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Speaker 1:
[00:00] Hey, Dog Walk listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. All right, today is Tuesday, it is April 21st. Welcome to The Dog Walk, presented by Barstool Sports. Snake Draft Tuesday, we are joined on Zoom by Clem and Jeff D. Lowe. I'm joined in studio by Chief. White Sox Dave is out, he is hunting. And Marty Mush will be in studio here with us in like a couple minutes. He's running a little late. As you can see by the title of today's draft, big draft, the French fry draft. We've done burgers. I think it was a six man or burgers, Jeff. I don't I don't think you did that one, but it was it was a good one. And this is the sequel to that.

Speaker 2:
[00:41] This is the biggest draft ever. But I don't know if I'm exaggerating. It's like my my my anxiety over this is high. Like I like I think the I think the draft order is unbelievably important today. This is I'm very excited, Eddie.

Speaker 1:
[01:01] Yeah, it's a good one.

Speaker 3:
[01:02] We have some questions of clarification while we're here.

Speaker 1:
[01:05] You sure can.

Speaker 3:
[01:06] Is it all fast food?

Speaker 1:
[01:08] Yes.

Speaker 3:
[01:09] OK.

Speaker 1:
[01:10] Now, there is some some places where you can order at the. Oh, what's up, Marty?

Speaker 3:
[01:13] Oh, Marty.

Speaker 1:
[01:14] So you could look at you could listen to this, too. Sorry, Marty's literally just fast food, fast casual. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[01:20] Basically, we're ruling out like the outbacks, the Red Robins in the world.

Speaker 1:
[01:24] Yes. The outbacks of Chili's, the Red Robins out.

Speaker 3:
[01:26] Those are out.

Speaker 1:
[01:27] But a place you can order at the counter maybe and get, you know, a place that has a drive through as well. Think of it that way.

Speaker 3:
[01:33] That's kind of.

Speaker 1:
[01:34] Yeah. Then you may have an argument.

Speaker 3:
[01:35] All right. And then.

Speaker 1:
[01:37] Yes.

Speaker 3:
[01:38] Different. Some places have multiple styles.

Speaker 1:
[01:41] Yeah. I think you got to be specific. Yeah. Because there's like a heavy hitter that has two different styles. And I think it's you got to choose the right one.

Speaker 2:
[01:51] OK. I had another question. I forgot what it was. I'll clear. I'll clarify if we have to.

Speaker 4:
[01:56] Marty, I had that. How we doing? I had that Red Robin bottomless fries is my wild draw for you motherfuckers. And I was like, I was I didn't think would fly under the radar because this is the other thing about this draft. Like you said, if this is a big draft, we got heavy hitters here. Jeff is is, you know, that's the thing. The funny thing about ZD, he asked those questions. All these chain restaurant questions, because Jeff is a connoisseur.

Speaker 2:
[02:19] That doesn't only exist because of chain restaurants, because we I used to answer and challenge people and chain restaurant questions on our old serious radio show. And then COVID hit, made the show. But like this is this is like ground zero for the dozen right here.

Speaker 3:
[02:34] So so this is changing.

Speaker 4:
[02:36] Marty is a is a fast food guy. I think Marty, you were on the build to fast food meal. Oh, so I always feel like Marty is in this realm. Obviously, Eddie is a fellow. He's a chain restaurant. I think he's the chain restaurant guy that doesn't. He's better than me. I have no problem admitting that. Now, chief, how are you with the French fries? Because, you know, this this is something you eat fast food. So I feel like you know your way around the fries, right? Like, this isn't going to be triple nut kind of stuff coming out here, is it?

Speaker 3:
[03:02] I don't think it's possible to go triple nut in this sort of a draft. Now look, I, I, I'm UMBC. I'm a, I'm a 16 seed. This is a stacked lineup. I was putting my list together as a little bit harder than I thought.

Speaker 5:
[03:16] It's not easy still. Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[03:18] It's not easy.

Speaker 2:
[03:19] You, if you're not well traveled, you can run out of options quick today.

Speaker 1:
[03:23] Yeah. Like if you're not, if you haven't spent a lot of time in the West coast, I haven't spent a ton, but there's a lot of certain chains that don't cross over certain borders.

Speaker 3:
[03:32] I will say that every time I go somewhere with Eddie, doesn't matter where we are, we are making local pit stops.

Speaker 1:
[03:40] Yeah, because it's the only time you can get it. So it's like, yeah, when in Rome kind of situation.

Speaker 4:
[03:46] I listed out.

Speaker 2:
[03:48] Go ahead, go ahead, Clem.

Speaker 4:
[03:49] Eddie Dragan, I don't remember where it was. Eddie dragged me to some fan's food place at about 2 a.m. in New Orleans after our doesn't match. And I was like, and I'm just so tired. But you know what? I'm happy I tried the place. I don't remember what it was, but it was a late night trip.

Speaker 1:
[04:01] I know what it was. I won't tip it though.

Speaker 5:
[04:03] Start with a C.

Speaker 2:
[04:06] I listed out 26 places. There's only 25 picks. And I think I like maxed out the list. So again, like you got to scrape here, I think on some.

Speaker 1:
[04:16] Yeah, but then there's obviously some that you won't like that other people do. I have some straight up bad categories here that I think the fries are bad.

Speaker 3:
[04:24] Um, how deep is your list?

Speaker 1:
[04:27] Um, I have around like, I have like 18 that I would like and be comfortable drafting, but I could open up the board if they could take.

Speaker 5:
[04:33] I am well underprepared.

Speaker 1:
[04:36] Are you?

Speaker 4:
[04:37] I might.

Speaker 3:
[04:38] Well, you got to have 25.

Speaker 4:
[04:40] I might have to miracle it a little and be like, I've heard of these play because it's.

Speaker 3:
[04:45] You got to Uber Eats while you're sitting here on the.

Speaker 4:
[04:49] There's just only so many that are up here in Winterfell. There's, you know, I don't have like the widest collection of spots where Jeff has lived on like every time zone in fucking America.

Speaker 2:
[04:59] It's helped quite a bit for me. And places on here, I feel like you guys maybe have not had.

Speaker 3:
[05:03] And I feel like you've spent a lot of time in Ohio, which is the fast food capital.

Speaker 1:
[05:06] Correct.

Speaker 2:
[05:07] The world just I was just in also in Indianapolis, just you want to talk about fast food capital, the world, Indianapolis. I asked, like, where do we go eat? And they're like this place and it's a chain restaurant. So I thought like something like a local cuisine, maybe.

Speaker 1:
[05:20] All right.

Speaker 2:
[05:20] Well, I won't say what I won't say what the place is. When the when the place gets picked, I'll say what it was. I was like, really? That's your that's your suggestion.

Speaker 1:
[05:27] That's that's funny. All right. Let's do the order then. Lance has one through five behind his back. What number is it, Jeff?

Speaker 5:
[05:33] Oh, it.

Speaker 2:
[05:35] Three. It's three.

Speaker 4:
[05:37] Oh, is that it?

Speaker 5:
[05:39] Yeah. One.

Speaker 4:
[05:41] One.

Speaker 1:
[05:41] Ah, Jeff's taking one. Had to one through.

Speaker 5:
[05:46] You know what? I wouldn't want one. No, I was nervous.

Speaker 1:
[05:49] And I think there's a pretty clear one. Well, there's a couple.

Speaker 5:
[05:52] There's a couple.

Speaker 1:
[05:53] All right, Marty. One through four.

Speaker 5:
[05:54] Four.

Speaker 1:
[05:55] No, Clem, one through four.

Speaker 4:
[05:57] I had three lined up all fucking day, and Jeff just nailed it there, too. Give me two.

Speaker 5:
[06:01] Not two.

Speaker 1:
[06:02] Chief.

Speaker 3:
[06:03] Fuck, I was looking at something. Four.

Speaker 5:
[06:07] Oh, not four. Shucks. Three.

Speaker 2:
[06:09] No, not three.

Speaker 5:
[06:09] Oh, one.

Speaker 2:
[06:11] Yeah, one.

Speaker 1:
[06:12] All right.

Speaker 5:
[06:15] Two.

Speaker 1:
[06:16] Okay, one through three, Clem.

Speaker 2:
[06:19] One. No.

Speaker 1:
[06:20] Chief.

Speaker 3:
[06:21] Two. I'll go third.

Speaker 1:
[06:23] All right. One or two to me. Two.

Speaker 3:
[06:26] No.

Speaker 1:
[06:28] Clem.

Speaker 4:
[06:29] One.

Speaker 1:
[06:30] All right, you want four or five.

Speaker 4:
[06:31] Wrap around. I'll take five.

Speaker 1:
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Speaker 4:
[08:26] Oh, we're going to Jordan rules this, right? We're going to Jordan rules this, right? We're going to take one off the board automatically? I was waiting for that, Jeff, before I said it.

Speaker 2:
[08:32] Yeah, it is. It's the Michael Jordan of French fries. They're unbeatable. Even when they're not perfectly out of the fryer, even when they've been sitting there a little bit, they're still pretty damn good. It's, I legitimately think out of a chain restaurant, it's my favorite food in the world. If we're going chain only, and that's McDonald's fries, they're just, they...

Speaker 5:
[08:55] That was, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[08:56] I love the taste what they were like back, I think I did, I mean, they used to fry them in beef tallow, they used to do like different stuff. They changed. They did, and that's, they changed it for a while now. I would like to go back to that, but there's just, it's that golden crispiness to them. And man, when you get the one that's that perfect texture, where it's got a little bit of a crunch, but soft, fluffy, hot, oh my God. I'm just unbelievable.

Speaker 1:
[09:18] I was gonna say, cause they definitely did taste better back in the day, right?

Speaker 2:
[09:21] Oh yeah, they were cooked in tallow.

Speaker 1:
[09:23] Yeah, they're still really good.

Speaker 3:
[09:23] When did they make that switch?

Speaker 2:
[09:25] I forget the year. I can look it up, but I do forget the year, but yeah, that's, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[09:30] Also the packaging.

Speaker 3:
[09:33] 1999.

Speaker 2:
[09:33] The packaging is iconic. I miss, he is dead now. Morgan Spurlock, the guy who did Super Size Me, he fucked everyone with the Super Size Fry. Iconic. The Super Size Fry was the perfect gluttonous item. And we're sure that's still gluttonous and that that's the one thing we can't have. It just, it's crazy. So yeah, the McDonald's Fry is perfect. Everything about it is absolutely A plus S tier. Again, it's when it's at its best, it's that snap, it's that bit of a crunch, but fluffy still. It's just so good. Almost always perfectly salted.

Speaker 3:
[10:09] So two things. It says that they stopped using beef tallow in 1990. So I doubt any of us remember.

Speaker 2:
[10:16] So I haven't had it then. Because I didn't think I would. And if I did, I probably wouldn't have remembered it.

Speaker 3:
[10:19] Number two, I don't think they invented fries, but they had to be the ones that popularized the fries, right?

Speaker 1:
[10:28] It's a good question.

Speaker 5:
[10:29] It was always the go-to answer no matter what. If you said, what's your favorite fry? It was everyone's McDonald's, no matter what.

Speaker 1:
[10:37] All right.

Speaker 4:
[10:37] The logo, essentially the golden arches is just fries in my mind. And it's probably the only restaurant, let alone fast food restaurant, that when you think of them, the fries is the first item you think of. Where I don't know if, I don't think that's the case with any other restaurant, right? It's a good one. Not one.

Speaker 2:
[10:55] There's one on here I would say that for.

Speaker 3:
[10:57] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[10:59] Marty, you're up.

Speaker 5:
[11:00] Listen, I used to come on this program in Panda a little bit. I used to, I would like to-

Speaker 3:
[11:07] Get grown?

Speaker 5:
[11:07] Because, well, because, you know, the the appetizer, Jeff, really soured my relationship with you guys.

Speaker 3:
[11:14] Rice balls.

Speaker 5:
[11:15] Yeah. Rice balls.

Speaker 4:
[11:16] I stand with you, Marty. You know, it was a good fucking pick on some coasters being together.

Speaker 3:
[11:21] I had, I don't know if I've ever apologized.

Speaker 5:
[11:24] No, you guys. No, none of you have.

Speaker 3:
[11:26] Let me do it right now. Let me, he'll never, he will never apologize. But I was wrong. Rice balls are great.

Speaker 5:
[11:32] Yes. Thank you.

Speaker 3:
[11:33] Aren't you?

Speaker 5:
[11:34] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[11:35] I think if you had said that.

Speaker 1:
[11:37] Yeah, if you were saying arancini, I would have felt that.

Speaker 5:
[11:38] Yeah, I'm sure.

Speaker 4:
[11:39] Marty Mush doesn't know what the fucking arancini is.

Speaker 5:
[11:42] Now I'm well traveled, so I know.

Speaker 3:
[11:44] It's a rice ball.

Speaker 5:
[11:45] Back then, I had no idea. I'm staying true to myself and it's Checkers. Checkers is just an unbelievable fry that when you get it, you get excited. They even have a mozzarella stick just like the fry, but it's unbelievable and I'm going with it. People say rallies.

Speaker 2:
[12:06] Well, it's Checkers or rallies, depending on regionally. And I think, I'm not the commissioner here, but he gets both.

Speaker 1:
[12:15] He's absolutely getting both.

Speaker 5:
[12:16] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[12:17] Yeah, you can't know that would have been. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[12:20] And also, while we're on this topic, this is not just a non-pander. This is just good.

Speaker 5:
[12:26] I didn't know.

Speaker 1:
[12:26] If you don't know that Checkers and rallies is good, you don't know ball at all.

Speaker 5:
[12:29] I agree. It's my favorite.

Speaker 2:
[12:31] Number two on my list. And this is the other one. This is when Clem just said that I think of fries first with Checkers and rallies.

Speaker 4:
[12:37] This would have been one of my miracle picks because I know everyone loves their Checkers fries. I've had them, I think, once, years and years ago.

Speaker 5:
[12:44] You don't have them there? No. It was right on my block growing up.

Speaker 1:
[12:48] Was it? Dude, they're so good. Have you had them?

Speaker 3:
[12:51] Oh yeah. Where is it Checkers versus rallies, Jeff?

Speaker 2:
[12:56] I've seen kind of both everywhere.

Speaker 5:
[13:00] It was for sure Checkers for me in Long Island.

Speaker 2:
[13:02] Checkers was always, I thought, East Coast. Rallies, I thought that's where I would see rallies on the West Coast. But I don't know what the split is. It's easier. There's another one. I'm not going to say it. That's a much easier split. But rallies is more West. There's not a ton of rallies, I don't think either. I think they're mostly Checkers.

Speaker 4:
[13:24] Are we dealing with a seasoned fry here? It looks seasoned, looks like oranges with some pepper. This is what I've seen them in the frozen food section, because they're so good that they sell them as a frozen food. That's how you know a fast food item is good, is when it makes its way to the frozen food section of the grocery store.

Speaker 1:
[13:39] They're good frozen too, Clem. Don't pass it up next time.

Speaker 4:
[13:42] Noted, Edward Farrer.

Speaker 2:
[13:44] I ordered Checkers to your old Chicago office like 50 fucking times. Actually, I'm 99% sure Marty and I ate Checkers in that old office, during Barstool's America. It's good.

Speaker 1:
[13:56] It's a good pick, Marty. I'm impressed.

Speaker 5:
[13:58] Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[13:59] I'm impressed.

Speaker 5:
[13:59] You were a little nervous about my...

Speaker 1:
[14:00] I was nervous because you were kind of...

Speaker 5:
[14:03] I didn't... Not a lot of people... Like Clem, some people don't know it.

Speaker 1:
[14:05] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 5:
[14:06] I was like, I didn't know if it was a big pick.

Speaker 1:
[14:08] Fair. Chief.

Speaker 3:
[14:10] Man, I'm torn between two here.

Speaker 5:
[14:13] Three is probably the hardest pick right now.

Speaker 3:
[14:16] I... I'll go Five Guys. I love Five Guys fries. Just give it to me in that big cup. I think they're delicious. Sometimes they can be a little soggy if you let them sit there a while, but I think Five Guys are fantastic.

Speaker 5:
[14:32] I agree.

Speaker 3:
[14:33] Thank you very much, Marty.

Speaker 5:
[14:34] I also love that you go with two people, you get one fry, because they put so much fucking fries in that bag. You don't even need two. So I enjoy that as well.

Speaker 3:
[14:45] That's nice as well.

Speaker 2:
[14:46] Jeff, the bag fries are a huge part of this. This is three on my list. We're going to write down my draft board right now. This is it's the bag fries. That's such an advantage they have right at the bottom.

Speaker 3:
[14:57] And you could see it greasing through there, too.

Speaker 2:
[14:59] Oh, yeah. They don't need a logo on their bag. Their logo is the grease. The grease in the bag is their logo.

Speaker 1:
[15:05] I sometimes get fresh cut fry fatigue, but I feel like they do it pretty consistently. They do a nice job over there.

Speaker 3:
[15:13] I haven't had it in a long time, but I feel like their price has got nuts for burgers and stuff.

Speaker 1:
[15:19] Because I don't like their burgers.

Speaker 3:
[15:20] I think their burgers are pretty good.

Speaker 5:
[15:21] A burger and fries and a drink is like $26.

Speaker 1:
[15:24] Yeah, and that was like before and fly. They were price and heavy. But yeah, I think for some reason I remember, this was like Coach Doug's pin tweet forever. It was like, I asked for a large fryer. I had five guys, they told me to just sit next to the fryer. That's how much they give you.

Speaker 4:
[15:45] The bag does two things. It makes you feel like you're getting a deal, even though, like you said, you're taking out a mortgage to buy it. But it also, Marty, like you always say, like, I feel like a piece of shit when I'm going, because I know I'm going to be looking at that bag that is just getting greasier and that's going right through my heart into my stomach. So it is like a catch-22, the bag. But in the end, I think it does more good than bad. And fellas, let's just do ourselves a favor here. We're all gentlemen and appreciators of the game. Because I remember when I drafted five guys, and it might have been the fast food draft, not the burger draft, but the fast food draft. It's like, well, I haven't had the fries when they're good. And I said, I got good fryers up here. Every fry here is a 10 out of 10 perfect fry. Let's not be like, oh, we can say they get soggy sometimes. But let's just not mix it up with each other and be like, well, those fries aren't always good. Let's just imagine that we're just dealing with the best fryer, best operator, best oil. Is that fair?

Speaker 1:
[16:37] Yeah, it's just hard because consistency is where fast food really makes or breaks themselves. Like all these places are good if it's made correctly.

Speaker 3:
[16:46] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[16:47] We also have to, have to come up with innovation for delivery with fries. It's just a problem.

Speaker 5:
[16:53] How is there no holes in the bag?

Speaker 2:
[16:55] It's that's the, if your local McDonald's is more than five minutes away, your fries are coming soft and limp as shit because they put it in a bag and then another bag and they tape it. And I get why they do it. They, they, so there's no tampering. We got to figure out a way because you're steaming the shit out of those fries in that stupid bag.

Speaker 5:
[17:14] Also brings me a great point. And I love, listen, Uber Eats is like the best thing in the world. It has ruined what you think about fast food because fast food at the fast food place is 10 times better than when it gets delivered. Like I had Taco Bell at Taco Bell.

Speaker 2:
[17:29] Oh, that's, there's, God, a crunchy taco from Taco Bell sitting down on those old metal seats. Nothing, nothing.

Speaker 5:
[17:37] The lettuce is cold. Oh my God.

Speaker 2:
[17:39] Cold cheese and the lettuce with the warm beef.

Speaker 1:
[17:42] It's a different entity.

Speaker 2:
[17:43] You're gonna go drop a quarter in one of those spinny things and try to win something.

Speaker 5:
[17:47] And me and Nicky Bush used to order Cinnamon Twist all the time, and it was hitting at a 90% rate that they wouldn't put it in the bag.

Speaker 1:
[17:53] Really?

Speaker 2:
[17:55] No. Oh, no, no. If you order chips and cheese from Taco Bell, you're not getting half the time.

Speaker 5:
[18:00] And I respect it.

Speaker 1:
[18:01] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[18:02] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[18:02] I got a McDonald's here. I have two McDonald's. One just doesn't put the sauce in the bag.

Speaker 5:
[18:07] Over a hundred running.

Speaker 4:
[18:08] And they got me last night. I pulled up and I looked in, wasn't in there. I go, you know what? I just appreciate the game. And I kept going. Like I really wanted sauce. I almost like, I don't get sauce in this place. I just had to realize I had to go to the other McDonald's.

Speaker 5:
[18:20] If the honey mustard doesn't come, I'm going to McDonald's to get it. It really may kill me if I don't get the honey mustard.

Speaker 1:
[18:29] It's to me, I'm thrilled that this fell to me. It's no surprise you can shit on this place all you want, even though it's good overall. But Arby's Curly Fries are awesome.

Speaker 2:
[18:40] Number four on my board. We're just going right down the board here.

Speaker 3:
[18:42] That's the only thing I would eat there.

Speaker 5:
[18:43] I felt a little insecure as well.

Speaker 1:
[18:45] No, no, no. I'm not at all.

Speaker 5:
[18:46] I love that pick.

Speaker 1:
[18:47] Oh yeah, not at all. I was more fighting for Arby's other products because I think everyone knows their Curly Fries are good, but their other products are good too.

Speaker 3:
[18:56] Curly Fries is their best thing, though.

Speaker 1:
[18:57] Definitely.

Speaker 2:
[18:58] Yeah, I don't love the beef and cheddar. It's not my favorite, but I don't scoff at it.

Speaker 1:
[19:03] And I said Curly because they do have a couple variations. And I think if you... I don't know why they have other variations.

Speaker 5:
[19:10] I didn't even know they did.

Speaker 2:
[19:12] If anyone on here takes the regular fries from Arby's, you might have to leave. He's kind of crazy.

Speaker 5:
[19:17] It's embarrassing.

Speaker 1:
[19:18] Yeah. These, well, never mind. I was going to nitpick my own pick about certain...

Speaker 2:
[19:25] No, go ahead. Be honest.

Speaker 1:
[19:26] No.

Speaker 5:
[19:27] Be honest.

Speaker 1:
[19:27] No.

Speaker 5:
[19:28] Him?

Speaker 3:
[19:29] What a... Hey, noted that there is a flaw in your pick?

Speaker 1:
[19:33] No.

Speaker 3:
[19:34] I don't know what it could... It could be catastrophic.

Speaker 1:
[19:35] I can't because...

Speaker 3:
[19:36] My imagination is going to run wild on this.

Speaker 1:
[19:38] I can't because like Clem said, we got to picture a perfect fryer because I feel like these do get fucked up in the fryer.

Speaker 4:
[19:43] They do. No, I think it is a fair... We have to be fair and also say that like the curly fry does lend itself to certain potential errors, right? I think that's a fair point to say. Nothing really travels well. And I do think that is one of the curly fries, it's maybe the Achilles heel of the curly fry, right?

Speaker 1:
[20:01] For sure. For sure.

Speaker 3:
[20:04] I also don't know how they make them curly. How the fuck do they get a potato to be that shape?

Speaker 1:
[20:08] I think they squiggle it in a thing.

Speaker 5:
[20:10] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[20:11] Really?

Speaker 2:
[20:11] Yeah. There's like a it's a hand crank and it squiggles.

Speaker 5:
[20:14] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[20:16] You can buy one for your house.

Speaker 5:
[20:17] You watch TOC? Not always.

Speaker 1:
[20:22] You're up, Clem.

Speaker 4:
[20:23] I gave them, I got my kids' Arby's for the first time. And it was the first time they saw a curly fry. It was like I had like turned off gravity in the room. They're like, what is going on right now? It was such an awesome Christmas for their eyes.

Speaker 5:
[20:36] Oh, one reason to have a kid is just to show them the new, the one thing for the first time like that. Oh, that's awesome.

Speaker 4:
[20:43] Marty, it's like the only reason to have a kid. I'll be honest with you, but they do. It's enough cool shit that happens that makes it all worth it more. OK, so I got two here. Now, the reason I like the curly fry, too, it's giving you diversification on your board on the graphic as well, which obviously is very important here. So I'm going to go with one that is different than pretty much all the other podcast food joints. I don't know where this sits on Jeff's list. I don't know where it sits on everyone's list. And I know they've made changes recently that I believe have been changed back to, you know, stop the public outcry. And I'm going to Chick-fil-A waffle fry because I like having a waffle fry. And I have seen how they make waffle fries, Marty. And it's just cool. Just the way they cut it makes perfect sense. But it is like magic until you actually see the video. So the Chick-fil-A waffle fry first pick.

Speaker 2:
[21:26] So where do we stand on the the waffle fry from Chick-fil-A when it has no waffle to it? It's like the butt end of the it's like just like the hate it.

Speaker 1:
[21:35] Hate it.

Speaker 4:
[21:36] Hate it.

Speaker 2:
[21:36] Don't eat the worst.

Speaker 5:
[21:37] Don't eat it.

Speaker 2:
[21:38] I don't eat it either. I don't eat it either.

Speaker 1:
[21:40] I don't eat it.

Speaker 5:
[21:41] I like the ones.

Speaker 1:
[21:42] People are going to call it bullshit. I promise you, I don't eat it.

Speaker 5:
[21:44] You just leave it.

Speaker 1:
[21:45] Leave it.

Speaker 2:
[21:46] Gone.

Speaker 5:
[21:47] That upsets me. I just leave it.

Speaker 1:
[21:48] It doesn't taste right to me. Something tastes awful.

Speaker 3:
[21:51] I think it's still good.

Speaker 5:
[21:52] I just soak it in the sauce and then.

Speaker 3:
[21:54] Yeah. But Clem, to your point, I've seen the videos on how they make waffle fries and I'm like, I still don't get it. I don't get it. How do they get that? How is it not just slice through and make like four individual little thin guys? I don't know how it works.

Speaker 1:
[22:07] I just, here's the only problem. And I feel like this is allowable to be conned because they don't do it anywhere. They're just, they don't never put salt on them.

Speaker 3:
[22:16] Right?

Speaker 1:
[22:17] Like, don't you feel like?

Speaker 4:
[22:18] No, I think they put salt on them.

Speaker 3:
[22:20] It could be a little saltier. I'm with you on that.

Speaker 1:
[22:22] Yeah. I think they're, I think they're under salted for sure.

Speaker 5:
[22:25] Sometimes I think the waffle's too big.

Speaker 2:
[22:28] Oh, when they're too big, you can't even dunk it in your ketchup packet?

Speaker 5:
[22:31] Yeah. Like, fold it into a hot dog. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[22:34] When they're crispy, like the McDonald's ones, though, they do hit as good as anything, though. When they got the good, doing the good combination of textures, you had a waffle with the waffles.

Speaker 5:
[22:43] Those were the most with the delivery. There it's unbelievable.

Speaker 1:
[22:48] But I think it's worthy of the draft position. Absolutely, Clem, to be clear. But that's merely con.

Speaker 4:
[22:53] That's fair. And honestly, I probably would have chose it second. I'll make my first pick here, which again, I think is a really good one. Also, I will say, obviously, I'm drafting the whole restaurant. I'm just drafting the fry here. But anything that's a vehicle for more chick-fil-a sauce, I'm a big chick-fil-a sauce guy. I know it's reached almost to the bacon point where people say it was so good that it kind of like became like, all right, guys, we know how good it is. Anything that's a vehicle to put chick-fil-a sauce in my mouth, I will eat, including the ugly nubs. Eddie, you just give them to me next time we're together.

Speaker 2:
[23:22] You can take mine as well. They're gone every day.

Speaker 4:
[23:25] And I will give you guys all my banana Laffy Taffys because I throw those in the garbage. We discussed this in the gummies draft. Then next up for me, I've discussed this on different Dog Walk drafts as well. My personal favorite fry went wrong correctly, which again, is not easy to do because if you have a bad one, they are bad. But I love a good crinkle cut fry. And my favorite fries that are crinkle cut, cooked to perfection is usually at Shake Shack. So the Shake Shack crinkle cut fry is my second pick. That and the Chick-fil-A are interchangeable in my mind. I just love the Shake Shack.

Speaker 2:
[23:57] First five off the board were in order on my big board. I had Shake Shack at 15. I do like Shake Shack's fries though. Also, good delivery fry. They usually arrive pretty crispy because they got good bags. Their bags are gonna vent to them.

Speaker 1:
[24:13] You're right. That's a good point. But I will say, I think the crinkle cut variation is where we're gonna get into the most debate because I think there are a lot of places that do them really well. I think there's places that don't do them well. This was not my number one crinkle cut fry. So I'm with you, Jeff.

Speaker 4:
[24:27] There are some good crinkle cuts.

Speaker 1:
[24:29] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[24:31] Boys, also, also, there's cheese as an option. Just saying. I'm not putting cheese on these fries. I'm just saying the cheese option is there at Shake Shack.

Speaker 1:
[24:41] Yeah, they do a nice job, though. They're rarely ever soggy. Rarely.

Speaker 4:
[24:46] That's the thing. I know I'm getting a 300 hitter. I know he's he's delivering for me. Where, again, if we're doing this draft in a perfect world, boys, we don't live in a perfect world outside this draft, unfortunately. And I know, I think as I'm waiting probably a half hour to get my goddamn food. But, you know, the critical cuts are usually coming out done right.

Speaker 1:
[25:06] OK, it's back to me.

Speaker 2:
[25:09] Huh.

Speaker 5:
[25:11] Really between two here, this is going to be a hard draft.

Speaker 2:
[25:15] I think it's going to get dicey at the end.

Speaker 1:
[25:17] Yeah, this is another one that I think is probably a little polarizing. I love them, though, so I'll stand by them. I'm going to take Steak and Shake.

Speaker 3:
[25:24] Oh, fuck. I was hoping to get that in the third round.

Speaker 5:
[25:28] I that's a great pick.

Speaker 1:
[25:29] Big steak.

Speaker 2:
[25:30] That's six on my big board.

Speaker 5:
[25:31] Then Florida cooked in beef tallow.

Speaker 2:
[25:33] Yes, cooked in beef tallow still. And now because everyone's a health nut, that's advertised on their window. That's the place in Indianapolis. I'm like, hey, where should I go to eat? They go, yes, steak and shake right there. I'm like, I love steak and shake. That's not what I thought you'd say. It's on their window now. It's cooked in beef tallow, because everyone loves the... Everyone's a health nut now.

Speaker 1:
[25:53] Yeah, no, you're right, though. They got a big steak and shake downtown with no drive-through. So I know exactly which one you're talking about downtown.

Speaker 2:
[26:01] They're coming to Austin now. So I got to have steak and shake locally, which I'm very excited about.

Speaker 1:
[26:06] There you go.

Speaker 2:
[26:06] Is that original? Is that the Frisco melt?

Speaker 1:
[26:09] I want to say Indiana, but I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. Is anyone anti? Because I know a lot. I know some people don't like the mini guys.

Speaker 2:
[26:16] Oh, we did this draft. We did this draft in our movie podcast, obviously. Why would you not? About eight, nine years ago, and I took steak and shake, and I think I got roasted for it.

Speaker 1:
[26:27] Yeah. They're not for everyone. There will be people listening to this.

Speaker 3:
[26:30] How could they not be for everyone? I don't think they're that dissimilar from McDonald's. They're a little thinner maybe.

Speaker 1:
[26:36] They're a lot thinner.

Speaker 3:
[26:39] I mean, you can't get a lot thinner than a McDonald's fry. It can't be a lot thinner. It's thinner. I think these take a backseat to nobody.

Speaker 1:
[26:47] You're right. It's from Normal, Illinois. You're right. No, I love them. I think they're great.

Speaker 4:
[26:52] I've talked about this in the past. We went to steak and shake near my parents' condo like 20 years ago, and I've only had it once in my mind. It's like why I saw a guy throw a perfect game. I'm like, that's the greatest place I've ever been. I don't want to go back because it's so good in my mind. It cannot possibly beat that. And I remember the steak was good, the shake was good, and the fries were incredible. So that's a good pick. I also thought beef tallow was bad for you. That's why they stopped cooking it at McDonald's. So I was like, oh man, we're getting back into a world where, let's be honest, things are getting a little more aggressive again. Let's throw the tallow in there and start eating this-

Speaker 2:
[27:24] And this fucking Paul Saladino, that loser Bobby approved world. Everyone fucking likes tallow now, which I cook steak and tallow now.

Speaker 5:
[27:32] What the are you talking about? Tallow?

Speaker 2:
[27:35] Some people will know what I'm talking about.

Speaker 5:
[27:36] The guy. What was it? Health freaks?

Speaker 2:
[27:40] Yeah. Me and KB are obsessed with health and day in the life influencers, and those are two guys that pop off quite a bit.

Speaker 1:
[27:49] Chief, you're up.

Speaker 3:
[27:52] Well, no, no, no.

Speaker 5:
[27:55] I'm in bad shape. No, no, no.

Speaker 3:
[27:58] I'm going just near and dear to my heart. I'm going Portillo's. I love a crinkle cut fry. I think Portillo's does a great job of that crinkle cut. I think it's my number one crinkle cut.

Speaker 1:
[28:08] I'm with you.

Speaker 3:
[28:09] So I'm happy to have Portillo's here. I was really thinking I was going to get Portillo's and Steak and Shake back to back.

Speaker 2:
[28:16] But I thought I was going to do them with my lap, my pick and round two and my pick and round three. They were next to my board. They were six and seven.

Speaker 1:
[28:25] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[28:25] I didn't know Portillo's still here. So yeah, but it's definitely growing.

Speaker 1:
[28:29] That's but that that.

Speaker 2:
[28:30] Oh, yeah. Everywhere.

Speaker 1:
[28:32] Yeah. There's a bunch now.

Speaker 3:
[28:33] I remember they told us the plan was to grow to like 800 stores nationwide.

Speaker 1:
[28:37] So they're getting a bunch. Yeah. That's good to know. That's interesting, Jeff, that you have it so high on your board being pretty regional, even though I know they have some in Texas.

Speaker 2:
[28:46] There's two on here that I would dip the fry and cheese over ketchup. And this is one of them.

Speaker 1:
[28:53] Yeah, they got a good cheese. But they do. I also think the fry stand alone.

Speaker 3:
[28:56] I don't really love a cheese fry, to be honest.

Speaker 2:
[28:58] Interesting.

Speaker 3:
[28:59] And I think Portillo is just like the perfect amount of salt. And I like the crunchy bits, so you get the little crunchy bits. At the end, it's almost like a potato chip. So good.

Speaker 1:
[29:09] I like that. Marty.

Speaker 5:
[29:11] So I wasn't here when you guys discussed this. And there was some rules about this draft. So if I said something some type of style, that's no go. It's a naked fry?

Speaker 3:
[29:25] No, you can get a style.

Speaker 1:
[29:28] Jeff, we talked about this. I think you explain why you're taking it. Like, I think...

Speaker 5:
[29:33] Because then I would like to retract if you go...

Speaker 3:
[29:35] Yeah, if it gets vetoed, then you move on your list.

Speaker 1:
[29:38] Yeah, like, I will pick it.

Speaker 5:
[29:40] In-and-out animal style.

Speaker 2:
[29:42] Yeah, no, I think that's... Yeah, that's your pick.

Speaker 5:
[29:46] I'm good with that. I love...

Speaker 2:
[29:47] That's no different. That's no... I think to me, I think that's no different than Eddie taking curly fries instead of the regular fries.

Speaker 3:
[29:54] Oh, unless I'm... Animal style's got a ton of shit on it.

Speaker 1:
[29:57] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[29:58] See, I think that's like...

Speaker 2:
[29:59] It's such a specific order.

Speaker 5:
[30:02] It's that on the menu.

Speaker 1:
[30:04] Yeah, but I think that...

Speaker 3:
[30:06] I think that's like a meal.

Speaker 1:
[30:07] I think you picked...

Speaker 5:
[30:08] A meal? No one's eating animal... What?

Speaker 3:
[30:11] It's got so much stuff on it.

Speaker 1:
[30:14] I think if you pick in-and-out, it should be like, of course, these are only good animal style.

Speaker 5:
[30:20] What?

Speaker 1:
[30:21] Like, if you're picking in-and-out. Like, if you're picking in-and-out fries, you'd be like, well, of course, if I get in-and-out fries, I'm getting them in-and-out style.

Speaker 2:
[30:27] Well, let's just call spade a spade here. Does it even matter, because who the fuck is picking in-and-out fries plain after that? Maybe someone will.

Speaker 1:
[30:34] That's a thing.

Speaker 2:
[30:35] They're not that terrible, by the way. I used to go for, like, hour-long walks when I lived in California, too. Marty and I had an hour recently together.

Speaker 3:
[30:41] I feel like they get shit on you.

Speaker 2:
[30:42] When you eat it there, when you eat it right away, the fries are not as bad as people make it seem. It's like poverty food. They're still solid. But the animal style is the preferred way.

Speaker 1:
[30:51] It's pretty bad.

Speaker 5:
[30:52] Oh, In-N-Out is fantastic.

Speaker 1:
[30:53] I have that in my bad category. I have two in my bad category.

Speaker 5:
[30:56] Have you had animal style ones?

Speaker 1:
[30:58] I don't like all that shit.

Speaker 5:
[30:59] So like cheese and bacon?

Speaker 1:
[31:01] No, it's got like Thousand Island on it, too, right?

Speaker 2:
[31:05] It's got the animal style sauce.

Speaker 5:
[31:06] So will we be doing it? It's up to you.

Speaker 2:
[31:10] I'm okay with either way. I think it's a type of their fry, personally. But I could be overruled.

Speaker 1:
[31:18] I guess. But then, like, is someone just going to take the bacon cheese fries at this place? Like, I mean, that's an all, I guess.

Speaker 3:
[31:25] That's a similar thing to what Marty's doing.

Speaker 1:
[31:28] Yeah, I thought we were just doing the base fries.

Speaker 2:
[31:29] Not many options for that, though, on here. That, like, this is pretty specific.

Speaker 5:
[31:32] So if this doesn't go through, it's all naked fries?

Speaker 1:
[31:36] Yes.

Speaker 5:
[31:38] So vote.

Speaker 3:
[31:41] Eddie doesn't like to be the first to do a veto.

Speaker 5:
[31:42] Well, he's the one. He's the loudest here.

Speaker 1:
[31:44] Chief, you're up.

Speaker 3:
[31:46] So you're letting it slide?

Speaker 1:
[31:47] Are you vetoing it?

Speaker 3:
[31:48] I'm asking you. Look, I said I'm a 16 seed. You guys are the experts here. Clem hasn't weighed in at all.

Speaker 4:
[31:58] I said I thought it was only base fries. So I'll throw a veto down. I don't give a fuck.

Speaker 3:
[32:02] Ah, you let him off the hook.

Speaker 1:
[32:04] I'm going to throw a veto down too, Clem.

Speaker 5:
[32:06] He's such a pussy. Clem only stood up.

Speaker 4:
[32:09] I thought he needed three.

Speaker 2:
[32:11] I say no veto, but that's because it was on my board as well.

Speaker 1:
[32:15] Do you want it straight up, playing? No.

Speaker 2:
[32:18] I think he could request the graphic to show animal style, though, right?

Speaker 1:
[32:21] That's fine. That's fine with me. That's okay. That's my whole point, is if you take the fries, of course you're arguing your point being like, yeah, if someone says that they suck in the room, I'm going to argue saying that animal style makes them good.

Speaker 5:
[32:32] Like, I don't know what the argument is anymore. Jeff, I like the fries are very good, but obviously my number one is always animal style, but I think there's other better fries naked than theirs.

Speaker 4:
[32:44] Okay. So then choose, yeah, you choose another one, Marty. You don't have to choose in and out now.

Speaker 5:
[32:48] All right.

Speaker 4:
[32:48] Because then could someone go, you know, Portillo's cheese fries. Exactly. That we've now opened up that Pandora's box.

Speaker 5:
[32:57] Well, then I'm going my crinkle cut in Nathan's. I'm going Nathan's. Oh, I fucking love Nathan's. I also love the fork they give you. It's really class.

Speaker 2:
[33:07] Yes, it's a mini fork.

Speaker 5:
[33:08] It's a class joint, and I wanted my crinkle cut and I love, and especially when you go there, in Brooklyn especially over there. Oh, my God, it's fucking fantastic.

Speaker 2:
[33:17] I didn't think there was a planet I wouldn't get Nathan's. You're an EY guy, though.

Speaker 5:
[33:21] That's the problem. Mickey Mush got the night a job there. I've loved it ever since.

Speaker 4:
[33:28] I have them on my board. It's far and few between. You get them cooked right, which is the problem. But man, when they are, they are just as good as anything else. Also in the frozen food section, and it's a fucking meal there, Martin. It is a meal, comes with cheese as well if you like that, and the fork keeps you clean. There's really nothing not to love about them. Jeff, Jeff's hammer is at home with it being that high on his board.

Speaker 1:
[33:53] All right, Nathan's.

Speaker 3:
[33:54] I've never had it.

Speaker 1:
[33:55] Not that experience with it when I have had it, which is-

Speaker 5:
[33:59] So is your Portillo's like my Nathan's?

Speaker 1:
[34:02] I would say that's accurate, but I would say now Portillo's is more widespread than Nathan's.

Speaker 5:
[34:06] Really?

Speaker 1:
[34:06] Yeah. Right?

Speaker 3:
[34:07] Portillo's is California, Arizona.

Speaker 2:
[34:09] Yeah, Portillo's is much bigger than Nathan's at this point.

Speaker 5:
[34:12] Wow. I guess Nathan's, I'm just thinking because it's 4th of July.

Speaker 3:
[34:17] I didn't even know they had fries. I thought it was just hot dogs.

Speaker 5:
[34:20] Really?

Speaker 3:
[34:20] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[34:20] Wow.

Speaker 1:
[34:22] 198 locations.

Speaker 5:
[34:23] You never got the red fork? No.

Speaker 3:
[34:25] I don't know what you're talking about.

Speaker 5:
[34:26] It's a class joint.

Speaker 3:
[34:27] It sounds like it.

Speaker 1:
[34:30] Jeff, you're back up.

Speaker 2:
[34:32] That's a bummer. That was a little lower on my list, but I thought I was going to get that. Again, I didn't factor in the fact of the matter. They all say I'm a Yankee games too. I'm going to go with... I hate what I'm about to do here because I can just go right down on my board, but it's like, this feels so vanilla. I'm going to go next. There's a versatility of these next two. I'm going with Burger King with my next pick. Here's something with Burg. First off, the best delivery fry, always crispy. They're never soggy, ever. I don't know what the fuck they do to them. They got them in that steamy ass bag as well, but they don't get steamed.

Speaker 3:
[35:13] Edward?

Speaker 2:
[35:14] Burger King?

Speaker 1:
[35:15] Bad.

Speaker 2:
[35:16] Burger King? Here's the thing, Eddie.

Speaker 1:
[35:18] Bad.

Speaker 2:
[35:19] Here's the thing, Eddie. You know what else you get with the Burger King fries? They're like, hey, you want a large fry? Have it your way, right? Now have it our way. Here's an onion ring.

Speaker 5:
[35:28] And they do the now-

Speaker 2:
[35:30] Here's an onion ring for you. Here's two onion rings for you.

Speaker 5:
[35:32] They even want to do habsies now.

Speaker 1:
[35:34] Jeff, sure. Great point.

Speaker 2:
[35:36] They give you a free onion ring or two in there.

Speaker 1:
[35:38] And when their fries will work as shit-

Speaker 2:
[35:40] They hold up so well in delivery too now that I got to factor that in a little bit.

Speaker 1:
[35:45] Listen, when they were good, the sneaky onion ring was fantastic, but they're not good anymore.

Speaker 5:
[35:51] No, they're so good.

Speaker 1:
[35:52] I actually- There's a whole thing going on right now where the CEO is talking to fans about bringing the old fries back. Yeah, for a reason.

Speaker 2:
[36:01] I like them even more than-

Speaker 5:
[36:02] Yeah, and Burger King is the classic, just gets shit on no matter what, even though you haven't had an original chicken sandwich in so long. And their fucking food is the rodeo burger is like-

Speaker 1:
[36:15] Rodeo burger is good.

Speaker 5:
[36:16] So class.

Speaker 2:
[36:18] They did a healthy fry for a while called the Satis fries. Had less fat, less calories, crinkle cut. They didn't land though.

Speaker 5:
[36:25] Were you there for the black burgers?

Speaker 1:
[36:27] I didn't have it, no.

Speaker 2:
[36:29] Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[36:30] I thought it was only in like Asia, huh?

Speaker 5:
[36:31] No, it was here.

Speaker 1:
[36:32] Angry Whopper?

Speaker 2:
[36:33] Yeah, the Angry Whopper.

Speaker 1:
[36:36] I don't want to be- I don't want to hate Burger King, but they gave me no choice.

Speaker 5:
[36:41] That's fine. I think it's- that was my next pick as well.

Speaker 1:
[36:44] Clem, any thoughts?

Speaker 4:
[36:46] Uh, I was waiting for someone to draft this just to see Ed's reaction. What played out just- I told you the other day, I was listening to a podcast and the CEO, the Burger King CEO was on, and I said, Ed, I think this would be good. He said he likes doing podcasts, you should have him on The Dog Walk. I'd love for you to pick his brain about the specific items he wants to bring back or they're struggling with. He's very transparent. And the first thing you go is, did he say anything about the fries? What's the first thing he said to me?

Speaker 5:
[37:11] By the way, that's a dream to talk to a CEO about like menu and old menu items. That's literally my dream.

Speaker 1:
[37:17] I had the CEO-

Speaker 4:
[37:17] And this guy knows Ball. He knows Ball. He's not some empty suit. This guy was eating Whoppers when he was five years old. You can tell this guy loves the fucking game.

Speaker 1:
[37:27] Bring the fucking crown chicken tenders back. Bring back the old fries and you got something. It's that easy.

Speaker 2:
[37:32] I went today.

Speaker 4:
[37:32] What do you think about that, Ed? I went to BK today to get ready for this draft because I had had the fries in a while. And Jeff, I will say they do stay crispier longer. I think that was-

Speaker 2:
[37:41] It's crazy.

Speaker 4:
[37:42] Yeah, it's weird.

Speaker 2:
[37:43] Because their bags stink as well. They got the, they steam the shit out of their food with their bags, but the fries stay crispy.

Speaker 4:
[37:49] However, I got the havesies because listen, there's nothing better in life than a rogue onion ring. It's just a fucking nice little pleasure.

Speaker 2:
[37:56] You need the haves. Let us throw it in there without...

Speaker 4:
[37:59] It's not always though, Jeff, and then you're looking for the miracle.

Speaker 2:
[38:01] Yeah, it's true.

Speaker 4:
[38:02] You shouldn't be looking for it. So I said, let me get the havesies, and this is how you know the fries stay crisp. Cause the onion rings were in the bodies, were dog shit. They were absolute dog shit. So they did not, they steamed and they got soggy where the fries stayed crisp. So there is something with the fries and that change in recipe, which has made it good for you, has ruined it for Ed. So I do feel like this could be a divisive pick. This might be the last Jedi of French fries.

Speaker 5:
[38:24] Since the havesie came though, they are stingy on giving you the free onion ring when you just get fries. That's why you have to get the havesie.

Speaker 4:
[38:31] Yes.

Speaker 1:
[38:33] I like, I'm disappointed in D.

Speaker 4:
[38:35] Lowe.

Speaker 5:
[38:35] I'm disappointed in you.

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Speaker 2:
[40:31] I'm going, yeah. I mean, look. Look, I mean, I have so many taken off my big board.

Speaker 5:
[40:37] It's dwindling.

Speaker 2:
[40:38] The price of picking one. My number three for me, my third pick, first pick of the third round. You want to talk about versatility. You dunk this fry in sauce, you dunk it in ketchup, or you dunk it in a Frosty. And that's Wendy's fries. Wendy's fries have kind of more natural taste to them. And I think a lot of these on here, they try to lean into like the regular, like this is a regular potato, you know, making it bad, whatever. So I, you know, fresh never frozen Wendy's, Wendy's mantra. I like a Wendy's fry. I think it's a great fry. And there's not many fries on here that I feel great about dipping in a chocolate dessert. And yet the Wendy's fry dunks so well in a frosty. It's a great, it's so much that they promote it now. That's like part of their market.

Speaker 5:
[41:22] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[41:22] You can dunk it in the frosty.

Speaker 5:
[41:24] When it got to the sea salt, it was really good.

Speaker 2:
[41:26] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[41:27] You don't seem too happy about this again.

Speaker 1:
[41:29] Sea salt was the worst variation. They got rid of the sea salt.

Speaker 5:
[41:32] Sea salt was fantastic.

Speaker 1:
[41:34] But I'm telling you, they got rid of it because people hated it. Now they brought back, they brought it on now.

Speaker 5:
[41:39] Yeah, the sea salt is gone.

Speaker 1:
[41:41] Now the one they have now, they marketed it as they figured out how to deliver fries, so it's better in delivery.

Speaker 5:
[41:48] Such an asshole.

Speaker 3:
[41:48] This guy go on McDonald's Burger King Wendy's. I did say, I told the Titans of industry here.

Speaker 2:
[41:55] But what I said though, I didn't like that I was about to do this, but it just felt like it's eight and nine on my big board. It's like that was the next to my big board, so it'd be stupid for me to veer off of that. So yeah.

Speaker 1:
[42:07] I think they're whatever. I think a third rounder is where they about deserve to go, so I can't knock it too far.

Speaker 2:
[42:13] By the way, that was propaganda, taking Burger King before Wendy's, because I could have taken Wendy's first, but I want to make sure Burger King's higher up on that board. Send me some free coupons, do whatever you want. I love Burger King. I'll stand for Burger King forever.

Speaker 1:
[42:24] That's pain, dude. Marty.

Speaker 4:
[42:26] Don't want to speak out of pocket here, but would you say it's fair to say Wendy's fries were better back in the day, in the 90s with the yellow box?

Speaker 2:
[42:32] I think, I think I hate, oh yeah, with another one, The Great Biggie. Again, he's dead, whatever, rest in peace. But he fucked everything. That stupid propaganda movie, which most of it wasn't even true. I got a bunch of shit wrong.

Speaker 4:
[42:48] I thought you were talking about Dave Thomas like that. I was like, yo, rest in peace, Dave. When Dave died, it's like Dave started going off the rails. Legend.

Speaker 2:
[42:56] Yeah, Morgan Spurlock. Only got ever self cancel himself. Yeah, nobody canceled me came out. He's like, hey, by the way, this is what I did. They're like, oh, all right.

Speaker 3:
[43:05] See you later.

Speaker 5:
[43:06] No one.

Speaker 4:
[43:07] No one canceled him when he killed supersize fries. We should cancel them. We had he finished the job on himself.

Speaker 5:
[43:13] Marty, I'm in trouble.

Speaker 1:
[43:15] Really?

Speaker 5:
[43:16] Trouble.

Speaker 1:
[43:17] I see the graphic you're looking at. I know there's there's some.

Speaker 5:
[43:21] Yeah, by the way, anyone watching, I'm not on my phone. I'm looking at a graphic of fries.

Speaker 2:
[43:25] There's a couple on here that I'm actually, I feel like you're in your head or you're just not thinking.

Speaker 5:
[43:29] No, I have too, but I've also done, like I'm trying to like not care if I go like a bunch of crinkles or whatever. You know what I mean? Because I do get a lot of this at work. And you know what? Fuck it. I'm going to go with it. Because I also am a slut for their sauce as well. Raisin Canes. I think Canes is fries and that sauce is a fucking, is a slam dunk in that sucker. I love those.

Speaker 1:
[43:56] I was hoping to get that later in this draft because I do think they're slept on. I think it's a really strong crinkle cut.

Speaker 5:
[44:01] It is. It really is. It is. I love their sauce too, so.

Speaker 1:
[44:06] And they salt them well. Like I think that's a really thin.

Speaker 5:
[44:08] Because they don't have a lot on the menu.

Speaker 1:
[44:10] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[44:10] So they can take care of each thing properly.

Speaker 4:
[44:13] Yes. I fucking love these fries. I had them pretty high. They were coming up on my list. And honestly, you get those fries, you get the chicken, chop it up, chop up the fucking bread, sauce it up, give it to me. It would be like a fucking chipotle. And I'll just slam it down like that.

Speaker 5:
[44:29] Clem, you want to be someone special when you go to that window? You say, give me the bread, Bob.

Speaker 4:
[44:38] What's the bread, Bob, Marty?

Speaker 5:
[44:39] Just say, just give me Bob.

Speaker 4:
[44:41] All right, I'll go in blind. I'll do it.

Speaker 5:
[44:43] I don't give a. Do you know Bob?

Speaker 1:
[44:45] Yeah, I can't believe Clem does that.

Speaker 5:
[44:48] Me telling Clem anything made me really happy there.

Speaker 4:
[44:50] Wait, is this a raise in Canes? Because I don't have any near me. It's only when I go to the city, I go to the one in Penn Station.

Speaker 5:
[44:55] You just say Bob, because they only butter one side of the toast. If you say Bob, it's butter on both.

Speaker 1:
[45:02] You got to get Bob.

Speaker 4:
[45:06] I have one in Penn Station. It's a touchscreen. If I told those people, give me bread, Bob, I'd probably get slapped in the face.

Speaker 5:
[45:11] And guess what, Clem, I'm telling those guys Bob almost every week.

Speaker 2:
[45:15] Get the bread, cut open the middle of the bread, put your tender inside, put some sauce, little sandwich.

Speaker 5:
[45:21] That's the move.

Speaker 4:
[45:22] And some fries too, because they're good crinkles.

Speaker 5:
[45:24] It's nice. Yes.

Speaker 3:
[45:27] Chief. I guess I got to go back to back crinkle here, I'm taking Culver's.

Speaker 5:
[45:31] Ah, That was what I was going between.

Speaker 2:
[45:35] I knew the Chicago guys were going to get kind of... Actually, there's a lot of Culver's in Austin, Texas now. Bunch here.

Speaker 3:
[45:40] I feel like that's another chain that's growing like crazy. You could just be Wisconsin, I'm pretty sure.

Speaker 1:
[45:45] Here's my take. I don't love these.

Speaker 5:
[45:47] Really?

Speaker 1:
[45:47] I don't think... Oh! No, I think they're too potato-y.

Speaker 2:
[45:50] Ed doesn't like fries!

Speaker 5:
[45:52] No, I...

Speaker 3:
[45:52] I think that we got something.

Speaker 2:
[45:54] Time to move on from the dogs. Eddie doesn't like fries.

Speaker 3:
[45:57] I don't hate that one. They're too potato-y.

Speaker 1:
[46:00] They're too thick, and it takes away from the crisp. It is the worst crinkle cut fry possible. Canes, Portillo's, Nathan's, Shake Shack, all of them. Kick the fuck out of Culver's fries.

Speaker 3:
[46:14] No, these are still at George Fry.

Speaker 1:
[46:16] You don't get fries. You get cheese curds. There's a reason.

Speaker 5:
[46:19] I just went to Culver's last week, and all we got was cheese curds.

Speaker 1:
[46:23] Yeah, I think their fries are bad.

Speaker 3:
[46:25] I think you're wrong. I mean, what did we say at the outset? You got to have a good fryer.

Speaker 1:
[46:30] No, I'm telling you, I just don't. I think they're too... I don't like... They're too potato-y.

Speaker 3:
[46:35] I love potato.

Speaker 1:
[46:37] I do too, but it just...

Speaker 3:
[46:38] I don't think you do.

Speaker 1:
[46:40] You need to have more crunch with them.

Speaker 5:
[46:42] I love potato.

Speaker 4:
[46:43] Chief, that was the exact way you did the I don't think you do to White Sox game when you did the M&M, because I just heard that yesterday.

Speaker 1:
[46:53] Yeah, I've been waiting for someone to take that, too, because I have strong feelings on Culver's Fries.

Speaker 2:
[46:58] 14 on my list is right there.

Speaker 3:
[46:59] You don't like potatoes.

Speaker 1:
[47:01] They're not Burger King bad, but they're just not... They're just not strong fries.

Speaker 4:
[47:08] They're pretty strong.

Speaker 3:
[47:09] My list is getting short.

Speaker 5:
[47:12] It's three after three is brutal.

Speaker 4:
[47:15] Basically, half my list is fries that have already been slandered by you guys. Someone takes this piece of shit.

Speaker 1:
[47:21] I'll take this because I don't know if it's going to make its way back. And it's the tip of the cap to them because this menu item has to be maybe five years old. And I know you've had...

Speaker 2:
[47:31] I already know what this is.

Speaker 1:
[47:33] Listen, Taco Bell rolled these out, and I thought they did a really solid job.

Speaker 5:
[47:38] They really did.

Speaker 1:
[47:39] They did a really solid job rolling out fries like 70 years after their inception.

Speaker 5:
[47:45] I have no qualms with this.

Speaker 1:
[47:47] Right?

Speaker 5:
[47:48] I like them.

Speaker 2:
[47:49] They got a new item today that I saw comes out this week. Zab's Chicken Ranch Nacho Fries. Chicken, a little bit of ranch, Zab's Hot Sauce Potatoes Chicken. Oh, looks fucking unbelievable.

Speaker 1:
[48:04] Oh, wow.

Speaker 5:
[48:04] If we bowl 300 tonight, I'm getting Taco Bell.

Speaker 1:
[48:07] Zab's. Beautiful.

Speaker 2:
[48:10] That's a good pick. That was 10 on my list. Underrated. Well, this is this is not a complaint. The most pungent fries in the world. You get those, you bring those home. Your house smells like nacho fries for a week.

Speaker 5:
[48:23] So true.

Speaker 1:
[48:23] And can I tell you what?

Speaker 2:
[48:24] It's crazy.

Speaker 1:
[48:26] Can I tell you what I like about them, too? The texture loss makes them great dipping fries. Does that make sense?

Speaker 5:
[48:35] No.

Speaker 1:
[48:35] Like they're easily foldable, so they dip well into the cheese. Oh, they're not crispy enough, you're saying? I want my crinkle cuts crispy.

Speaker 2:
[48:41] Eddie likes mashed potatoes, I've decided.

Speaker 5:
[48:43] That's just what he likes.

Speaker 1:
[48:44] That's what Chief likes with his Culver's. When I want my crinkle cuts crispy, I don't need those ones crispy. They dip great.

Speaker 5:
[48:54] I like that they're a little flaky, too.

Speaker 2:
[48:57] Yeah, yeah, they kind of got that, like, not a tempura batter, but they kind of got that batter to them that is a little different. It's definitely different than anyone on this list, really. There's one that's similar, actually.

Speaker 1:
[49:08] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[49:08] It's number 11 on my board. We'll see if I get it.

Speaker 1:
[49:11] Clem.

Speaker 4:
[49:13] You weren't getting Taco Bell back. I could tell you that, Ed, that was coming here. Not this pick, but the next for sure. This one's near and dear to my heart, and I'm pretty sure it's another one that doesn't like Shocker of Shockers, but I feel better about him not liking him, considering he hates about half the board that's already been drafted. The fact they brought these things back and they admitted the mistake, the Colonel at KFC bringing back the potato wedges. And our boy, what did Frank the Tank say when they took them off the menu? One of you guys, I think he said it was a dark day in American history or something like that. They said, you know what? We made a mistake. We should have never gotten rid of them. They brought him back pretty quickly. It wasn't a lot of arm twisting. And they're they've constantly been like one of my go to fries. Like they're not my number one or two. But I really, really like them. They are. They have a cult following. There may be people who don't love them, but I'm fine with it.

Speaker 2:
[50:07] I personally, they not a single fucking breathing human likes the original recipe fries.

Speaker 1:
[50:15] I like those fries.

Speaker 4:
[50:18] Over the potato wedges?

Speaker 1:
[50:20] So they got rid of the wedge and they got these new ones, right? Is that the original recipe fries?

Speaker 2:
[50:24] Yeah, the original recipe fries.

Speaker 1:
[50:25] Yeah. I'm just not a wedges guy. However, I do not look down on wedges because I understand.

Speaker 2:
[50:29] That's fair. No, that's fair.

Speaker 1:
[50:30] Wedges are for someone. They're just not for me.

Speaker 5:
[50:33] What's your guys' least favorite fry?

Speaker 1:
[50:35] Like style?

Speaker 5:
[50:36] Mine's simple steak fries.

Speaker 1:
[50:39] That's fair, but I like steak fries with like barbecues.

Speaker 2:
[50:41] I like steak. I would have taken Red Robin if it was flexible.

Speaker 3:
[50:44] I like a steak fry.

Speaker 5:
[50:45] That's too potato-y.

Speaker 1:
[50:46] I get it. Yeah, if there's no... It's too potato-y.

Speaker 2:
[50:50] I agree.

Speaker 3:
[50:51] I got to tell you guys.

Speaker 2:
[50:52] Good pick, though.

Speaker 3:
[50:53] These all got potatoes in them.

Speaker 5:
[50:55] Not too much.

Speaker 1:
[50:56] Not too much.

Speaker 3:
[50:57] They're all 100% potato.

Speaker 5:
[50:58] I want to... I want cheese. I like potato.

Speaker 1:
[51:01] Goldilocks. Some are just right. Clem, kick off the fourth round.

Speaker 5:
[51:05] This is getting brutal, guys.

Speaker 4:
[51:07] Yeah, it's getting ugly right now.

Speaker 5:
[51:10] I still feel good.

Speaker 4:
[51:17] You know, at this rate, I'm just trying just to pick the best of the rest. I'll go with Popeye's.

Speaker 2:
[51:23] you, Clem, that was my next one. I wouldn't have got it then, that makes me feel a little better. Popeye's has a similar, that's what I was saying, similar texture to the nacho fries a little bit.

Speaker 5:
[51:32] Yep.

Speaker 2:
[51:32] Kind of the flakiness to them.

Speaker 1:
[51:34] Underrated.

Speaker 5:
[51:35] Very good.

Speaker 1:
[51:36] Underrated, I think. I don't think you ever hear people talk about Popeye's fries, and I think they're very underrated.

Speaker 5:
[51:42] I agree.

Speaker 1:
[51:43] Yeah. They do a nice job. Like, you could tell, I don't know who came first, so maybe I'm completely talking out of my ass on this. I'll acknowledge that. But it almost feels like someone was like, hey, we got to get something close to rallies and checkers.

Speaker 5:
[51:55] Yeah. And that's what they did. I feel like you're right. I don't know if we're right. I feel like we're right.

Speaker 1:
[52:01] Yes. But I could very well be wrong. I'm just letting you know, I made that up in my head. Good pick. That's a good pick.

Speaker 4:
[52:09] I don't know where the fuck I'm going for five.

Speaker 1:
[52:15] All right. Back to me. I'm going to take this fry. I think only Jeff will probably have proper experience with this place. So McDonald's won one, one. Rightfully so. There's only one place that I think does a very similar style and it's absolutely a poor man's version of them, but a poor man's version of the goat is still good. It's Whataburger.

Speaker 2:
[52:36] That's the best ketchup in the game. Nobody has the ketchup Whataburger has. Their fancy ketchup and their spicy ketchup are undefeated. And I think that is a component with their fries. I love them. I'm from Texas, though. So I'm a completely, I mean, literally I'm drinking out of a fucking Whataburger cup. So I am very biased.

Speaker 3:
[52:55] That's a Whataburger. Was that a water bottle?

Speaker 2:
[52:58] Yeah. Whataburger like a Walla. Yeah. So I'm a super fan, but they're not as good as McDonald's. I would never defend it that way. So I've gotten the last, I don't know, fucking 10 Saturdays here in Texas, I've gotten crawfish from the local grocery H-E-B. They do crawfish boil, and I get the crawfish, I drive to McDonald's, and I get a Diet Coke, and I get a fry for the side, because the spice is so much.

Speaker 5:
[53:24] I feel like if Jeff could live his life like 51st dates, he would. Like it's just the same thing.

Speaker 2:
[53:32] And also, I mean, the thing too is I can't eat any of this now. Boss man exposed me. I'm on the Zep Bound, by the way. Great product if you want to get rid of sleep apnea. I don't snore anymore. It's unbelievable. But my appetite's not of what it used to be, so my little treat is I get the fry with the crawfish, and McDonald's, there was like 50 cars, and I got the water burger fries the other day with my crawfish, and I love water burger, but I was like, man, these aren't quite McDonald's. But I will defend these, though I think it's a good pick, Eddie.

Speaker 1:
[53:58] Yeah, and Marty, your bachelor party. No, Jeff D. Lowe's. He had a future. He was gracious enough to buy the boys water burger right after, and they were great. The fries were gone. Chief, you're up.

Speaker 3:
[54:14] Getting fleeced here.

Speaker 1:
[54:15] Right, that was your next one.

Speaker 3:
[54:18] Well, I had Popeyes and water burger were going to be, those are going to be my next two. I feel like this has potential to get shit on. I don't like this guy, but I think his burger and his fries are pretty good. I'll take a wall burgers.

Speaker 4:
[54:33] Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Speaker 2:
[54:34] This wasn't even on my wall.

Speaker 5:
[54:36] I didn't even know that was still in business.

Speaker 4:
[54:38] Whoa.

Speaker 3:
[54:38] There's one right out by my parents.

Speaker 5:
[54:40] Oh no.

Speaker 2:
[54:41] This is, this is, this is the calves taking Anthony Bennett. This is, this is the Bortles.

Speaker 3:
[54:47] No, cause this, maybe a guy who went 20th overall.

Speaker 2:
[54:52] That's a Trubisky trade up, right? I know it's different. He uses three, but that's like a, whoa, that's like a Mel Kuiper out of his seat.

Speaker 3:
[54:59] My list.

Speaker 2:
[55:00] Yeah. I don't, I don't hate the pick. I just never saw it.

Speaker 5:
[55:02] Cause this is Mike Kadek, like he could have went, but he said, fuck it. I'm good. That, that is what Wahlberg is.

Speaker 3:
[55:07] No, Wahlberg is good.

Speaker 1:
[55:09] Wow.

Speaker 5:
[55:10] You don't even believe that.

Speaker 1:
[55:11] Is this Mark Wahlberg's place?

Speaker 5:
[55:12] You know, he doesn't believe it.

Speaker 3:
[55:14] Yeah, I do.

Speaker 1:
[55:14] I haven't had it.

Speaker 3:
[55:16] Oh, they're good.

Speaker 1:
[55:16] I haven't had it.

Speaker 5:
[55:17] What was you having? You gonna walk in there?

Speaker 1:
[55:19] Yeah. The only one I've ever seen was there was one by Greek Tom. Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, it was closed because of COVID. Have you had a Clem?

Speaker 4:
[55:27] Is it does Mark Wahlberg have a burger place? I've never heard.

Speaker 3:
[55:29] It's his brother.

Speaker 4:
[55:31] It's one of the Wahlberg's.

Speaker 2:
[55:32] Yeah, it's it's very similar to Five Guys. It's fast casual.

Speaker 3:
[55:35] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[55:37] But I'm not saying it's similar to Five Guys. I'm saying like it's it's more like a Shake Shack in terms of like style.

Speaker 4:
[55:42] Yeah. OK. It's good. Fries look all right in the pictures. I guess that's what they're meant to do.

Speaker 1:
[55:48] What kind of what style? Oh, OK. So they are crickle cut.

Speaker 4:
[55:52] No, no, they're like shoestring.

Speaker 1:
[55:54] Oh, so they're.

Speaker 3:
[55:55] Yeah, they're they're like. They're not McDonald's. I guess they're maybe closer to Stake and Shake, but they're not as good.

Speaker 2:
[56:04] I I set this draft up and I use the new that the AI. Claude now cloud or whatever it's called Claude. Yeah, it's great. And I said my big board and the draft board and I just tell what got picked and it just fills it all in. It's beautiful. I'll show you after. But I just put I put Chief takes wall burgers and it goes, whoa, whoa, wall burgers on your original list of 26 restaurants. Did you mean water burgers? No, I meant wall burgers. The clothes like, whoa, didn't see this coming.

Speaker 1:
[56:30] Marty.

Speaker 5:
[56:31] I'm going back to my in and out there. I'm going back to my in and out. I was going to pick a second. People, people will look at it and be like, I understand what he's doing. And I still like the naked fries. Because even when with the animal style on the side of it, sometimes all the sauce doesn't get it and I enjoy it. You're just you're a curmudgeon in that loves fucking restaurants with rugs in them. And just because in that in California is Chief, get the message to White Sox, Dave.

Speaker 2:
[56:58] Eddie hates fries. Like it's just it's just stunning.

Speaker 1:
[57:02] Listen, there's four fries that have been picked that I just am not a fan of. I'm a fan of majority of these.

Speaker 4:
[57:09] You know who Eddie is? He's inside the NBA. He's just hating on all the current players back in my day.

Speaker 3:
[57:15] Let me tell you about the Burger King Fries in 1996.

Speaker 1:
[57:19] Yeah, I'm telling you. Those guys are terrible. Those guys dropped fucking 30 when people were hand checking, fighting through Spurlock screens. Fucking in and out. But where it's picked, fine. Yeah, it's like fine.

Speaker 4:
[57:39] You know what you did, Marty?

Speaker 1:
[57:40] I think this worked out for you.

Speaker 5:
[57:41] It did.

Speaker 4:
[57:41] You got the West Coasters on your side now, too. Now, Jeff, you could talk about this more than I could. Do Californians hate the fries, or are they gonna see us and be like, watch this?

Speaker 2:
[57:49] No, and I think In-N-Out is an elite in, also very clean restaurants. There was one in Long Beach I would walk. I'd do a 45-minute walk. I showed Marty. Marty's, one person I saw in my apartment in California, he came, he saw, I showed him, I said, I walked down to this In-N-Out. It's like a 45-minute walk, beautiful weather, and I'd go in, I'd get burger, fry, shake. Great. And when they're fresh, the fries are good, but they also, they have a quality time that is a very short window. So I understand the hate.

Speaker 5:
[58:18] I've only eaten In-N-Out. I've never gotten it taken out.

Speaker 2:
[58:22] I would never take it home.

Speaker 3:
[58:23] I-

Speaker 2:
[58:24] It's fresh for a reason.

Speaker 5:
[58:25] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[58:25] I got it for the first time. This is probably 2016. I was out in Santa Monica, and there wasn't one in Santa Monica to drive, but I went out of my way to get In-N-Out, and I was profoundly disappointed.

Speaker 5:
[58:38] I think it's also-

Speaker 3:
[58:40] The whole experience.

Speaker 5:
[58:41] I think it's too-

Speaker 3:
[58:42] Wow.

Speaker 5:
[58:43] People hype it up too much.

Speaker 3:
[58:44] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[58:45] I think it's good. I don't think it's like- People get out. Yeah, no, they do. They do, especially from California.

Speaker 2:
[58:53] This In-N-Out's arrest, there are some restaurants. I hope you guys see I In-N-Out with me on this one. Some restaurants, your soft-serve soda, your soft-serve, your soft drink, your soda, your fountain beverage is better out of a straw. McDonald's will be one. Some places, I want the lid off, and I want the fucking soda in my mustache. I want it in my face. I want that shit all- Chipotle is one. Chipotle, so I want my face drenched. Like I just dumped soda on my head. Another one, in and out. They got a lot of them, have the nugget ice, in and out, bite of the burger, fucking just soak it down with a diet coke or whatever you're drinking.

Speaker 1:
[59:34] I could see that.

Speaker 5:
[59:35] I agree.

Speaker 2:
[59:35] Some are better than others. Some are different. So my last two picks here. Seasoning is the name of the game of my last two. This is number 12 on my big board, still here. Underrated spot, great season Cajun-ish fries, Wingstop. Wingstop's got great fries. They come in a good basket. They got the nice paper, nice presentation. They're always crispy, good seasoning on it, like a Cajun seasoning to it.

Speaker 1:
[60:04] This was on my board. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[60:06] Wingstop. That's a ball-knowers fry right there.

Speaker 1:
[60:08] Let me ask you this though, Jeff. What's the biggest problem with Wingstop's fries? Because there is one big problem.

Speaker 2:
[60:14] Oh, I don't know. What do you view as their issue?

Speaker 4:
[60:16] They have potatoes?

Speaker 1:
[60:18] No.

Speaker 2:
[60:19] No. Eddie's going to say they're fries.

Speaker 1:
[60:22] They could give you the shrimp bad cuts, and you'll get like a bunch of just random...

Speaker 2:
[60:27] Oh, yeah, yeah. That's fair.

Speaker 1:
[60:28] You'll get random garbage at the bottom. It's like, these aren't fries. These are just skin that fell off the potato.

Speaker 2:
[60:34] Yeah. No. Okay. I see you're saying, yeah. Wendy's has that issue, too, sometimes. It's the fresh fry problem.

Speaker 1:
[60:40] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[60:40] Well, like you said in the beginning.

Speaker 1:
[60:42] And it feels like Wingstop's the worst out of anyone for this problem.

Speaker 2:
[60:47] I would agree with that. That's a good call. But I do like the seasoning. Where it's at is kind of perfect. My next one's a seasoned fry as well. Last pick of the last round. This is a regional thing. I don't know if anyone on here's had it. I love this place. They got a great sauce, another seasoned fry. I finally got a crinkle cut fry. This is the 16th of my big board. Zaxby's. Zaxby's elite crinkle cut fry. Great fry seasoning on their fries. Has a good different taste. I love their chicken. I love Zaxby's. There's one by me that closed. Also, there's one by me that closed. The Wendy's next door. It's a terrible location off the highway here. The Wendy's shut down, too. That's how you know that's a death trap for fast food places. The Zaxby's near me closed down, but there's another one opening up. I'm excited to try it again. Haven't had Zaxby's much, but I love their fries when I have had it. So Zaxby's is my last pick.

Speaker 1:
[61:37] I've had it maybe once or twice.

Speaker 5:
[61:39] Chicken place mostly.

Speaker 1:
[61:40] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[61:42] I'm that team that needs a receiver so fucking bad, but I got no draft picks and I saw all the crinkle cuts getting taken left and right, and I finally got one at the end. And it's one I like, so.

Speaker 1:
[61:52] That's fair. Yeah, I have no qualms with that being taken in the fifth round. Marty.

Speaker 5:
[61:59] Listen, it's bad out there right now. It's bad. And you go to this place, three, four a.m., and it's White Castle.

Speaker 2:
[62:11] That was a nice pick.

Speaker 5:
[62:13] White Castle is my fifth pick, and that is still scrumptious at any time in the night, but especially when it's three a.m. and you have a 19 little slide, it's the best.

Speaker 3:
[62:25] You mother...

Speaker 5:
[62:26] That's a good last pick.

Speaker 3:
[62:27] That was your last pick?

Speaker 1:
[62:28] I need that as my crinkle cut.

Speaker 5:
[62:31] I have a lot of crinkle cut.

Speaker 1:
[62:34] You do?

Speaker 2:
[62:35] Well, I love White Castle.

Speaker 3:
[62:36] I'll trade you Culver's for Steak and Shake.

Speaker 1:
[62:41] No. No. Good pick. Fuck.

Speaker 5:
[62:49] It's a good last pick.

Speaker 1:
[62:50] These used to be better though.

Speaker 5:
[62:52] Oh yeah.

Speaker 1:
[62:53] Of course they did.

Speaker 5:
[62:54] They don't give a fuck.

Speaker 1:
[62:57] I'm telling you. I'm telling you. These used to be better. They used to be better.

Speaker 4:
[63:03] Better at 3 a.m. when you're cock drunk and you can't see. That's why White Castle is so good.

Speaker 2:
[63:09] God, it sounds so good.

Speaker 5:
[63:11] My friend used to have his birthday party at White Castle every year.

Speaker 1:
[63:14] Really?

Speaker 2:
[63:14] Legend. That's a legend right there.

Speaker 1:
[63:15] Love that guy.

Speaker 4:
[63:17] The only White Castle I had was when I lived in the city and you ordered behind bulletproof glass, which feels right.

Speaker 2:
[63:26] Yeah, they did have the one in the city. It got replaced by... Wait, or did it just reopen? It might have gotten replaced by... What's it called? I'm not spoiling any picks here. Fucking Jollibee. But they might have opened it up right before I moved. Reopened. But I love, I love White Castle.

Speaker 3:
[63:51] Chief, you're probably not going to like this one. I would describe them as very potato-y. Bojangles. So Southern Chain, this was like one of my stops in my old job when I was driving up North from Charlotte to the middle of the state North Carolina. If the line of Chick-fil-A was too long, you go to Bojangles, they have a solid fry. It's got a little Cajun kind of dusting on there, but they're pretty good.

Speaker 5:
[64:21] You never cease to amaze me with the Woburgers still. I can't believe it.

Speaker 3:
[64:25] You should try it.

Speaker 5:
[64:26] I might have to.

Speaker 3:
[64:27] You should try it.

Speaker 2:
[64:28] Because Bojangles is a white castle in Manhattan. Bojangles is great. So they're opening every restaurant in the world in Austin. We got a ton of Bojangles just opened up. Bo Berry Biscuit, great. Good solid, really solid fries. Good chicken. Yeah, I love Bojangles.

Speaker 1:
[64:41] I haven't had them.

Speaker 2:
[64:42] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[64:42] Yeah.

Speaker 5:
[64:43] I remember them being pretty good. I haven't had them in a while though.

Speaker 1:
[64:48] I will say this. It's not your fault, but I do wish you knew ball a little better because I have something for you.

Speaker 3:
[64:56] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[64:56] Okay.

Speaker 3:
[64:57] I mean, that sounds like it might be my fault.

Speaker 1:
[65:00] Well, it's not, but you just don't go to a lot of these places.

Speaker 3:
[65:02] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[65:02] So it's not your fault. But yeah, Bojangles, I'm going to make my pick. I'm not going to take it.

Speaker 5:
[65:07] This is not what you're talking about.

Speaker 1:
[65:08] This is not what I'm talking about.

Speaker 5:
[65:10] So you set that whole thing up for us to-

Speaker 4:
[65:12] But that was a threat.

Speaker 2:
[65:13] Must not be that great if you're not taking it.

Speaker 1:
[65:15] There's a reason why I'm not taking it.

Speaker 5:
[65:17] All right. We'll put a pin in it.

Speaker 1:
[65:18] We'll put a pin in it. I'm not taking it because I already have a variation of this. Okay. So with that said, that was left on my board, so I have to dig deep here. Obviously, this is a 24th fry. I think Dairy Queen does a solid job.

Speaker 2:
[65:33] You know- I think that's-

Speaker 4:
[65:40] I love DQ.

Speaker 2:
[65:43] By me, I think it's Baker Mayfield's family. If it's not, they're called the Mayfields. They own, they are, if you go and you order a Dairy Queen at the Mayfield Dairy Queens in Austin, Texas, if they, if the cone is tilting just a little bit, man, there's like throw it away, do it again. Like they are like soup Nazi. I love dairy. The fries, brother, the fries stink.

Speaker 1:
[66:03] Stink. It's a fifth, it's a fifth round, 24th pick. And I think, I think they're fine.

Speaker 3:
[66:08] Say it again, Jeff.

Speaker 1:
[66:09] I think they're fine.

Speaker 2:
[66:10] They stink those fries. That's crazy.

Speaker 5:
[66:12] I've never eaten Dairy Queen.

Speaker 1:
[66:14] Never?

Speaker 5:
[66:14] I've only had the ice because I want them to go like this and see if it falls.

Speaker 1:
[66:17] I'll get you a Dairy Queen.

Speaker 3:
[66:18] Blizzard. Why would you do that to them?

Speaker 1:
[66:20] Because they're not bad.

Speaker 3:
[66:22] By your own admission, there's at least 23.

Speaker 5:
[66:25] I can't believe you threatened and then went with Dairy Queen.

Speaker 1:
[66:28] Because you'll understand why once I'm done.

Speaker 2:
[66:31] I'm going to guess what you're going to say when he's went after Clem goes. I feel like you might say because I almost took with my last one, but I didn't think enough people knew it. I kind of a dumb ball nor a fry. We'll see. We'll see if we're on the same page.

Speaker 1:
[66:44] But that said, Clem, it might be this because you already have one.

Speaker 4:
[66:48] You already have one and I'm just going to go with it. I want a curly fry. I'm going to go with Jack in the Box Curly Fry.

Speaker 5:
[66:54] I think that's the only other curly fry, right? What's another curly fry besides since we're done, right? Yeah. Arby's and-

Speaker 4:
[67:01] Jack.

Speaker 2:
[67:03] I know it's Mr. Irrelevant. I fucking hate Jack in the Box so much.

Speaker 5:
[67:09] I do, too. I think it's too-

Speaker 1:
[67:10] Oh, the tacos are elite, though.

Speaker 5:
[67:12] Oh, no, they're-

Speaker 2:
[67:12] Oh, the mini taco. I'm in the minority in- when I was in California.

Speaker 5:
[67:18] I'll never get it. Unless it's taco, I'll never get a taco because of you.

Speaker 1:
[67:23] I'll fight for those tacos.

Speaker 2:
[67:24] No, no, no.

Speaker 5:
[67:24] The Burger King guy came on here and said, never order the tacos.

Speaker 1:
[67:27] Oh, yeah, because it takes too long.

Speaker 5:
[67:29] I'll never get tacos because of that guy.

Speaker 2:
[67:31] That's a fucking Illinois. Illinois people fucking love their Burger King tacos.

Speaker 1:
[67:35] Yeah, because we don't have Jack in the Box here.

Speaker 4:
[67:37] Burger King tacos. What the fuck are you guys doing?

Speaker 1:
[67:41] There was like an E coli breakout in the 90s.

Speaker 5:
[67:44] Talkable had a big one.

Speaker 1:
[67:47] And Jack in the Box people died in Illinois.

Speaker 2:
[67:49] Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[67:50] So Illinois got rid of all their Jack in the Boxes, and now they actually just made their way back within the last year or so.

Speaker 4:
[67:56] Shit.

Speaker 2:
[67:56] Well, that's a long time comeback. Good Lord.

Speaker 4:
[67:59] That's the one reason I didn't love this pick is because I was like, everyone's probably too old to remember that Jack in the Box, E coli break out, and it just came up and blew up in my face.

Speaker 1:
[68:07] 92, 93.

Speaker 5:
[68:09] No one came stronger back from E coli than Taco Bell. No.

Speaker 3:
[68:12] Taco Bell had a controversy?

Speaker 5:
[68:13] Didn't even miss a beat. You wouldn't even know.

Speaker 2:
[68:15] Yeah, I didn't know.

Speaker 4:
[68:16] Brother, Poley was poisoning us every six months, and they just kept fucking, they were great.

Speaker 5:
[68:21] I don't understand how.

Speaker 4:
[68:23] It's like every six months, there is a scandal.

Speaker 5:
[68:25] I did get food poisoning.

Speaker 3:
[68:26] What's the odds it happens again?

Speaker 4:
[68:29] Yeah, not this restaurant. It couldn't happen to me.

Speaker 5:
[68:33] I need to know what was your thing.

Speaker 1:
[68:36] I want to see if Jeff knows at first.

Speaker 2:
[68:38] I was going to say Freddy's.

Speaker 1:
[68:40] You were correct.

Speaker 5:
[68:41] What's that?

Speaker 1:
[68:42] Chief, Freddy's.

Speaker 2:
[68:43] That's, I just don't think there's an, I don't think people know. I'm going to maybe regret not picking it. Freddy's, it's very similar to Steak and Shake. Shoes, string, fries. Freddy's, Frozen, Cockroach. These are amazing.

Speaker 1:
[68:52] Awesome. Yes, they are.

Speaker 5:
[68:53] I've heard of Freddy's.

Speaker 2:
[68:54] So good.

Speaker 1:
[68:55] They are great.

Speaker 2:
[68:56] I just, it felt too small of a chain in the region, although there's more than I think I'm giving credit for.

Speaker 1:
[69:02] Oh, there's a lot.

Speaker 3:
[69:03] Where is it, primarily?

Speaker 2:
[69:05] I think there's some kind all over, but it's very intermittent. Like, there's just not a lot of them.

Speaker 1:
[69:10] There's 560.

Speaker 2:
[69:10] There's one right by me. It's been here forever. And we never go, and I don't know why we don't. It's so good.

Speaker 5:
[69:16] Have you ever had Cook Out?

Speaker 1:
[69:18] Once, with Stephen Che and Chief.

Speaker 5:
[69:20] Yeah, Georgia, right? Yeah, I think I had Georgia as well. I don't remember it, though. I thought that's what you were talking about before.

Speaker 1:
[69:26] No.

Speaker 2:
[69:26] God, they're all, yeah, they're all, there's a lot more of these than I thought. There's some in Illinois. Two in Springfield, Shiloh, Quincy, Mount Vernon, Marion, Galesburg, Edwardsville, East Peoria, Collinsville, Champaign, Belleville. Is there anybody in Chicago?

Speaker 1:
[69:42] You might have one in St. Charles. There's one in Lake Zurich, I know. In Naperville.

Speaker 3:
[69:48] Yeah. No, not in St. Charles. I don't know about if it was there, but.

Speaker 1:
[69:52] I'm telling you, this is where it looks like. If you just, it looks like.

Speaker 2:
[69:56] Steak burger, great custard. If you've ever had Freddy's, you've got one here, you go. Damn.

Speaker 1:
[70:05] Any honorable mentions?

Speaker 2:
[70:07] The only two on my board didn't get picked. I didn't put Del Taco on my board. Californians love it. Carl's Juniors and Hardee's, as some people in the Midwest or Pennsylvania know it. I just, it's like a word. You don't like Burger King, Eddie. You definitely don't like Carl's Junior. It's just the worst version of Burger King, basically. But I do like Carl's Junior.

Speaker 1:
[70:25] Not a Hardee's.

Speaker 2:
[70:26] Dave's Hot Chicken is another one. Their fries are solid. Dave's Hot Chicken's big problem is if you order, you're going to be there for about 45 minutes where you get your fucking food. I went to one recently and it was a brand new location. I did feel bad. I would never be mean to anyone in the service industry. But I did laugh a little because she could see I was getting a lot. I was like, I've been in the drive thru for 45 minutes now. And she goes, let me get you part of your order, sweetie. I was like, okay, thank you. She handed me a bag. It was four cups of pickles. I was like, it's okay. You can just wait. I was like, you don't have to banner anything.

Speaker 3:
[71:00] This does nothing for this situation.

Speaker 1:
[71:02] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[71:03] But Dave's is good.

Speaker 2:
[71:05] That's really it. It was like Dave's, Carl's Junior, Del Taco. Freddy's was one. I thought he lost on everyone. So I didn't put it on the board, but it's very fucking good.

Speaker 1:
[71:14] A&W.

Speaker 2:
[71:16] Oh yeah. I'll tell you what. There's a food YouTuber, Joshua Weissman. I think Chef Donny might have done something with him. He does these fast food videos where he's like a Michelin star chef or work in Michelin star restaurants. Every time he goes to fucking Long John Silver's, he's always like, this food's so much better than I ever thought it would be.

Speaker 5:
[71:38] It's crazy.

Speaker 1:
[71:39] Oh, I watched his videos before. I like his.

Speaker 2:
[71:42] He always says the tenders there are the best.

Speaker 5:
[71:44] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[71:44] Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[71:45] It's a note.

Speaker 5:
[71:46] God, I wish Joey was on this. He would have been horrible. Oh, Jeff, we almost had Joey Chestnut on this. He's at a women's convention right now. What is that?

Speaker 2:
[71:57] He's like, they're just cheering him on. Is he just like the entertainers eating hot dogs on stage?

Speaker 5:
[72:01] I don't know.

Speaker 1:
[72:02] You got anything left, Clem?

Speaker 4:
[72:04] The only one I even know if their fries are good was Sonic. Honestly, if Carl was around and we started getting funny with the rules like we used to back in the day, I would have tried to drink tats. I would have tried to get tats.

Speaker 3:
[72:14] I was thinking about that.

Speaker 5:
[72:16] Damn, I wish I thought of that. I would have definitely.

Speaker 1:
[72:18] That's the only reason why I didn't go Sonic because I always go tats there.

Speaker 4:
[72:21] Yeah, me too. So I didn't even want to have a veto argument.

Speaker 3:
[72:24] Would tats have been allowed?

Speaker 1:
[72:26] No.

Speaker 2:
[72:27] They have a crinkle cook called Groovy Fries, which I think are good. So that's another one I did forget to mention. But Sonic, I like Sonic, but Sonic for me, the drinks are always first. The ice is always first.

Speaker 5:
[72:39] Oh, ice is elite.

Speaker 1:
[72:39] The drinks, pretty good burger too, where I think that overshadows the fries.

Speaker 5:
[72:44] I stopped going.

Speaker 2:
[72:45] And also the Sonic Tats overshadow their fries.

Speaker 5:
[72:48] Yeah. I stopped going once they stopped Rollerblading.

Speaker 4:
[72:52] Did they stop?

Speaker 5:
[72:53] When I went once and the lady walked out, I literally came for the entertainment.

Speaker 2:
[73:01] The one, but the one right there's where I live right now, it's not exactly close to one. The one that was close by, they close and open up a tenants facility.

Speaker 5:
[73:08] Oh, God.

Speaker 1:
[73:11] All right. I'm going to read them off and then we'll vote someone out of here. First, Jeff D. Lowe, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Wingstop, Zaxby's, Marty, Checker Slash Rally's, Nathan's, Raising Cane's, In-N-Out, White Castle, Chief, Five Guys, Portillo's, Culver's, Wall Burger's, Bojangles, Eddie, Arby's, Curly, Steak and Shake, Taco Bell, Whataburger, Dairy Queen, Clem, Chick-fil-A, Shake Shack, KFC, Potato Wedges, Popeyes, Jack in the Box, Curly. Write it down on a blank text, write it down on a piece of paper, whatever we're going to do. Jeff, you're up first.

Speaker 2:
[73:54] I don't think I've ever voted for somebody not on the main panel. I'm going Clem.

Speaker 1:
[74:00] Okay, one for Clem.

Speaker 2:
[74:01] Just because I hate Jack in the Box.

Speaker 1:
[74:04] Okay, Clem.

Speaker 4:
[74:05] Mr. Irrelevant, I'm.

Speaker 2:
[74:08] I know, I know. I hate it, I hate it. I hate Jack, I hate his stupid head.

Speaker 4:
[74:14] I had to go Chief just because Whataburger just was, it was the Colestrange pick by the Patriots. It was like, that's it.

Speaker 3:
[74:22] That's getting a little too much hit.

Speaker 1:
[74:24] Hey, Chief.

Speaker 3:
[74:26] I voted for Jeff basically just because I haven't had Burger King in forever. So that's that. Jeff is out. My dad banned him, so I don't eat it.

Speaker 4:
[74:36] That's right, they're banned.

Speaker 3:
[74:38] I forgot about that. They've been banned since 97. They might have been still using beef towel back then. I don't know.

Speaker 1:
[74:43] One Clem, one Jeff, one Chief.

Speaker 5:
[74:48] Eddie. I swear to God, mine was Eddie, because he just hates potato.

Speaker 3:
[74:54] That's true.

Speaker 1:
[74:55] This was close.

Speaker 5:
[74:56] So now you get to this. This is his worst nightmare. He gets to vote everyone off.

Speaker 1:
[75:02] Yeah, what if I voted for you?

Speaker 5:
[75:04] I know you didn't.

Speaker 1:
[75:07] This is close. I'm not picking on UMBC, but it's UMBC.

Speaker 3:
[75:12] You are picking on UMBC.

Speaker 1:
[75:13] I'm not. I'm truly not.

Speaker 5:
[75:14] You are.

Speaker 1:
[75:15] I thought you started strong.

Speaker 3:
[75:16] Well, I did.

Speaker 5:
[75:20] Yeah, I did.

Speaker 1:
[75:20] But then I just thought you fell off a little bit.

Speaker 3:
[75:23] Yeah, that's fine.

Speaker 1:
[75:24] Yeah, but it was very close because Burger King second round was outrageous.

Speaker 5:
[75:28] But I loved it.

Speaker 2:
[75:30] McDonald's being voted off the poll would have been all time. That might have been all time.

Speaker 1:
[75:36] McDonald's, I'll wait it.

Speaker 2:
[75:38] I think, look, I wouldn't have taken it. I think the Wahlbergers pick is like, and that's to me now one of my favorite draft moment that actually I literally wheeled back.

Speaker 5:
[75:45] Also fourth, like not his last pick. That's why I don't even hate it.

Speaker 2:
[75:50] I just never saw it coming.

Speaker 5:
[75:51] I didn't either.

Speaker 3:
[75:53] It's a ball in our pick. You guys don't know ball, so whatever.

Speaker 2:
[75:57] I now want to go to the place. I want to go to that place, Chicago Superdog with Eddie. Yeah, I want to try that. But I would love to find if we can go to a Freddy's around there. I'm there. I'm in Chicago so much in a couple of months.

Speaker 3:
[76:09] Yeah, you guys are making a little trip to Freddy's. I'm interested.

Speaker 5:
[76:13] Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[76:13] Mostly surrounding suburbs, but they're around. All right, then. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you, Marty. Thank you, Clem.

Speaker 2:
[76:19] Thank you. This was fucking awesome.

Speaker 1:
[76:21] Appreciate you guys. That was the French fry fast food draft. We appreciate you guys for watching. That's it for today. We'll see you all tomorrow.