – It’s a Week Of Mega-Cality all starting on September 13th. – In the year? – 2021. – And if that’s not enough, how about this? – Yes. – This Thursday, September 2nd, in the year. – 2021. – We are going to be streaming to you live with an all day live-stream extravaganza. – Yes. Eight hours of live “Mythacality” including music. special guests, classic GMM games, other madness that we got cooked up for ya, it’s all happening to raise money for, Save The Children, so mark your calendars, this Thursday, noon to 8:00 p.m., Eastern 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific, right here on the GMM channel. Now, with that outta of the way, Link, how do you spell donut? Donut? – Donut. – Donut. – Donut. – That’s how I say it. – Donut. – Donut. – How do you say it, spell it? – D-O-N-U-T. – Well, okay, Dunkin’ would would agree with you, Krispy Kreme, on the other hand, would say you’re blaspheming before the holy hot lamp because two years ago, Krispy Kreme tweeted this. – Kweem, Krispy Kweem. – Krispy Kreme tweeted this. – What? – In 2019. – Don’t do that. – Okay, “It’s 2019, so congrats, Dunkin’ Donuts, on officially dropping donuts from your name. Good move! Our Hot Light will be on in your honor today. And also because we’re making hot, fresh donuts, like always, hashtag HotLightsIsOn.” – Okay. – Donut emoji. – To which Dunkin replied, “Thanks, K squared, donuts make everything better, especially with our new energy cold brew, sorry you’re having a Krispy Monday.” So he’s trying to market to the competition? – Yeah, it got 95 likes, hey. (laughing) And K Squared did not back down because they said, “You’re welcome, minus D,” oh, get it, minus D, ’cause it K squared- – ‘Cause minus the donuts. – Because they took the donuts. – Okay. – “By the way it’s doughnuts, winky emoji, don’t you agree, MerriamWebster?” They brought the dictionary into this! They tried to and Merriam Webster was afraid to weigh in, but we ain’t, it’s time for Food Feuds. Dunkin’ versus Krispy Kreme. We’re gonna taste and compare the most iconic donut menu items from each donut shop menu and rate ’em on a scale of one to 10. The restaurant with the most points is gonna be named the Donut Don, and will win a chance to sponsor a future GMM episode. – All right, deliver the donut. Okay, are Dirk and Patty here? I know that they’re probably both working for Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme at this point, right? – Right. Hey guys. – Hey, it’s me Dunkin’ Dirknuts. – You seem a little preoccupied. – It’s me, Krispy Kreme Patty, yeah. – They’re like on the phone. – Sorry we’re just- – I see that. – We’re a bit distracted right now, like we’re trying to find a venue for the wedding and like our parents want us to do it in a church, but it’s like the musical directors, they have issues with playing corn songs on the organ. – Yeah. – We told ’em that they could play like Mudvayne if they wanted to, or our favorite band ever, Powerman 5000. – Oh yeah. – And then they were like, please leave. – Yeah, you have to find the right church. – So, hey, this is your Krispy Kreme ice-glazed chocolate donut with sprinkles for $1.99. – Okay. – And this is Dunkin’s chocolate frosted donut with sprinkles for $1.39. – Okay. – All right, thank you. – Thanks guys. I’m trying to erase which place is from where just for a second, just cause I don’t wanna be thinking about it. – Well, this one’s Dunkin’. – Don’t say that! – Well, let’s just taste. – Which one tastes better, isn’t that why we’re here? The sprinkles are different, that’s got more. – I always associate Dunkin’ with a cakier experience. – Don’t associate anything with my mind right now, keep that to yourself. – What do you wanna wear a blindfold, or not use English? – No, I mean that’s not bad. Sprinkles are- – Yeah, it’s not bad. – Just for show. – That’s true, a lot more glaze underneath here. There’s absolutely no glaze on the Dunkin’, or whatever that may be. – This is a significantly better donut. – It’s coated in glaze. – The chocolate tastes better, it’s got more sprinkles and I just think that the way the doughnut gave in my mouth was what I want from a donut. – It gaveth and you taketh? – All right I’m gonna give the- – Six. – Dunkin’ a five. (dinging) – And I’m gonna give- – Eight. – This Krispy Kreme a seven. (dinging) (upbeat music) – Bring ’em in. – What is this? – Yeah, I just don’t understand how you don’t allow fire- – It’s tough. – At a cemetery? – It’s tough, it’s tough. – Yeah, yeah, planning a wedding. – It’s tough. – They’re both on a phone. – Finding a venue. – I got this guys. – So what is this, Stevie? – So on Rhett’s side is Dunkin’s Glazed Jelly Donut for 1.39, and on Link’s side is Krispy Kreme’s Glazed Raspberry-Filled for 1.99. – Again, something else to influence our decision. Dunkin’s jelly contains an apple and raspberry flavored jelly, but no berries are used to make the filling. – Okay. – So I don’t know what they’re making it out of. – And the Krispy Kreme filling? – It has, made with real raspberries and filled by hand. So somebody stuffed their actual hand. – Oh, see if you can taste the hand- – Into that donut. – Or at least the finger. – There might be a fingernail in there. – I recommend biting the berry hole. – The hole, yeah. – So, you know you get berry in the first bite. – If I were to eat this like in early morning, and like somebody brought donuts. – I’d be happy. – A lot of granular sugar on top of this thing, this is a work of art. – This is a shell, I mean. – It looks like a beetle. It’s so smooth. – Yeah, put some legs on it, smooth. – Oh man, oh my gosh. – The raspberry is a lot thicker and less jelly-like and more just like a rich goo. – I am sorry, that is, I have to go ahead and I, we don’t normally do this, but this is a perfect 10, this is a perfect donut. Everything about this is what I want in a donut. – I mean. – This is a 10. This is like one of those Olympic dives. – I… – It never happens, but this is a 10! – I know now how you get worked up about the dives. I do agree though, I gotta give it a nine. – Okay. – At least. (dinging) So we go back to the Dunkin’ I mean, it was, I’m glad we tasted it first, ’cause otherwise I would just be crapping all over this thing, I’m gonna give it a six. – It’s not a bad donut. – Yeah. – It’s just not perfect, I agree, six. (dinging) (upbeat music) – A quick reminder, check out the Mythical Kitchen Channel. The Mythical Kitcheneers are always cooking up something chaotic over there, a lot of fun, check out the channel, you won’t regret it. If you do, don’t tell me, or them, just stop watching it. – Yeah, just tell… – That won’t happen. – Tell somebody in real life. – Let’s eat, let’s eat something. whatever you got, bring it in. – Yes, we’re fine with the crucifix but could you turn it upside down? – No. – Oh wow. – Gosh. – Hello, hello? – That is asking a lot. – They got hung up on by the church. – Okay, geeze. – Okay. – Oh yes. – On Rhett’s side is Dunkin’s Glazed Chocolate Cake Doughnut for 1.39 and on Link’s side is Krispy Kreme’s Glazed Chocolate Cake Doughnut for 1 99. – Look at which more glaze, Krispy Kreme is just throwing, just slinging the glaze. – I mean, some people might say too much glaze. – You might think. Too much glaze too often. – There’s no glaze on this, but, and this is like, once I’ve had a few donuts, I start looking for this one ’cause this is like my- – It’s a palate cleanser? – This is my third favorite. – Well, yeah, it’s my palate cleanser. – Fun fact about that glazed doughnut on the Krispy Kreme, Krispy Kreme’s glazed donuts are bathed in a waterfall of glaze that is exactly 120 degrees Fahrenheit. But to be fair, the interior of the cab of the truck that Dunkin’ Donuts uses, is also 120 degrees. (laughing) So, now we didn’t use powdered donuts in any around, you powdered doughnut people are gonna be upset, but it’s because Krispy Kreme, at least the two nearest ones to us, don’t sell it. They do sell it at some locations, but we couldn’t get a hold of one. – This is one of your favorites too if I recall correctly. – And I had. – That’s good. – A love affair. – It’s thick, this is- – With this doughnut in the summer of 1999 in Queens, New York- – Yes. – Dunkin’ Donuts every morning. – Being North Carolinians, where the birthplace of Krispy Kreme, I would say I’m biased in that direction. – But when we were in North Carolina, Krispy Kreme only had one kind of donut. – Here you go. – Do you remember that when we were in college, they sold one kind of donut. – I don’t believe that. – Well, it’s a fact, Jack. – Hmm, this is interesting. A lot more glaze. I find that I’m underwhelmed by the chocolate doughnut itself- – Huh, the table might be turning because all I taste is glaze. – Yeah. – Not to bring up this word, but like, can you talk about the moisture, ’cause I can’t tell from here. – This donut is so moist, moist, moist, moist. – It’s moister than the, than this one, which is not as moist, moist, moist. – Sometimes I want a caky donut. – Even though there’s a shell of icing. – And that’s what I love. – The moist, moist, moisture has gotten out. – Can I also ask you about the- – Yes. – Density, I’m curious, my mouth would like to know. – The Dunkin’ is- – Denser. – Probably more dense than the Krispy Kreme and it is so milk dippable, I’m giving this, for what it is, an eight. – I almost wanna call this the perfect donut, but I’m not going to do that ’cause I already declared that, this is a nine. (dinging) This are very good donut. – I’m gonna give this a four, I’m disappointed. – My expectations were so high for this, I think I’m going all the way down to three. – Ooh. (dinging) – Can I do that – It’s done. (upbeat music) – Let’s change it up a little bit. – Yes, I understand- – I could really use some coffee. – Pets are not allowed, but they’re not pets. – Yes. – The goats are my groomsmen. Do you know what a Baphomet is? – Wow, this is getting dark. – I’m kind of interested in this, I hope I’m invited. – I don’t wanna have anything to do with their ceremony. – It is coffee time I’m begging for it. Preconceptions that we’re bringing to the table. I tend to think of Dunkin’ coffee as good, and I’ve never thought about Krispy Kreme coffee. – Well, Dunkin’ got into the coffee game again, this is, I don’t know if this is facts, this is just in my head, they got into the coffee game early, before Krispy Kreme, as far as I know, and they have a reputation for having good coffee, and again, I go back to that memory of every morning, with the coffee and the doughnut together. – You’re tasting both of their original blends and the Dunkin is 2.19 and the Krispy Kreme is 2.29. – Oh, 10 cents, that’s. – That’s not bad, huh, ha. – I think it’s good, I think it’s good coffee, it’s like- – It’s good, it grows on me. – You don’t wanna drink it through the lid, huh? – I like to look at the coffee. – I like to just drink it. – A little more bitter, is it not? – It’s a lot worse. I mean in just every way imaginable, it’s a lot worse coffee. It taste- – It’s not bolder, but it’s more bitter and that’s badder. – It takes stronger and weaker at the same time in all the wrong ways. – Yeah. – Like how is that possible? Like it’s bitter, but it has no body. – Yes, exactly. – Like in high school. – Right, all right, so let’s start over here with the Dunkin’, I mean when I compare it to all coffees I could buy, which that’s my scale. – Oh, okay, yeah, well that’s not- – I’m giving, I’m giving this a five. – All coffees, well I mean, I’m doing somewhere between the expectations that I bring, and all coffees in the world- – Okay. – To give this a seven. (dinging) – I’m gonna give the Krispy Kreme on my scale a one. – I’m going with, wow, that’s harsh. – You know what? – I’m going with a two. – Zero, actually a zero. (dinging) – Wow, that is coffee that is just, you might as well just be punching yourself in the face I guess. – I just wouldn’t order it. – Okay, don’t order it. (upbeat music) – Okay, no, we don’t want a sermon we just want the preacher to read all the negative comments from Patty and Dirk Reddit thread. – They’re not, I mean, they are delivering stuff- – Yeah. – But just not saying anything. – Are they both talking to the same church? – I know what this is. – ‘Cause that’s going get confusing. – On Rhett’s side is Dunkin’s Boston Cream Donut for 1.39 and on Link’s side- – Yes! – Is Krispy Kreme’s Chocolate Iced Custard-Filled Donut for 1.99. – I’m not falling for it, it’s still a Boston cream, it’s custard. – So this doughnut is significantly flatter, it’s not as pretty, again, that’s not what we’re judging, but when somebody makes a piece of art like that it is tough to ignore. – My go-to at Dunkin’ is this one. I just think that they nail it. – Okay. – Let’s nail it and savor it. Mmm, their custard is nice. – It’s a good donut, I’m not gonna argue with that. – I think it’s pretty great. And when I get into Krispy Kreme, I’m thinking about what’s the other place called again, Boston. – I got a little bit of, somebody got a little raspberry on me. – Dunkin’ Donuts, how did I forget Dunkin’ Donuts in the middle of the freaking? Hmm, hmm, something tastes faker. – The cream is hiding over here on the other side. – Their cream has a specific taste to it. – The cream is trying to escape. – That I actually don’t like as much. The Boston Kreme Pie from Dunkin’ has a more middle of the road flavor. There’s an assertion in this that I just can’t make up my mind about. It’s yellower, to me it comes down to the custard. I like the flatness of the Dunkin’, and the flavor of the custard. – I like the give of the doughnut on this, but I think I do slightly agree that the custard’s a little bit better. This is not a, there’s not a runaway favorite for me on this one. I’m gonna give Dunkin’ a six. – I’m gonna give the Dunkin’ an eight. (dinging) And then for Krispy Kreme, I am gonna give it a five. – I’m also going to give it a six. (dinging) – It’s gotta be glazed, right. – Yeah. – Yes. – Oh yeah. – Yes. – Oh man, they’re not even speaking to each other or people on the phone. – I mean, they could just have their wedding here. – That’s a horrible idea. – So we got glazed, classic. – You got glazed. You’re holding the Krispy Kreme for 1.79 and then the Dunkin’s on Rhett’s side for 1.39. – I mean the thing really- – There’s a sprinkle on mine. – The thing when you see these side-by-side is you just, like the donut approach is so different. I mean the donut anus, is that what you call that, or just call it donut hole. – I think it’s just the hole, I’ve never heard anus. – It’s a lot looser, it’s a lot looser at Dunkin’ Donuts. Should I use the term looser, or just bigger? – You should just eat. That’s good. – I mean, it’s a good donut. – I have nothing to complain about ’cause I don’t have anything to compare it to yet. – Well, I’m so familiar with the way that a Krispy Kreme glaze tastes that I immediately know that this doughnut didn’t give, again, I know I’m using that term. – Give, you wanna good give to a doughnut. – I want a good give on a donut. Well, look at that, look at that, I have a glazed window. – And if you look at the give of the bites, they are pretty similar. Once you bite down you don’t want it to sponge all the way back up, that shows that you got a good donut when it stays compressed. – Again, I would eat a dozen of these by myself in a corner on a rainy day, I mean, that’s who I am. – Facing which direction? – But I would eat two dozen of these. – Is that double the score? – I’m going to give Dunkin’ a six. – I’m gonna give it a seven, and when you come over here to the world of Krispy Kreme- (dinging) You talk about perfection. I know you already doled out a 10 this morning, this is the place where 10’s could definitely happen. – This is where 10’s come to win? – But you know what, it’s not hot now and to keep it more even I’m not gonna evaluate it as a hot now, which I think would be a perfect 10, I’m gonna give this a nine. – You know what, just for consistency sake, I do believe that this is the perfect donut, and you know what, multiple donuts can be perfect. I’m also giving the Glazed Krispy Kreme, a 10. (dinging) – Wow, okay, so where does that put us Twinkie fingers? Dunkin’ at 79, Krispy Kreme at 73. – Whoa, Dunkin’ came through. Listen, Dunkin’ came through- – Did we screw… – No, Dunkin’ came through- – Something up? – Let us not forget you gave their coffee, Krispy Kreme’s coffee, a zero, a big fat zero. – All right, and I stand by it. – Which is about the difference in the scores. Also the cake doughnut from Dunkin’ Donuts came real hard, and the coffee comes very hard. So, hey, listen, this is unexpected, but Dunkin’ Donuts takes the cake donut. – There we go, I’m kinda speechless, but that’s it Dunkin’ you are the Doughnut Don, you win the chance to sponsor a future episode of “Good Mythical Morning,” so, talk to me. – Call us. – Patty and Dirk, did you hear that? – Yes, cool. – You should be happier. – Yeah, we are, we’re- – Why don’t you just have the wedding here? – Oh no, no, no, no. – You mean it? – No, he doesn’t, no listen, it’s something we will discuss. – He said we could have the wedding here. – We’ll discuss it. – Don’t cry. – I mean I’m not saying I would be here. – If something else doesn’t work out, and we want you to try a lot- – No I think this is great. – To make something else work out, we’ll consider it. (crying) – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. Okay. It was Dunkin’, and here’s the thing. We were wrong! I wanted to say, that, well, I still prefer Krispy Kreme. Just because Dunkin’ man gave. Original glazed, you can’t beat Krispy Kreme. Well, no, and you gave Krispy Kreme’s coffee a zero, so I thought, because he gave it a zero is that he tanked it. But Carney just did the math, and I actually scored Dunkin’ one point higher. Just me, myself. And you? Just me, myself, thought Dunkin’ was better. So, all right, you learn something about yourself when you watch yourself. You like Dunkin’ Donuts overall. And so do you. Even though you really love a raspberry filled, and you. I gave it a 10. I can’t believe I gave that a 9. If I was just going to select donuts, donuts! As our youth pastor used to say. I would go to Krispy Kreme, but if I’m going to have a full meal I guess I would go to Dunkin’. Can’t make a meal out of a donut. All right, we didn’t just do restaurants, we also started branching out into grocery stores, because that’s fun. Yes, it’s very fun. This is Whole Foods vs. Trader Joe’s taste test from August 29th, 2022. This is more recent, we should remember this one. I don’t. I’m gonna say I’m a Whole Foods man. I would think I was also a Whole Foods man. Let’s find out. – Trader Joe’s versus Whole Foods which grocery is going down? – Let’s talk about that! (uplifting music) (liquid bubbling) (UFO whirring) (flames igniting) – Good “Mythical” summer. – We are about to let two massive grocery store chains throw down in aisle seven! (Link imitating siren) But first, we wanna let you know that this is last week of “Good Mythical Summer.” Next week, there’s gonna be no episodes. But hey, don’t panic because the following Monday, September 12th, we’ll be back, bright tailed and bushy eyed with “GMM” season 22, 5 episodes a week. – Dang, so the summer’s almost over for us? – Yeah! – Alright today, we got another “Food Feud.” But instead of restaurants, it’s grocery stores. Trader Joe’s versus Whole Foods, all of the foods. – Whole Foods has more variety on the shelves. Trader Joe’s has the friendlier staff, but the more frustrating parking lots. But, who’s got the gooder goods? It’s time for “Food Feuds: Whole Foods versus Trader Joe’s!” – We’re gonna taste and compare popular store-branded items from both places. Only the store brands, okay? – Yup. – Head-to-head and rate ’em. – Yes, that’s what we’re gonna do. – We’re each gonna rate ’em. – Whichever chain scores highest will be dubbed the Globe’s Greatest Grocer and will win a chance to sponsor a future “GMM” episode. Is somebody ever gonna take us up on this offer? – Please! (upbeat music) So, these groceries are gonna be delivered because that’s how I get my groceries. – Oh yes, oh hello. – Hi. I’m Whole Foods Harlow. – Hi. – Namaste. You guys have really great auras. Let me guess, hang on. You’re both Aries. – Nope. – Libra. – Well listen, when you lie to all of us, you lie to your inner child so. – (Rhett laughing) Okay. (Whole Foods Harlow laughing amusingly) – You’re definitely Aries. – Cauliflower crust. – This is our cheese pizza with rich pureed cauliflower for the crust, mozzarella, and egg whites. – Okay, okay. – Is that a smokey eye? (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) – And voice. – Hey! – What up? – Hi, I’m Trader Joe’s Teddy. And did you guys find everything okay today? – Yeah. – We did, we kinda sat here and you just… Yup. – That’s wonderful. – Other than a parking spot. – Yeah, no, we don’t have those. So this is Trader Joe’s ready-to-bake cheese pizza with a cauliflower crust for $4.99. It is so good, just smell just… – It does smell. (Rhett laughing amusingly) – You guys smell really good. – Oh, thanks. I didn’t shower, so I went for a little… – That’s what I’m smelling. – Yeah. – They’re very friendly at the Trader Joe’s. – You know the cologne shower days, where you don’t take a shower so you just put on a little extra spritz? – No. – That’s what I did today. – Now, this one smells weird compare… Smell of that. – Don’t get ’em mixed up, brother. – See that smells decent, this smells weird. It’s tangy, it’s not overly cheesy, or anything to really brag about. Is this one better? – Immediately, the big difference for me is the… Is that oregano? There’s a really strong oregano taste coming off of the Trader Joe’s, which feels like an improvement ’cause this does feel a little bland. – To put it simply, this one doesn’t taste great. – I’m not particularly excited about either one. – But, this one’s definitely better. – I’m giving the Whole Foods a five. – Out of 10, is that how we do this? – Yeah, out of 10 today, yeah. – I don’t like the smell, I don’t like the taste. I’m gonna give it the benefit of doubt and still give it a four. – The cheese is not bad. – Over here, this is markedly better. I gonna give it a five, six, seven… Should I go to seven? You know what? I’m gonna go to seven. I think there’s that much of a discrepancy. – I don’t. I do think there is some discrepancy, but it’s just a six for me. Six for Trader Joe’s. – Okay! (upbeat music returns) – Man- – We ordered some sausages. – You are so lucky. So, these are Trader Joe’s chicken sausages. It’s got little bits of apple in there, it’s got cinnamon spice, it’s got maple syrup flavor, and it’s also got delicious chicken leg meat, for only $4.29. – Chicken leg meat, how do you know that? – Well, ’cause they take it from the legs. – Oh, yeah. – That’s what that is. And also these are of course Trader Joe’s delicious hot dog buns for only $2.99. This is so delicious, I eat it every day. – You’re so nice, you’re too nice. – You need to leave this spiritual plane to go over there. – [Trader Joe’s Teddy] All right, see you later! – Chicken leg meat. Dark meat sausage. – Hello again. – Hi. – Hey. – So, this is our nitrate-free chicken sausage, with organic cage-free chickens, they’re fed in all vegetarian diet. – Is it their legs? – I don’t know. – Okay. (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) But you know, the world is full of legs. Anyway- (Whole Foods Harlow laughing amusingly) – That’s true. – It’s $7.99, but then the buns are $2.99, and I have it on good authority that the chicken is at peace and you can enjoy it’s flesh. – Oh. – The chicken is at peace. – I don’t like hearing chicken and flesh right before I bite into meat. – You know, Trader Joe’s started just down the road in Pasadena. – Yeah, 1967. – And that operation is still in operation. – And then in 1979, they sold to the owner of Aldi, or Aldi, it depends on where you’re from. – Did you know that? – Yeah. – Did you know that Whole Foods was bought by Amazon? – Yes, I did know that. – Years ago. – Did you know that Trader Joe’s, in 2008, in Business Week, was ranked as the highest merchandise per square footage sold in a grocery store chain? And then in 2016, in a Forbes article, that number was $1,750 per square foot, which is double that of Whole Foods? I just read all that a second ago. I retain that kind of information very well. – So, how do I interpret that? Per square inch, Trader Joe’s is more expensive? – I didn’t say anything about expense, brother. (“Mythical” crew laughing) Revenue, sales. – Oh, revenue. – Trader Joe’s sells twice as much food per square foot- – Per square foot. – Brother, do you mind if I call you that? – But, they’re a lot smaller. I’m just gonna eat the sausage again. – I’m experimenting with calling you “brother.” – Alright, sister. That’s a good sausage. It’s real good. – Typically I would have mustard on it, or like something. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) I’m not a psychopath. (Rhett laughing amusingly) It looks a lot better than the Trader Joe’s leg meat sausage. I’m kinda blown away by that. – I’ve had this before. – Push it to the edge. – It was Fortune Magazine, not Forbes, I did miss one detail. – It’s not nearly as flavorful as the Whole Foods. – The bun is distracting, can we just say that? The buns are equal. – Yeah, I’m done with that. I like the Whole Foods a whole lot better. – Mmm, there’s a pop to that sausage too. – I mean, I’m gonna give this organic apple Whole Foods sausage- – An eight. – An eight, it’s strong man. – Agreed. – And I think this one… Yeah, I’ll give it a six. – And you know what? I completely agree, brother. – But, we’re not actually related. – We’re not, no, we’re just friends. (upbeat music returns) – I like the rustic environment of a Trader Joe’s. – Oh, yeah. – Hello, these are our non-GMO mac and cheese bites from Whole Foods. They’re made with real cheddar cheese and encased in whole wheat bread crumbs. And if you think about it, aren’t we all just crumbs floating through the universe, waiting for someone to heal our trauma? – Yup- – Space dust. – Right, yeah, I get that. – Hmm, I bet they’re good for you too. – Yeah, probably. – It’s my two best friends! What’s up, guys? – Yeah, we’re tight now. – Oh, I love you. – Yeah. (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) – So these are our new and improved Trader Joe’s mac and cheese bites. We have all sorts of cheese blends in there. We have cheddar, havarti, we got… Oh, Pecorino Romano. – Oh, wow! – $3.99. That’s the way my grandmother used to say it before she died. – Thanks a lot, Teddy. – So upbeat. – Thanks a lot, Teddy. – You guys have any dead grandparents? – Yup, all of ’em. – Be our friend over there. – All of them. (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) – [Trader Joe’s Teddy] I tripped. – Now I’m gonna tell you right now- – Those are bigger. – Whole Foods… I’ll bring in the box here. Trader Joe’s is bigger. – The Trader Joe’s looks bigger and better, – But look, I don’t know, this looks pretty good. See that cheese coming out? That’s nice. I’m gonna pull it apart. Ooh! – Did you know that as of 2019, there were 500 North American locations of Whole Foods? And in 2017, what’s the name of that company? – Trader Joe’s. – Yeah, I think I was wrong about that. (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) – Oh, you’re trying to act like you know facts? – As of 2019, there were 500 Whole Foods. But also, did you know that Whole Foods sold to Amazon for $13,700,000,000 in 2019? – Billion? – Do you think it was worth it? – Well, that’s what we’re being the judge of. This is a great invention. – These ones are better. – I mean it’s mac and cheese, what’s not to like? You thinking it’s not salty enough? – Precisely. – Maybe that is it. – I really thought that it needed more salt. – Ooh, yeah. – Oh my gosh. – They’re hotter. – You must have gotten the hot one. (“Mythical” crew laughing amusingly) – Whoo! – This is more than twice as good as this. You can taste the cheese. All those cheeses that Teddy was talking about- – It’s definitely hotter. – Well get one that’s not hot because I feel it’s throwing you off ’cause mine wasn’t hot at all. This is so much better. – Can I touch all of ’em? – This is bland. – Yeah. I think that got one on the edge was super piping, this is better. – Everything about that’s better. – Creamy cheese over here on Trader Joe land. – If this had a sauce, again you don’t need sauce for mac and cheese bites. If your mac and cheese bites need sauce, you’ve done something wrong. Three. I mean, I actively dislike this ’cause the bar is set so high for a mac and cheese bite. – Yeah, you’re going in on a treat just to treat yourself- – I’m gonna finish this. – Then, you show up with these. I’m gonna give ’em a four. You’re definitely right though. These are creamier, they’re bigger, they’re more flavorful, they’re just all around nicer. Seven. – I’m not gonna go all the way to nine because I know what a mac and cheese bite can be. Have you had those at the Cheesecake Factory? Have you seen those mac and cheese balls at the Cheesecake Factory? Good God. – Gracious. – I’m gonna go to eight though. – Wow, he’s goin’ to eight. – I’ve gone to eight, I did it. (upbeat music returns) – Once upon a time, we put cheese wheels on a car. – But today, we put a car with cheese wheels on a shirt! Check out the new Rhett and Link cheese wheel racing T! Look at that! – It’s an action packed shirt. – Boy, it looks like a lot of fun with those boys. Are they brothers? – Yup. – No, they’re just good friends! – Oh that’s right, cheese and… This happened in real life, now it’s happening on his shirt. Grab one for yourself- – Mythical.com. – At Mythical.com. – That’s the website. – Hey, this- – What up, bestie? – Yeah, so this is Trader Joe’s Thai vegetable gyoza for $4.79. I have never been to Thailand, I’ve always wanted to go. – Thailand’s great! – We should go to Thailand! – Let’s go. – I’m already buying tickets. What’s your social security number? – Okay. – We’re not… – Why do you smell so good? – Thanks a lot. – Overly friendly. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s a little overbearing. – I like numbers too. – Oh. – For example, your birthday is September 16th, 1912. – You’re off by a little bit. – You got the year right. – This is it, yes. – June 1st, yeah. – I mean, that’s your spiritual birthday, sorry. (Whole Foods Harlow laughing) – Yeah, maybe a previous life. – Yeah, yeah, totally. So this is Whole Foods’ vegetable pot stickers- – Pot stickers. – It has shiitake mushrooms and other vegetables in it, like celery and bok choy. – I love bok choy. – Now, we do know that there is a difference between gyoza and pot stickers- – But, we don’t know what it is. – But, it’s very subtle and we don’t know what it is. Garvey knows. We don’t want him to tell us. – Do you know that the average grocery store has 50,000 items on its shelves? But Trader Joe’s only has 4,000, less than 10%. – It’s a small place and the shelves aren’t that tall. – The best part of going to Trader Joe’s is the going to the grocery store after it to get all the stuff that you didn’t get at Trader Joe’s. – Yeah. – [Rhett] You know? – Don’t be expecting any meat now, it’s the vegetable. – Thanks for letting me know because I was expecting meat. – I was, I was disappointed. – No I was and I am disappointed. I’m not joking, brother. – Right, sis. – I don’t know about you calling me sis, but… – It’s good for what it is, but keep it’s not what I wanted it to be. – Keep trying it. – These are vegetable as well, but they’re handmade in Thailand. – I don’t know if I believe that. – Well, it says it right there, “Handmade in Thailand.” – I still don’t believe it. Oh my goodness, there’s so much more flavor at Trader Joe’s. – I think you’re tasting the Thailand. – Don’t you feel it there’s that much more flavor? Like, “Is there meat in this?” is what I’m thinking, but there’s not! – This is just a weird consistency. I think it’s the mushrooms in it make it not as- – It’s not bad. – These are so much better, good gosh! – They are much saltier. I think our North Carolina pallets may be responding to the salt content. Let’s just look quickly and see. So in three pieces of this, is it’s serving size- – Three pieces of this. – You get 11%, 250 milligrams of sodium. – 13%, 310. – Yeah, it needs to be 310. – So, it’s not that much different to be- – Well I mean it’s- – I mean, it’s another percentage point. – Two. The difference between 13 and 11 is two, brother. – Two percentage points if you’re counting. – Yeah, and I am, and I think that 2% makes all the difference in the world. – I’m gonna give these in eight. I’ve gotta give those- – Oh, you went the other way, you’ve thrown us all off. – Okay, start here. – Six. I would keep eating ’em, I don’t dislike them. – I’m gonna give those- – For what they are. – I’m gonna give ’em a five. – Okay. – And I don’t know if you knew, but I’m gonna give these in eight. – I’m gonna give those a seven. – Oh. – Two points different for two percentage points of sodium. – Yes! (upbeat music returns) The Whole Foods has that whole buffet part. – Yeah, we’ll eat there. – That’s the thing. Hi. – This is my final offering to the altar of whatever this is. And this is- – This is an awesome internet show. – This is our mini dark chocolate peanut butter cups made with fair trade ingredients. It’s been a pleasure. – Okay. – Thank you. – So, these are dark chocolate? – Yes! – These are dark chocolate. – Okay, and they are mini. – And these are also dark chocolate peanut butter cups. – But, they don’t have any foil. – Well they don’t need it, it’s about the deliciousness of it, you know? – They have a belly button. – They have dark chocolate made of high quality cacao beans for $4.49. Listen, I know I come on like a little bit strong- – A little bit too strong. – But, I just wanna let you know it comes from like a place of caring and love. – Okay, thank you for letting us know that. – Can I- – No. – I know it’s been trained in you. – Take a picture of your feet? – No, no, no, no, no. – I just wanna see ’em. – You know what? From over there, where our friendship thrives. – [Trader Joe’s Teddy] Okay! – Link, did you know that the president of Whole Foods’ North Atlantic Region is Rick Bonin? – Yes, Bonin. – (Rhett laughing amusingly) Rick Bonin. – Rick Bonin. – Rick Bonin! (Rhett laughing loudly) – Shout out to Rick Bonin! – He actually changed his own last name legally to that when he was 13. – [Rhett] Rick Bonin? – Yeah. – Rick Bonin! (Rhett laughing amusingly) Rick Bonin. – The 365 is a lot darker of a dark chocolate than the Trader Joe. Interesting. – [Stevie] Rick is about to have the weirdest morning ever. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Ah, look at the coloring of that peanut butter. – It wasn’t that great! – It’s shorter and it’s like real… The peanut butter’s pasty white. – I’ve had this before. Oh, bring in the package, that package is pretty iconic. – Mm-hmm. Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! These are so much better at Trader Joe’s. – It’s so smooth! – I mean, I would say these are better than Reese’s. – No! Come on, man. – Alright, if a Reese’s is a 10, then I’m gonna give this a nine. – Alright, I mean… I’m not setting the scale at Reese’s. Or maybe I should because it is the perfect peanut butter cup. – What are you gonna- – Again, you’re ranking this first which is throwing me off. But I know you’re gonna go with a nine, right? – Yeah, but let’s say I haven’t done it. Let’s go over here. I’m disappointed. There’s not anything I can pinpoint about this that will make me not disappointed, except when you keep saying Rick Bonin. – Bonin. You know what? I’m gonna give it a five- – I’m good with that. – But I’m giving it one big old point for Bonin, six. – Rhett, they suck. Don’t do that. – No, Bonin, man. – I’m gonna give these a one, and then- (Rhett and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – What? – And then when you get- – Give it a point for Bonin, man. – And then, I will give it a point for Bonin. – So, two. – I’m giving this a two and I am not gonna apologize for it. – Okay. – I am gonna apologize to Rick on Rhett’s behalf. (Rhett laughing amusingly) Sorry, Rick. – What? – Over here. You know what? I don’t know what I’m gonna give this. Why don’t you go first? (Rhett laughing happily) – I think it’s very good. I’m gonna give it an eight. – That’s what I was thinkin’! – I thought you might give it a nine, you seemed to like it so much. – I already said eight, right? – No, you said nine. – Oh, I did? – Yeah! (Rhett laughing amusingly) Yeah, I’m gonna give- – Hold on, you can’t give it a point for Bonin because Bonin had nothing to do with that. Are you goin’ eight plus one for Bonin? – I bet Joe’s been doing his share of bonin’. – Yeah. – Alright, so I’m giving these a nine. – (Rhett laughing amusingly) Yeah, okay! – Which is what I intended. – Yeah, right, uh-huh. – Let’s tally up the scores! – Okay, so we got 51 points for Whole Foods and 72 for Trader Joe’s! This is a blowout! – Biggest blowout since Buca di Beppo. – (Rhett laughing amusingly) Yeah. So Trader Joe’s, congratulations, you are the Globe’s Greatest Grocer, and you just want a chance to sponsor a “GMM” episode. – And congratulations to Rick Bonin. – Hey listen, if you wanna sponsor a “GMM” episode, Rick Bonin, you can also call us. – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. We’re not Whole Foods boys. Whole Foods, we were so wrong. I mean by 21 points. The reason why we were wrong though is because we were thinking about the whole establishment. Everything. All the groceries they have available. All of the hot bars, and all of that stuff. They beat Trader Joe’s hands down, but if you’re just limiting it to the freezer stuff, and some peanut butter cups. – Yeah. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think I would have said. Just grabbing. Oh, so you’re defending yourself? You think you would’ve? – I would’ve. – But hold on. This is great for us, this is great for us, Link. Think about this. This just proves how impartial we are as judge foodies. Because, even though you just ask Rhett and Link on the street what do you like better, Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s? They say Whole Foods, but then you put. I’m not gonna talk about us in third person, because I don’t want to do that. You put us into a lab, and you actually have us taste the stuff for real. We’re gonna tell you what we really think. Bias set aside. To the point, of a 21 point difference. Well, I don’t even think we’re the same people. I think maybe we put our brain on pause. It doesn’t go into our personal lives. What we do here at this desk doesn’t. Is your brain on pause? Doesn’t, believe it or not. At times I do. And then, like, whenever I’m done with a show I. I boot it back up. And then that way it’s like I have this Link world that happens here, that’s totally separate and it has no impact on my personal life. Is it like Severance? Is that what you’re getting at? But vice versa, my personal life has an impact on this, but then this has no impact on my personal life. Yeah, our show is like Severance. Basically it’s the same. Can’t wait for that to come back. The next Feud is heated for many people out here in California. The Bell vs. The Del. Taco Bell vs. Del Taco. September 29th of 2021. Okay, again, I would say. – This is tough. – Taco Bell. I would say Taco Bell, hands down if you just asked me, hey, man, what do you prefer, Taco Bell over Del Taco? Taco Bell. I think I prefer to starve. Okay. I think that’s my, what I. Let’s see what actually happened. – Taco ’bout a showdown! It’s Taco Bell versus Del Taco. – Let’s taco ’bout that. (upbeat music) Good Mythical Morning. – Everybody likes to think that America runs on Dunkin’ and sacrifices their first-born son to Ronald McDonald, but the unsung heroes are the meat, cheese, and bean bonanzas going on over there at the Taco Bell and the Del Taco. – Mm-hmm, and they’ve been engaged in a Mexican fast food feud that might be the fiercest one that we’ve featured on Food Feuds. – Mm-hmm. – Del Taco hit at Taco Bell hard when @JaredCoveLD tweeted, “Del Taco is confirmed superior to Taco Bell,” and Del Taco simply responded with this gif. – [Link] I got you. – [Rhett] Whoo, whoo, whoo! That’s some Ariana BellGrande-sized shade! – Then @TOMASisntFUNNY posted a pic of his less-than-satisfactory Taco Bell meal with the caption, “Taco Bell, wow, I got less than a tablespoon of meat and cheese. What is happening?” and then followed with, “This is after I beg my girlfriend to go to Taco Bell instead of Del Taco, but you know what, maybe she was right.” To which Del Taco simply replied: “She is always right.” – And, of course, when Taco Bell retired their Mexican pizza, everybody went nuts, so Taco Bell slid in with their “Ghosted by the Bell” cambaign. Campaign. – [Link] Cambaign? – Where they introduced their new line of CrunchTadas, which they gave away for free, apparently, hoping to get fans to cross over to the Del side. – All right, so there’s no doubt there’s a lot riding on today’s episode. So who’ll get the clout? The Del or the Bell? It’s time for Food Feuds: Taco Bell vs. Del Taco. We’re gonna taste and compare the most iconic menu items from each restaurant head-to-head and then rate ’em on a scale of one to 10, except in one particular round when we’re gonna be trying something a little bit different. – The restaurant with the most points will be named the Mexican Mami and will win a chance to sponsor a future GMM episode. (rock music) – All right, where’s our favorite soon-to-be-married couple? Bring in the first items. – “Favorite” is a very strong word. – Hey! It’s me! – Here we go. It is you. – It’s Del Taco Dirk. Always with the alliteration. – Hey, Dirk. – So this is your Carne Asada Epic Scrambler Burrito for 4.79. It’s got carne asada, hash brown sticks, it’s got cheddar cheese, it’s got scramble, it’s got pico de gallo, and it’s got zesty red sauce. – Oh! – But we got no Patty. Where’s Patty? – I don’t know. – Oh, hey. Sorry, hey. Huh-huh, hi. Taco Bell Patty. This is your Taco Bell Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito for 2.79. It’s got eggs, steak, potato bites, three cheeses, and only tomato in yours, Rhett, so no tomato in that one. – Yes, Patty, thank you. – Sorry I’m late, but I’m like, Dirk, I’m like, late. Like I’m like, I’m like, late. Like, I think we should talk, like, I’m late. – Oh, you need me to cover your shift or something? – No! – That’s not what she means, Dirk. – Did you have a surprise for me, or…? What are you trying to say? – Well that’s one way of putting it. – That got very heavy, very fast. – Let’s cut these in half. (Link grunts) Just so we can see the cross-sections. I mean, the Del Taco one is substantially… – It’s a lot smaller. But do you need that much? – This is Del Taco, bigger. – Del Taco taco? – Yes, and it’s bigger. So let’s start over here. – [Rhett] I don’t see any tomatoes. – There’s only tomatoes all over that one. – You know, Patty’s, there’s a lot going on right now. – Running late. – Yeah, right, I mean she can’t keep up with (indistinct) right now. – I’ve never had this. Lot of bacon bits in this bite. – Bacon bits is a little misleading. Bacon bits, I think of like the stuff, Baco’s, like their crunchy ones that you used to come over to my house and steal. – It seems like real bacon. – It’s like super finely chopped bacon. It tastes pretty good. – Very salty. Let’s go with this huge monster. It looks better. – [Rhett] The real steak situation here? – Mm-hm. This is dramatically better than Taco Bell. – Man. I mean, even the sauce is better. – Why have I never had this? All right, let’s go back to Taco Bell, and give it a rating to start off. – If I was like going on, just out on a weekend trip, had to stop and get a breakfast burrito, and I wanna stop at Taco Bell and just pick this up, I would be satisfied with my meal, but not having known that this exists, you know? I’ll give a five. – I’m giving it a three. I don’t think it’s good. – That means you do not like it. – The bacon’s not even good. If the bacon was good, it would be okay, and it doesn’t have to be steak, but this steak over here, whoo, they’re doing it right. They’re doing this right. – That is very, very solid, I’m gonna give this an eight. It’s not perfect, but… – Seven. I’m giving it a seven. – It’s really good. Okay. (rock music) – This is the big round. – Dirk, I’m late, and I might be hosting a visitor that’s related to both of us. – We’re related? – No! – [Dirk] That would be bad. – I’m not gonna be the one to tell him. – Dirk is, he needs help. – [Link] All right. – [Stevie] On Rhett’s side is Taco Bell’s chicken taco in a soft shell for 2.14, and a beef taco in a crunchy shell for 1.29. And then on Link’s side is Del Taco’s chicken taco in a soft shell for 1.39, and a beef taco in a crunchy shell for 79 cents. – So we’re doing a lot of different kinds of tacos, well we’re doing the same taco combinations to kinda cover the taco gamut at both places. – [Stevie] Yeah. Sounds like my 20s. – And ours are getting a little soggy. I’m gonna get rid of some of that lettuce. – Okay, are you gonna hold the fact that this taco is falling apart against…? – I’m gonna try not to, but… – ‘Cause it would’ve been crunchy if we had got it just straight-up. – I mean it’s crunchy on the edge. – I like the bite of that meat, and the seasoning. – [Link] That meat is good. – The meat is good. – You’ve had it your whole life. – I have. – [Link] And it just makes you comfortable. – [Rhett] And this is a go-to for me. – [Link] Chicken soft taco? – That’s just a solid taste. Super nostalgic for me, I gotta admit that. – You’ve eaten it your whole life. There’s no Del Taco in North Carolina. – We don’t even know what that means. – [Link] So now… – I think it just means “the taco.” So, this taco held up better. – Maybe it just, we didn’t have to go as far for it. – But we’re not gonna hold that against it. Oh. Completely different flavor profile on the meat. I don’t think it’s as good. It’s a little blander. It’s significantly less meat. – Let’s just compare these meats. – [Rhett] Compare these meats. – [Link] Crap, I’m just gonna hold it in my hand. You see how much lighter the Taco Bell meat is? – I don’t care, it tastes twice as good. – That’s because it’s got a lot more seasoning. – It’s got a lot more seasoning. It’s twice as good. – Mm-hm. Here, I’m gonna put this all back over there. Yeah, so the hard shell, definitely Taco Bell’s coming out ahead. – Let’s see what they’ve got going on here. – Let’s compare how the… The chicken is a bit more all over the place, it’s not as chopped. Got the choppiness versus the shreddiness. – I like a shredded chicken in general, but again, the meat flavor coming from the Taco Bell taco is twice as good. Tortilla, other ingredients, they kinda match in both places. I don’t think there’s a giant difference. Again, I would eat these and be happy, I don’t hate these. – I don’t know, dude, the Del Taco chicken taco is something to pause about. – Those are solid tacos. I’m gonna give the Taco Bell tacos an eight. I actually feel that strongly about them. – Taco Bell beef is dramatically better, but the Del Taco chicken, for me is dramatically better. – Okay. Well, what do you give Taco Bell? – Which makes me wanna tie ’em up, overall. I’m gonna give ’em both an eight. Eight, and then an eight over here. – Wow, so you really like both of them. – I mean I think they each have a standard, in my mind. Chicken standard, beef standard. – I’m going with eight, for Taco Bell, and a six, I still like them, they’re better than not good, but they’re not my favorite. (rock music) – Are you looking to live mas, or feed the beast? Well, go to the Mythical Kitchen channel, because the kitcheneers have some exciting things to share this week and you don’t wanna miss it. Mythical Kitchen channel. – Yeah. – What we got? – This one’s got tomatoes. – So just tell me who the visitor is, ’cause like, if there’s a visitor then I can make my famous hot dog water noodle soup that people love, so. – Oh, man. – [Dirk] I don’t understand you sometimes. – Water noodle soup. – [Stevie] On Rhett’s side is Taco Bell’s Nachos BellGrande for 3.59, and on Link’s side is Del Taco’s Queso Loaded Nachos for 3.99. – The cheese, everything about these is different, like look at the color of the cheese, the color of the meat. – We know that their beef is a winner. – That nacho cheese, though, I don’t get Taco Bell nachos. – Yeah, I’ve never had it. – This has got the classic nacho cheese, which I’m just not a huge fan of. – It’s got a strange flavor, that I’m reacting negatively to. – Not excited about that. – Yeah, I can’t come up with anything positive to say. There’s beans in it. – Yeah, the beans are okay. – [Link] What have they done? – Well, they put jalapenos on it, that’s one thing. You couldn’t request those. – Their queso is a sandy color. It blends in with the tortilla. – [Rhett] This is not really coming together, here. – [Link] I mean the jalapenos give it quite a punch. – This is two rounds in a row where they’ve done a little bit less. – [Stevie] I don’t understand the cheese situation, even in the close-up on the Del Taco. Maybe ’cause the Taco Bell is so bright? – [Link] Well, it’s like a… It’s a queso that is the same color as the chip, so it kinda blends in, and then you got this sour cream shell that’s happening. – I like the flavor profile of the Del Taco significantly more to be honest with you. But they just didn’t quite do enough for me. Four. – I’m gonna give Taco Bell a three. And them I’m only gonna edge ’em out a little bit, still not happy, but I’m going with a four for the Del Taco. – I’m moving up to a five for the Del Taco, ’cause I like what they tried, they just didn’t try enough. (rock music) – This side has no tomato. – Thank you. – Make eye contact with me, listen, listen. We might have a permanent roommate soon. It’s not a bearded dragon, don’t get excited. I told you no more lizards. – It’s never a lizard! Never! – Burritos? – [Stevie] Yes. On Rhett’s side is Taco Bell’s Burrito Supreme with guacamole for 4.49. And on Link’s side is Del Taco’s Macho Combo Burrito with guacamole for 6.44. – Look at how much bigger it is. – What are you doing with my burrito, man? – I’m just showing… Are you sure that’s yours? Just show how much bigger it is. – Growing up, now, at Taco Bell is I would get a chicken soft taco and a Burrito Supreme, so this is like the second part of my special meal, I’d call it. – Special meal? – Y’all got my special meal? – I mean, everything has blended together into a mush. – The last thing I ever did was cut my burritos in half at Taco Bell, that’s not what they’re known for. – You don’t wanna see it. – You just wanna eat it. – Very soupy. – It’s its own thing, you can’t think like, this is like pre-Chipotle. – You can’t expect it to be an actual burrito? – It’s not, it’s a totally different thing. – It is not. It’s soup. – This is back when we only had microwave burritos to compare it to, you know what I’m saying? – Is there meat in here? – Yeah, a little bit. But mostly beans, is the part I like. – Just slurp it out. – I call it the burrito suck. – Mm-kay. These are so much bigger! I mean, we’re getting to what you would expect, and I can actually, oh, that has tomatoes. But I’ll eat that. I mean, this has got actually pieces of stuff hanging out. – There’s lots of meat coming out. I just don’t like their meat. – There’s no need to chew any of this. Just put it in your mouth and swallow. – [Rhett] Do it. – I did. – I’m sorry, it is bigger, it’s not as good, I don’t like their beef. I just don’t like their meat as much. – I mean at least I can feel that there’s meat in it. – This tastes so much better, to me. – When I just suck the innards out it, that’s ’cause it’s just beans. – I like the Burrito Supreme, I’m giving it an eight. ‘Cause it is what it is, it’s not trying to be something it’s not. – I’m gonna give it a four. – Okay, well you can do whatever you want to. – And then the Del Taco, I’m also gonna give it a four. – I actively don’t like it, I’m giving it a four. (rock music) – Patty, if someone is moving in, then we have to clear out the room with the Powerman 5000 shrine. Where are we gonna put it? You tell me. You tell me! – She’s having a baby, dude. – Yeah, yeah, right. That’s what’s happening, Dirk, you’re gonna be a father. – [Stevie] On Rhett’s side is Taco Bell’s beef Crunchwrap for 3.89, and on Link’s side is Del Taco’s Queso Beef Crunchtada, for two dollars. – Okay, so it’s a little apples to oranges here, but, there’s some crunchiness inside of this. I’ma do a pull. – I’d be careful with a pull, well I guess it’s been out long enough. – Been out so long that it’s not as crunchy. Again, we’re not holding that against it. Taco Bell got that beef, got that Crunchwrap, got, I mean, that is just a nice little presentation there. – This is not my go-to. – There is nacho cheese in this, I think. The cheese is good in this. – Look how much cheese is on. – [Link] Oh, this is heavy! – [Rhett] Look at that. I’m just gonna turn this into a taco, boy. – [Link] I’m gonna go straight to the middle, and then I’m still gonna eat it as the chef intended. – I mean the Crunchwrap is kind of an institution in and of itself. – Yeah, I think the beef tastes better right now. – The Del Taco situation feels like a lower form of life form, you know what I’m saying? Like, after millions of years of taco evolution, this is better, just because I’m on this (chokes) of evolution. – I’m gonna give this a six. It’s a Crunchwrap. – [Rhett] Okay, I’m giving it a five. – Oh, you, really? – Trevor’s upset. – So it’s the more evolved? – ‘Cause I’m giving this a two. – Oh, really? I don’t think this is that bad, I’m gonna give it a four. But it’s not great, either, which is why I gave it a four. And now I’m getting choked up. (rock music) Dessert time. All right, what do we have here? – Now it’s just become silent treatment. – [Stevie] On Rhett’s side is Taco Bell’s Cinnabon Delights for 1.29, and on Link’s side is Del Taco’s Donut Bites for one dollar. – Feels like a little bit of a copycat situation. – Yeah, who came first, you know? And who’s leaving later? – Now, one of the things to note about this round, we’ve taken some of your collective feedback, we do read the comments, and we’re only gonna rate this on a scale of one to five, because you don’t really go to these places for dessert, so we don’t feel like we should weight dessert as much as we’re weighting tacos, for instance. So we’re kinda developing a new scale here. ‘Cause sometimes, something like dessert could all of a sudden, a really great dessert can make a taco restaurant better than another one, it’s like- – But neither one of ’em’s dessert restaurants. – Exactly, that’s what I’m saying. – I’ve eaten half of that, and I’m gonna eat the other half later. – Oh, oh, there’s a little squirt of something there. This one’s got a little squirt! – It’s a gusher, man. (Link coughs) – Getting choked up about it, aren’t ya? – Very good. – That might be a perfect dessert. – Cinnamony, sugary, gushing. – Oh, man. If you’re gonna copy something, at least put a little squirt of something in there. – [Link] Ain’t no gush in there. – [Rhett] It tastes good, though. It just doesn’t have a little wet part. – Yeah. Wow. These are a national treasure. – That’s so good, coming back to that? – Bring Nick Cage in here, and let him sniff it out. – I don’t even know where it’s from, but I’m giving it a five. – ‘Cause that’s all you can do? – ‘Cause that’s all I can do, see, I said it with oomph. – Mm-hm. And we know they’re a little bit old. What if they came right off the line? I’m gonna give it a five as well. – Now, if I didn’t know these existed, and you gave me those, I’d be like, “I’ll eat a whole bag of that.” – Yeah, but then somebody told you, “Did any of ’em gush?” – They didn’t gush, I’m gonna give it a three. It’s still a good dessert. – I agree. I’m giving it a three. And I’m looking for the gush wherever I go. – Okay, that brings our final totals to Taco Bell 64, Del Taco 58. Taco Bell takes it home. – Del Taco, you had a great start with your breakfast, but Taco Bell came in with the high quality tasty beef, and a Cinnabon collab to boot. – So Taco Bell, you are officially the Mexican Mami, and you have won the right to sponsor an episode of Good Mythical Morning. – Patty, do you want us to talk to Dirk for you? – Oh, no, I appreciate that, it’s actually okay, it was a false alarm. I am now currently down with my monthly sickness, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah. – Oh, you got your period. Oh, hell yeah. – So he, all right. – Now Dirk understands. – I have a lot more period jokes if you want. – No. I think we’ve had quite a morning. – Okay, thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. Okay. Once again, we knew ourselves. Yeah. I mean, I was. I think I was. I was not really into this one. Well, I mean. I had problems with this one. You seemed engaged to me. You put on a good show face. It didn’t seem like your brain was completely paused. You were really engaged. Just cause it was a pregnant woman. You know? I always perk up for the pregnant woman. This is when the story, not the story but this is when the drama really began between Dirk and Patty. Somebody gets pregnant. In many ways, that was the beginning of the end. For Dirk and Patty. Be careful. Wear a condom. But they’re still together. Yeah, but we don’t see much of them, is what I’m saying. The end of them for us. We don’t, they’re too busy with that child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right. We did like the Cinnabon Delights. A lot. How many times have you gotten those since then? – Zero. – That’s right. I need to go back there, and you can get your special meal. And I’ll get the Cinnabon Delights. I have gotten my special meal since then. I still do that when I go past the Taco Bell, and actually go into the Taco Bell. All right, who says you have to travel to eat like you’re on vacation? Well, I don’t. Margaritaville vs. Bubba Gump. They’re both, right where we want to be, here in LA. November 1st, 2022, we pitted them against each other. Was this before the death of Mr. Buffet? This was before Jimmy Buffet’s death, and it was also before out trip to Bubba Gump Shrimp Company that we took while we were shooting Wonderhole, but. It was Wonderhole, I thought it was pre Wonderhole. Season zero or what you call it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we had a pretty good meal there. So, right now, I would say, I talked so much crap about Bubba Gump, but then I went there and had a pretty good meal. So, I’m in Bubba Gump’s camp. But at the time I think I was in Margaritaville camp. I believe that I was a shrimp guy way back then. That’s before I knew they had a lot of cholesterol. So, I think I was team Bubba Gump then. Let’s find out. – Which not so fine dining chain restaurant is the finest? – Let’s talk about that. (whimsical music) Good Mythical Morning. – Now when I am in tourist mode, I do things I would never do in my normal mode like wear a money belt. – Huh. – Or a dumb hat with a flap in the back. – Oh, I love it when you wear the dumb hat with the flat in the back. – Only while I’m in tourist mode. – I agree, though. There are many places that I would never eat unless I’m in a vacation stupor. – Yeah. – Like the two restaurants we’re tasting today. It’s time for Food Feuds, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville versus Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. – We’re gonna taste and compare popular menu items found at both of these chains then rate ’em head to head. – The winner’s gonna be named the Goof of Gimmicky Grub. Yes, I said it, they’re gimmicky. – The goof or the god? – The god? Did I say goof? (crew laughs) – You did. – Goof of gimmicky grub. That’s what I’m gonna, that’s what they win. Not the god. All right, it’s the god. Okay, can we just eat. (rock music) For the Bubba Gump waiter, I think we have to have a sign that says run Forrest run. – Hey, I’m Bubba Gump Baxter and this is our dumb luck coconut shrimp for 24.19. – Dumb luck. – It’s really good. So fun facts around our restaurant. – Okay. We were actually co-founded by a Vietnam vet slash ping pong player named Forrest Gump, who named it after his best friend Bubba, may he rest in peace. Hence Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. You can learn all about it in the documentary, “Forrest Gump.” – Yeah, we’re fixing to eat it. – I can go with it, yeah. – It’s such a good doc. That’s why we’re here. – He thinks it’s a doc. – Hey. – What up. – I’m Margaritaville Emily Fleming in 33 years. (Rhett laughs) – Okay. – (laughs) I’m sorry, Emily. – This is the dream, man. – Close to home. – This is the dream. I was 36 the last time you saw me, you do the math (clicks tongue) nice. – Whoa. – All right, so this is Margaritaville’s crispy coconut shrimp for 21.95. It’s good to see you guys again. – Yeah, you too, Emily, it’s been a long time. Glad that you’re doing great. – Now you would think that Bubba Gump Shrimp Company had the advantage in the shrimp competition. – Yes. – But did you know that the chain’s mascot, the Bubba Gump mascot is a shrimp named Shrimp. – I did not know that his name was Shrimp. – Yeah, yeah, that’s true. I wouldn’t make these things up. – I love shrimp, but I hate coconut on my foods. I love raw coconut, leave it alone. Don’t alter it. – Hmm, well, you’re in trouble this round. – I’m in trouble ’cause that is full of coconut. – That’s a pretty good coconut shrimp, though. – It’s tough for me to taste, man. – This is just a regular shrimp. – No, it’s got coconut, too. It’s not as- – Hmm. – Coconut-y. Bubba Gump makes his more about his shrimp than he does and Jimmy makes theirs more about the coconut. So I know where I’m gonna rank these ’cause I definitely like these better. Just to give you a Margaritaville fact, there’s 31 restaurants, 26 hotel and resorts, retirement communities, there’s a cruise, there’s a Sirius XM station, frozen seafood and a college ambassador program. Even more than that, Margaritaville is like, it’s a ubiquitous brand. It’s everywhere you look, Rhett. – Everywhere I look, I see Margaritaville. – Yeah. – Except, I just looked over there and I don’t see any evidence of it. – But there are more Bubba Shrimp companies. There’s 34 of those located around the world. – I think both of these are pretty tasty. This is heavy on the coconut but I don’t, I don’t dislike that and I like the presentation. I’m gonna give it a 7. – I’m a give this a three. (bell dings) And I’m a give this one a five. – I actually- – And this is my problem. I acknowledge. – I like the presentation of these better, just a little bit better. These are a little too salty, that was my first thought, but I’m gonna give them six ’cause I still enjoy them. – But you like the coconut, don’t you? – Oh, I do, yeah, I’m a coconut man. – Okay, well, there you got. It’s still relative. (rock music) – Hey, guys. – Hey. – Hey, Emily. – You guys wanna know a little bit about my life? – Yeah, how’s it going? – All right, so I am living at the Latitude Margaritaville Retirement Community. – Okay. – I heard about those. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Thanks for talking about it. – I’m happily, it’s in Daytona. Sounds right. – Yep. – I am happily single but I do have a nice rotation of older gentlemen. – Okay. – What do they rotate on? – Well, today’s Allen’s days. You guys, you guys would love Allen. I’ll tell you later. – Oh, wow. Allen’s day. – They call him the wrench. – [Emily] How’d you know? – Was that my girlfriend? – [Emily] Oh, yeah, should I tell them the price? (Rhett laughs) I’ll come back. Hang on, no, you stay, you stay. – Oh, all right. – You seem nice. – How much are these ribs? – They’re 24.45, sorry about that. – 25.45. – We dated. – $25? – So these are the Bubba Gump Dixie style baby back ribs for $23.64. More fun found facts. Our co-founder, Forrest Gump, he actually taught Elvis how to dance in real life. Isn’t that crazy, like you can’t make this stuff up, man. – Right, yeah, yeah, you sure can’t ’cause it, ’cause it actually all happened. – [Baxter] Yeah. – Should we tell him? – No. – [Link] Why is there so much more ribs over here than over here? – And it’s only like a dollar more. – Is that, is that really how it happens? Seriously? It’s that much more ribs. – It’s happening right now. Okay, I gotta get- – Ooh, that’s, that’s good. That’s a good rib. – I’m having a lot of trouble. – You can’t even get to it. Usually when they slather it in sauce, you lose the smokiness, but- – It’s a good rib. – Mr. Buffet’s over there smoking his ribs, man. Doing a good job. – It’s well smoked, well flavored. – Nice. And there’s three half racks here. You only get one half rack with these. – [Rhett] This is a smaller situation. – I know. – It’s a smaller rib. But how does it taste? – When I was growing up and I would go out to a restaurant with my mama, I’d almost always order the ribs. I was a rib aficionado for many years as a middle schooler. And I’ll tell you right now these are not as good as those. – They’re not what they could have been. And speaking of which, Forrest Gump is not what he could have been. Do you know before Tom Hanks got the part, three people turned down the role for Forrest. John Travolta. – Whoa. – Chevy Chase. – Ah. – And Bill Murray. Can you imagine Bill Murray as Forrest Gump? That would have been hilarious. Too hilarious. – Actually, I can kind of imagine him but I can’t imagine John Travolta. – I don’t like to imagine John Travolta. – In any scenario? – Nope, none. This is, this is bringing the heat. – Not literally. – Not spicy. – I’m gonna give ’em an eight. – Me, too. I agree, an eight. Over here, you think these are less. I’ll let you go first. – I do by a factor of two down to a six. ‘Cause I actually kind of like the taste but I think I’m just tasting the sauce. The rib meat leaving a little to be desired. – I’m a give it a five. Nothing wowed me. (bell ding) (rock music) – Hey, guys, this is Bubba Gump’s flame-grilled salmon. It’s got Maker’s Mark bourbon sauce for 25.29. It’s really good. – I appreciate you dropping this off. – Yeah. – I feel like it’s important because you’ve kind of committed to this whole thing. You’re obviously working there. – Oh, I love it there, man. It’s my favorite- – Forrest. – Historical restaurant. – Forrest Gump, that’s the issue. It’s not a documentary, it’s a movie. It’s narrative fiction. – Oh, yeah, so I work- – It’s a story. – So I work at a made up restaurant from a made up movie. – Well, no, it’s a real restaurant from a made up story. It’s a real movie but it’s a made up. – Forrest Gump never a real person. – No, but- – It’s Tom Hanks. – Then who broke Watergate? Who made the smiley face shirt when he wiped his face, mighty face onto his shirt. Like you can’t, you can’t just destroy my world like that, man. It’s (cries) no. – I feel kind of bad about it now. – Yikes (laughs). (crew laughs) – All right. Hey, guys, I’m back. Maybe don’t mention to him that my restaurant is about a real song by a real guy. – Okay. – Oh, yeah. – That’s true. – Skip that. – All right. – This looks different. – This is Margaritaville’s blackened salmon. It comes with brown rice and pineapple salsa and black beans and it’s, I wrote it on my hand, 24.95. I’m 69 years old, I’m very forgetful now. – Okay. – 69, see. – Oh, that’s the math. So this right here- – Looks like a sweet potato. – I bet it could be good, though. – It’s dry as hell. Oh, gosh, it’s really overcooked. – But is it seasoned well? It’s tough going to salmon after eating a nice rib. – Yeah, I always go rib then salmon. I mean salmon then rib. – I always feel good about eating salmon but I don’t think it’s good. – It feels like it could have been something but it was overcooked. The beans are dry. – [Link] Now this has got some Maker’s Mark on it. – This looks like a better cooked salmon But it also looks kind of uninteresting. – Not bad. Better. – The fish is much better. That’s just a big pile of rice, though. – And a little bit of broccoli. – You know what? These both kind of suck. – But- – You know what I’m saying? – You’re on vacation. You went here because your kids thought that the signage looked cool. – Yeah, we don’t let the kids make decisions in the family. – You know, and then you’re like you wanna make a healthy choice, so all those things taken into account, you know, I’m still gonna give it a five. – I like what they were trying to do with this one. Okay, I’ll agree with you, no I’m gonna go to a four. I can’t go- – Oh, you’re being tough on it. – And I’m going to a three on this one because I like what they did with the salmon but this is just such lack of effort, just some straight up, almost unseasoned white rice and some almost unseasoned broccoli. Three, man. – You’re right. This is, this is sad. Kind of like that part in Forrest Gump when it was sad. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – In the doc. In the documentary in Forrest Gump, you mean. Right, I feel like we should- – For that reason even though the fish is better I’m gonna give it a tie at five over here as well. (bell dings) – Okay. – Not a documentary. (rock music) – Hey, the midterm elections are in one week so go to votelikeabeast.com to check your voting status, register if you need to and stay informed for the mid-term elections. – Yeah, votelikeabeast.com. We made it. You can get stickers there. 100% of those profits go directly to our partners at vote.org. – Yeah, so use votelikeabeast.com to educate yourself on the issues and candidates that matter for next week’s selection. – Do it. – Hey, hey. – Hey. – Yo, all right, so this is our Margaritaville “Cheeseburger in Paradise.” Once again, a song. – Another song. – Don’t tell him, don’t tell him. – We got pickles, lettuce, we left off the tomato. I still remember that after 33 years. – Thank you. – No problem. And American cheese, it’s for $14.95. I just wanted to tell you guys I wanted to plug my charity. I run a Shih Tzu rescue. It’s called Tough Shih Tzu. Just go on, just look that up. – Okay, all right. Emily still moving and shaking. – Are we 30 years older? – Yeah. – Here is a cheeseburger. – Oh, don’t be down. It’s a great movie. It’s a great fictional movie. – Just answer me this, though. All right, so did Forrest Gump not inspire the song “Imagine” by John Lennon. – No. – Is John Lennon real? – Well, he’s dead. – He was real, yeah. His work lives on. – What’s real, though, what’s real? – I feel bad for Baxter. Oh, gosh, he’s having a rough time. – How much is this burger? – [Baxter] Oh, it’s 16.49. (Rhett laughs) If money’s real. (Rhett laughs) – There’s some interesting stuff going on on this burger. I mean, first of all, look what happened to the bun. The bun is almost, you got so much bun, I got such a little bun. – What do you mean? – Look at this. – Oh. – You’re talking about all of that. – What happened to the bun. – Yeah, you don’t, you don’t need that. – You don’t really need a bottom bun. – “Cheeseburger in Paradise” pretty good song. What about “Son of a Son of a Sailor?” That’s a good song. – But you would think that this is something that they would do very well there, considering the song. – I can taste that it did have tomato on it and that you removed it. (crew laughs) Like it’s really not, I do appreciate you removing it but kind of got my hopes up that it was never on there but it definitely was. – Tomato remnants. Ah, that is not a great burger. I just feel like- – Well, look at- – There’s so many ways that burgers, like burgers are being done so well by so many people. – [Link] Lookit, it’s a pre-formed patty. – I feel like a lot of time has passed since they came up with this particular item and they haven’t change it. – And look at this patty. It’s kind of well, it’s got some stripes on it. And I will say Bubba, played by Mykelti Williamson, guess who turned down the role? Ice Cube. – No. – And Dave Chapelle. – What? – – Both turned down the role. – You’re kidding. – They didn’t wanna talk about shrimp. – [Rhett] Tell me what you think about that burger. I think it tastes better and I think it’s the flame broiling. The burger just tastes better. – It’s better but- – It’s still not great, it’s just compared for this. – For a burger at a sit down restaurant, there’s disappointment across the board here, I’m sorry. – Man, both of these burgers are bad. – I mean, you’re supposed to get a good burger at a shrimp place, probably not. So the disappointment I think is worse here ’cause you got a freakin’ song named after it. – I mean, oh, gosh, that’s a three for me, man. This is not a good burger. – Mm-hmm, three. Over here- (bell dings) I’m also gonna give us, it’s just as, they could be the same, three, just both not good. – The flame broil in this was a little bit better, I’m gonna send it to a four. – And now I’m fighting with my kids at the table, you know. It’s a typical vacation. (rock music) You know, Chris Pratt was a waiter. – Hey, guys. – At Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. – Oh, yeah. – In Maui, yeah. He was discovered there. See, it doesn’t have to be real for you to have a future. – I know, I know, I’ve come to terms with it, you know. It’s a bummer but like at least the Vietnam War isn’t real. So this is a Bubba Gump key lime pie- – Listen to this. – Graham cracker crust for 10.99. – Okay, 10.99 Rhett. – Okay, wow. – Maybe dessert can redeem this experience. – You weren’t gonna correct him on that? – No, I thought about it but he seemed so happy. – For the best (laughs). – Yeah, yeah. – All right, I hope you guys come visit me at Latitude sometime. – Oh, yeah, we’ll be there. – You’re gonna have to drive, though. I still don’t drive cars. I do own three jet skis but I’m not allowed to drive those either for reasons. – Oh, okay. – Oh. – All right is our key lime pie for 8.95. I gotta go catch up with Allen for our date. He does something really fun with lime pie. – Hey, hey, Emily. – The wrench. – The cleanup is kind of a lot but you know. – Allen Wrench. – Now I gotta say this has been such a lackluster competition that this might be the first ever food feuds in which the winner, I don’t think we’re inviting them to sponsor an episode. Not that it’s ever worked. – I love the movie and I love the man, like Jimmy Buffet, he embodies a lot of things I like and blue out a flip flop, stepped on a pop top. – [Rhett] Oh, it’s a great song. – I don’t even know what that is. – [Rhett] Yeah, right. As a key lime pie aficionado I could say this is the wrong color. It doesn’t have any crust on the back which his a huge missed opportunity. – It literally looks like a triangle of cheese. – It has the consistency of cheese. – It tastes like you could seal a wound with it. (crew laughs) You know what I’m saying? Like the consistency, it’s like putty you could just put into an open wound if you had no other choices. – And it’s thick and heavy, too, man. – It’s horrible. I love key lime pie, how can it be this bad? This looks like a key lime pie and it cuts like a key lime pie. – Is there shrimp in it, though? – That’s a standard fair key lime pie. Not bad at all. – It’s pretty great, actually. I don’t like that fact that, don’t key lime pie’s normally have some green something on them? – No, not always. – Oh, never mind then. – What do you mean some green? – Didn’t Jenny, wasn’t she played by Robin Wright? – She was Jenny. – All right, so she could have been played by Jodie Foster, who turned down the role. – Oh. – Demi Moore- – Oh. – Turned down the role. – And Nicole Kidman turned down the role. – You know, Nicole Kidman is really good in that thing that comes on before the AMC movies. – I know, I love her in that. – She is- – That’s her best work. She loves movies, man. Even heartbreak feels better at the movies. – It does. – I’m gonna give this a zero. I don’t I’ve ever done a zero before but I love key lime pie. – You love key lime pie so much. – I cannot believe that Mr. Buffet let the key lime pie get to this place. – Jimmy, you gotta taste the stuff, man. – You gotta taste the pie, man. – You gotta taste the stuff. – I know when you get older, the palate doesn’t- – I know you’re laid back and you’re just like sitting back sipping on a marg- – He doesn’t care. – You gotta go back into the kitchen, homie. – You think that Jimmy cares what we think about his pie and that’s why I love him. – He doesn’t, he doesn’t care. We love you, though. We’d like to welcome you onto the show but we’re not gonna offer you a sponsorship if you win. – But open invitation to come on the show. – And Tom Hanks, if you wanna ever go jogging. – Yeah, right. – I’m not falling for that one. I’m not going jogging with Tom, Job- – I’m not going jobbing with Tom Hanks. – This is good, though, did I give that something? – I don’t know. – I give it a one. (bell dings) – I give this a six. Maybe a seven, a seven. – I’ve had some really, really, really good key lime pie, including in the Florida keys. So I know how good it can be so I’m gonna give it a six. – Wow. That’s saying a lot. So let’s get our totals here. – Okay, well, the key lime pice sealed the deal. Congratulations to Bubba Gump Shrimp Company with a score of 50 to Margaritaville’s 42. You are officially not the god but the goof of gimmicky grub as we have established. – I do think it worked out, you know. But it was so low scores across the board. Maybe it’s because we weren’t on vacation. – Yeah. – Everything’s, it’s all about the setting. – Better on vacation. – And congratulations. You do not win an opportunity to sponsor an episode of “Good Mythical Morning.” – Everything’s okay, though. All right, thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. We were right, we knew ourselves. So, we picked Bubba Gump, but we weren’t happy with either one of these. Now, I don’t know if this is the bottom of the Food Feuds barrel. We will find out if we can get there. I feel a little bad. But, like, we trashed both of these places. Like, we didn’t win any potential, even though technically we won a potential Bubba Gump sponsorship. They potentially. We did not offer it to them. – Oh, we didn’t even do that? – No. Yeah, that’s right. I just saw that. – Right. – I’d forgotten it already. Well, listen, dude, I think we need to apologize to Bubba. Yeah, let’s apologize, because we went back. We thrashed it, and then we decided to go. That’s what’s so funny, and then we realized we were wrong. – Well. – And here we are. I think it was mostly TJ’s idea. Yeah, we did not order the key lime pie when we went. We made it sound so appealing. And, it wasn’t bad. They don’t make you eat the heads. And I like them for that. A lot of places, if you go to a fancier place with shrimp they’re making you eat the head, not just the tails. Plus, they don’t make you eat, they don’t make you eat anything. Place I went, they were trying to make me eat the heads. Or, like, you can take them off and put them in this bowl, but. It’s the kitchen crew’s favorite. – Well, then they can eat. – They eat the heads. Well, then say, hey, they can have it. Technically, you just suck the head. That’s not what she said. That’s not, that is not. Or, did you mean it to say? That is not what she said. That is indeed not what she said. All right, we got one more. We’re gonna end it with some comfort food. Mashed taters, chicken, and biscuits. You know what’s up. KFC vs. Popeyes. November, 2020. This is gonna be a tough one. I think we would’ve said Popeyes. I just think we would have, something about, like, the seasoning, the breading. They have shrimp. I can imagine us saying things like that. But I like the slaw, and the mashed taters, and biscuit together. The original recipe. I think this is gonna be a tie. Okay, let’s see. Today we drive-through the ultimate fried chicken Food Feud. Let’s talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. Hey, now. Tomorrow is election day. Time flies when it comes to weighing in on the future of our society. Yes, and we know that many of you have all ready made your voices heard through mail-in and early voting, but for those of you planning on voting safely in person tomorrow, that’s great, too! You can go to votelikeabeast.com to find your polling place, educate yourself, and make a voting plan. Votelikeabeast.com, please check it out, and do your duty. Now, would you rather hang out with Lil Wayne or George Clooney? I’d pick a third option, hang out with a guy called Lil Clooney. I understand that, but there is no third option. My question is basically the question that we’re answering today, because Lil Wayne is from Louisiana, George Clooney is from Kentucky. And Louisiana and Kentucky also happen to be the birthplaces of two major fast food chicken franchises, Popeyes and KFC. And just like George and Wayne have been at each others throats for years, these two chicken behemoths have also been at each others throats. I don’t know if any of that is true, but you know, I think most of it is. All of it. In fact, in 2017, Popeyes Tweeted, “Is the only difference between “original and extra crispy, “breading and the extra breading? #LetThatMarinate.” Oh! Well, they opened up the floodgates, because KFC Tweeted, “Well now, that’s a great question. “Let me see if I can clarify for you:” And then they added, “My Original Recipe chicken “is marinated, breaded in my special blend of 11 herbs and spices, then pressure fried.” And then they added, “My Extra Crispy chicken “is marinated, double-breaded in its own blend of herbs and spices, then open fried.” And then they added, “Now the big difference here is pressure fried vs. open fried.” And then they added, “Might not seem like a big difference, but any fried chicken expert will you that it is.” And then they went on five more Tweets to add other stuff, ending with, “Thanks for askin’!” Dang, Popeyes, you got chick-splained! Yeah. So KFC’s Twitter game is stronger, okay, but is their menu? Let’s settle this chicken beef once and for all. It’s time for Food Feuds: KFC versus Popeyes. Are you hungry? Mm-hmm. I’m hungry, too. We’re gonna taste popular items from each restaurant’s menu, and rate them on a scale of one to 10, and the restaurant with the most points will be crowned the fast and friediest chicken king, and will win the chance to sponsor a future GMM episode. Oh, yeah. We sent a Mythical Crew member to each drive-through to pick up our order. Stevie, are they back yet? Actually, I’m sorry guys, I just heard, they’re both stuck in their respective lines. I guess traffic is just really bad today, and also, somehow, the KFC drive-through guy is on the phone, and wants to talk to you. Okay, hello KFC guy? Hey, this is Kentucky Fried Dirk. Is this Rut McCacken? Yeah, I mean, yeah. Yeah, that’s close enough. Yeah, that’s me. Yeah, I got a lot of jobs, man. I work here, I work everywhere. Listen, I’m saving up to follow Hoobastank when they go on tour again. Anyways, it’s neither here nor there. So Rut, there’s somebody here who’s trying to use your credit card. Yeah, we have authorized a Mythical Employee to use my credit card for this, yes. Oh, yeah, that’s not the question. The question was, can I use it to buy the Hoobastank tickets? No, Dirk, you may not. All right, fair enough. It was worth a shot. Anyways, food is on the way, Rhett. Okay. He got rejected, then he got your name right. Bye, Dirk. Okay, Stevie, clearly our food from Popeyes isn’t here yet, either, so let’s give them a call. Okay, beep boop beep boop boop boop boop boop. Yes, yes. Oh, you got one of those new phones. Bring. I can hear it. Thank you for calling Popeyes, this is former Wingstop employee, Patty. What do you want? Oh, hey, Patty. How ya doing? Who is this? Oh, this is Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning. Hey. We’re waiting on the order, you know, from your restaurant, because we’re gonna try it out versus KFC. What, are you guys, like, stalking me now? No. Do you want us to? I think it’s just a coincidence that you happen to be very mobile in your employment. Hey, guys. Dirk here, I’m still here. I forgot to hang up. I don’t know how smartphones work. Anyways, can I ask Patty something real quick? Sure. Yeah, whatever. All right. Hey, Patty. Oh, hey, Dirk. Will you go to the virtual homecoming dance with me? I thought you’d never ask. Yes, Dirk, I would love to. Yay! All right, bye for real now. I am gonna hang up. All right. Okay. Good luck, guys. All I am is hungry. On Rhett’s side, we have KFC’s creamy mashed potatoes and signature brown gravy. A regular order goes for 1.99, and a large costs 4.49. And on Link’s side, we have Popeyes’ mashed potatoes smothered in their flavorful Cajun gravy. What are you doing? A regular side order goes for 2.59, and a large goes for 4.59. All right, you just put slaw in there. I asked for some KFC slaw, because I do not eat KFC mashed potatoes without adding slaw into it. Well, I do. So I’m just judging the mashed potatoes. Which, that gravy’s good. It’s salty, man. Oh, yeah. I just think it’s a magical hot/cold combination. I’ve never tried it at Popeyes. I’m about to. Oh, I just got… Their potatoes are totally different. There’s a whole lot of stuff going on. They’re spicy. Is that the potatoes that are spicy, or the gravy that’s spicy? I think it’s gravy. This is more classic. Yeah, let’s rate this. I think, classic taste, very nostalgic. That’s good. I’m giving it a seven. I like these mashed potatoes, man. I agree, I’m gonna give it a seven, and for the Popeyes, I’m giving that, I’m going to give just the mashed potatoes and gravy a six. It’s pretty close. I like the KFC a teeny bit better, because I actually don’t like the Cajunness that much in my mashed potatoes, but I like it. I’m gonna go with a six, as well. Oh, we totally agree. Okay, now it’s time for chicken. On Rhett’s side is the world famous KFC’s Original Recipe. A two piece meal costs 6.99, includes a choice of side, a biscuit, a cookie, and a drink. And on Link’s side is Popeyes Signature Chicken, offered in mild or spicy. We got mild to best match KFC. A two piece meal costs 8.59, and it includes a side, a biscuit, and drink, but no cookie. There’s a special place in my heart for this. I know. This is what I would get, as a kid, for my birthday, man. It’s so unique, too. It’s like, it’s not crunchy. It’s so original. I mean, if you want crunchy you got to get the extra crispy, but that, the taste is so unique to just their chicken, and it’s got to do with that pressure fried situation. And the 11 herbs and spices, bro. And then, you got more of the classic situation. And the closest thing for us is Bojangles, like, we know we love Bojangles. I can’t come up with anything to complain about for either one of them. I mean, oh, man. Watch yourself, now, there’s more. I love eating chicken, man. There’s more to– Just sitting here eating chicken with my friend. I could die right now, and if I continue to do this, I may die. The KFC number that I’m honing in on is a nine. Ooh! I mean, again, it’s like, it’s a special branch of fried chicken, when you got that pressure fried. They’ve done something really, really special. I’m kind of leaving a little bit more room in my heart for other fried chicken at other fried chicken restaurants, that are not fast food. This is incredibly good, I’m gonna give it an eight. This is so moist. Again, there’s some nostalgia here, but I also just like the taste, but it’s so close, I’m gonna give it a seven. I am also gonna give this a seven, bringing it down two notches from my KFC, because once you get passed the, what I call the crunchy, and the skin, the meat itself is very moist, but it doesn’t have quite the magic. Okay, this is the fries and hot sauce round. It’s a little unusual, but we wanted you to try everything. So on Rhett’s side we have KFC’s Secret Recipe fries, which KFC claims are crispier then your average fry, and seasoned with the secret 11 herbs and spices. A regular order is 1.99, and the hot sauce packets offered at KFC are proprietary to KFC, and list ‘hot sauce’ as an ingredient. On Link’s side we have Popeyes’ Cajun fries. Popeyes claims, “They may look like french fries, but our special seasoning makes them 100% Cajun.” A regular order is 2.59. The hot sauce packet at Popeyes is actually the famous Louisiana brand hot sauce, which can also be purchased in grocery stores. That Louisiana hot sauce– Wow. Is the best sauce for fried chicken. Isn’t that what we determined? When we were down there in Louisiana? And there’s, like, a Tabasco sort of hint to it. Yeah. On the back end. I know about these Popeyes fries. You know about them? Tell me all about them. I know them to be very good. I like what KFC’s doing. These are bran-fangled new. I think because of the pressure from Popeyes fries being so good. And so respond. I can’t stop eating either side. They said that there’s 11 herbs and spices, I can’t taste any herbs and spices. These are way more well-seasoned, in my mind. Yeah. You can even look at it and tell. These are definitely better. The hot sauce is better. It’s a bonus. Good effort from KFC, like, when you just compare it to fries in the fast food world. I give it a six over here. I’m gonna give them a four. You know, they talk a big game. They’re below average to me. I think they’re better then regular fries. I think that these, I’m gonna give a six. I am a big fan of these. They’re good. I’m going all the way up to an eight on the Popeyes fries. Woo! Biscuits and honey sauce. Sauce. On Rhett’s side are KFC’s warm, flaky southern style biscuits. You can order a side of two biscuits for 1.29, that’s 65 cents a piece. And on Link’s side are Popeyes buttermilk biscuits, available for purchase by the biscuit for 89 cents each. KFC’s very soft. Fluffy, like a cloud. Fluffy and stacked. It’s not super flakey. It’s super soft. Doughy. These are very standardized. Like, traditional, like Grandma. They both smell equally buttery. I’m not going for the honey sauce, as they call it. These are flakier, and less doughy. I’ve never eaten a biscuit from anywhere besides KFC that gave me that KFC experience. It’s the biscuit version of the chicken experience that you get. KFC has done something that’s a little bit more original. Like something that, Grandma couldn’t do that, I don’t think. I’m gonna give that KFC biscuit, I’m gonna give it a six. It’s not approaching the best biscuit I’ve ever had. I want to give it a seven, but that flouriness is taking something down for me. I’m gonna go down to a six. I don’t know. These are hitting different for me than I remember them hitting. Me too. In a different way, but almost in the same way. I’m also gonna give them a six. That’s exactly what I was thinking. They’re totally different, but they’re equal. Yeah. Six. It all comes down to the chicken sandwich. On Rhett’s side we have a Crispy Colonel Sandwich from KFC, served Nashville Hot style. You can also order it Buffalo, extra crispy, and Honey BBQ style. The sandwich costs 5.49. And on Link’s side is Popeyes Spicy Chicken sandwich, dubbed “the sandwich.” This is the culprit for the wrap around the block lines just about a year ago, and it costs 3.99. That’s a good sandwich, but this is, like, the sandwich that broke the internet. And I’ve finally got my hands on these, and my kids are all the time begging for us to get some more of these sandwiches. It is a huge sandwich. I mean, it’s bigger then the KFC sandwich. This almost feels like a smack. I mean, like you said, this is tasty. What are you laughing at, Stevie? This is a friggin’ behemoth. Because Link is still talking, and you shoved, like, half the sandwich into your mouth all ready. There’s a lot of breading, but it’s really crunchy, and somehow, unless you get, like, a really old one, it’s always got that crunch. This is not a run away win for that chicken sandwich, in my mind. I’m still eating it. It’s so much bigger. This is better then I thought it was gonna be. But not as good as this. No, it’s not as good as that. Six. Six. I’m gonna give that a five. I’m gonna walk away from this desk, and I’m gonna forget about that. Okay. This is not what everybody thinks that it is. It’s a really good chicken sandwich, but I’ve had better chicken sandwiches. Seven. Well, sure. I am gonna give this an eight, because, though it’s not my favorite chicken sandwich, it certainly is up there. Definitely my top five, maybe my top three. Okay, guys. And we’ve ignored where that puts us, but let’s find out. With a total of 67, your preferred restaurant is Popeyes. What, really? Versus what? What was the differential? 64. Oh. Oh. I though you meant versus what restaurant, and I was like, “Link, KFC.” Hold on, what restaurant have we been tasting this whole time? It’s because of the chicken sandwich. I only go to KFC for the bone-in chicken, and I really only go to Popeyes for the fries and the sandwich. If I had to choose these, I would choose that, every time. But it was pretty close. I feel good about this. But congratulations to Popeyes. Hey, you just won a chance to sponsor a Good Mythical Morning episode! Call us! Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. You know what time it is. Popeyes, just by a little bit. Just barely, see, I was 3 points off. Yeah, from being a tie. Being right. And you did mix the coleslaw with the mashed potatoes. – Of course I did. – On both accounts, so. Of course I did. You didn’t really give anybody an advantage. Now that I’m just refreshed with both of them, what do I crave more? Because I rarely have either. And it comes down to, do I want that sandwich, or do I want the original? Right. Chicken. The whole point of Food Feuds is you’re making the choice to go to the restaurant, right? Like, what restaurant will you choose when you’re hungry. Because, you’re right, we both prefer just the fried chicken from KFC. Yeah. But, you know what. You know what, they can both live in our worlds. Working with the show. And they both do. That’s the wonderful thing about America. Thank you for living in our world. For this marathon, you hung on, we applaud you for it. We’re gonna be back on Friday to take a look at one of Link’s favorite episodes. And next week is the beginning. What? The 26th season of Good Mythical Morning. See you Friday.