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MaxMax

Quiche is a superior breakfast food to frittata

I like quiche. I like quiche. I think [it] is superior. Superior to frittata. The pie crust, it's quiche. I like quiche.

Food preferences are inherently subjective.
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MaxMax

Olive Garden is absolutely disgusting Italian food.

Olive Garden is absolutely fucking disgusting. If it's a true Italian... it's Italian, but it's a [disgrace]. But it's a good pick. It's a good for the [graphic].

Subjective opinion on food quality.
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MaxMax

Italian food in Italy is far superior to American-Italian food.

American food is meant to be had in a chain restaurant... Italian food in Italy is better than American food in America. Correct. I have never been to Italy, but I imagine.

Subjective opinion on culinary quality.
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Big CatBig Cat

McDonald's French fries are definitively yellow

McDonald's French fries are yellow. If you were to give a little kid an outline of French fries and told him to color it, they would get the yellow crayon to color it. Thank you, Hank.

While officially 'golden brown,' they are culturally and artistically represented as yellow.
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Big CatBig Cat

Nutty Bars are a top-tier snack pick

Gonna go with Nutty Bars. Love them. Love them. Yeah. You know that You'll get my vote on that. It's a solid pick.

Subjective taste in snacks.
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Big CatBig Cat

Doritos are the best snack

I will go with Doritos. Cool Ranch Doritos are my favorite. Doritos are the best. They really are the best.

Subjective taste in snacks.
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Big CatBig Cat

You would choose pizza over donuts for the rest of your life because you can't eat donuts every day

If it's pizza or donuts for the rest of your life, you'd have to take pizza. Like, I'm just being honest, like I love donuts, but you can't eat donuts every day. You could eat pizza almost every day.

This is a matter of personal preference.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pie is vastly superior to cake as a dessert

I'm more of a pie guy than I'm a cake guy. I think pie clears cake all day. Birthday cake. Pretty decent pie. Vastly superior.

Subjective opinion on dessert quality.
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Big CatBig Cat

Ice cream is vastly superior to cake for birthday celebrations

Ice cream is better than cake. Why don't they just do ice cream at every birthday? No, they do cake way more than ice cream at a birthday. [Ice cream] is better.

Dessert preference is entirely a matter of personal taste.
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Big CatBig Cat

A bowl is a perfect delivery vessel because you never have a bad meal served in one

There's nothing really that you have a bad bowl of. You know what I mean? When you're getting, when you're getting a bowl out, you're getting just good. It's like soup, ice cream. Cereal. A bowl delivers great things.

Subjective take on kitchenware utility.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Waffles are superior to pancakes in every way

I'm going to go waffles. Love waffles. Superior to pancakes in every way. Waffles versatile. You can go sweet... or you can go savory. The nooks and crannies make it.

This is a subjective food preference.
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MaxMax

Breakfast burritos are better than breakfast tacos outside of Austin

In Austin, you are correct [that tacos are better]. But the rest of the country breakfast burrito is always better than a breakfast taco. Where have you had a good breakfast taco outside of Austin? Breakfast tacos are good, but they're like a, they're a treat for like certain parts of the country.

Purely a matter of taste and regional culinary availability.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Taco Bell Breakfast Crunchwrap is the best fast food item in the entire world

This is my, maybe my favorite item that you can purchase at a fast food restaurant in the entire world. The Taco Bell Breakfast Crunchwrap. It is so fucking good. I want, I'm gonna order one tomorrow.

Inherently subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Cold pizza is an elite breakfast food

I think it's an elite breakfast: cold slice of pizza. So good. It's zero calorie. Tastes great. Just put a little hot sauce on it. Yeah, it's great. I love, I love having pizza for breakfast.

Subjective food preference.
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MaxMax

Meatball salad is an excellent Italian staple

I'm gonna go mushrooms... I always pick meatball. Great salad. Meatball salad is an excellent salad. It's an Italian thing. Meatball salad.

While meatball salads exist in Italian-American cuisine, its quality is subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pineapple absolutely belongs on pizza

I fucking love pineapple on pizza. I love pineapple with, with barbecue chicken on a pizza... At what point did it become a thing where people are like, pineapple doesn't belong on pizza?

This is a matter of personal taste.
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HankHank

It is almost impossible to get a bad version of a BLT

I'll go with BLT. Classic. Never fails. Some of these sandwiches, you can get bad versions of them. It's almost impossible to get a bad version of A BLT.

Subjective food opinion.
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HankHank

A Chicken Club sandwich is much better than a Turkey Club

I'm gonna go with chicken club. Much better than a Turkey club. Oh, much better.

Preference for meat types in clubs is subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Banh Mi is the best sandwich in the world

I'm gonna go with it Bon me [Banh Mi] the Vietnamese sandwich. It's so, fuck. I, I think it's rated as like the best sandwich in the world. I read that a couple places... It's awesome. Yeah. It's, I would say it's worthy of a first round grade.

Subjective food opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pimento cheese is an overrated sandwich filling

I think pimento cheese is overrated... The problem with pimento cheese is there's absolutely no crunch or hard factor in there. It's just soft. Just soft.

Food ratings are subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chicken wings are the best food and would be my number one overall pick in a food draft

Chicken wings is my favorite. It is the best food. I would take it one, one in a food draft.

This is an entirely subjective matter of taste.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lobster meat is definitely meat because it is a crustacean

Lobster meat is considered meat because it is a crustacean and a type of seafood. ... [To Max] You grew up in a dumb household [if you think fish isn't meat].

The definition of meat is subjective based on context (culinary vs. biological).
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MaxMax

Blue raspberry is the best flavor of everything

[Blue raspberry] is like the best flavor of every cake. It is. Exactly. Everyone wants the blue raspberry. Like Jolly Rancher.

Flavor preference is entirely subjective.
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MaxMax

The Grilled Cheese Burrito is the best item currently on the Taco Bell menu

Best menu item going right now. Grilled cheese burrito... That is the best menu item they have right now... I love the grilled cheese burrito. Yes. It's the foundation.

Subjective food preference.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Breakfast Crunchwrap is the greatest fast food item in America

Breakfast crunchwrap might be the best fast food menu item in America. It's that good. It is perfect.

Subjective food preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

I've eaten way more chicken wings than anybody else in the PMT room

Chicken wings eaten. I bet you I'd be topping this room. I think I've eaten way more chicken wings than anybody else here.

While unrecorded, Big Cat's historical food takes make this a highly probable but technically unverified claim.
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Big CatBig Cat

Chinese food is the unquestioned number one overall pick for leftovers

The first pick is the easiest pick in the entire history of Mount Rushmore, Chinese food. Number one, simple. It's so good. Just eat it cold, like some lo mein... beef and broccoli.

This is a subjective food opinion.
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HankHank

Chili is one of the strongest leftover foods because the flavors intensify the second day

Our second one is going to be chili. Chili's one of those things where the flavors get stronger the second day. I think it's a very strong pick.

The flavor profile of stews often improves over time, but food preference remains subjective.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Thanksgiving leftovers are a top-tier food category people can survive on for days

Thanksgiving leftovers. I mean, people survive off from Thursday to Sunday of whenever Thanksgiving weekend is off of Thanksgiving [food]. It's a pretty easy Mount Rushmore [pick].

This is a subjective opinion on food quality and survival habits.
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Big CatBig Cat

Cold pasta has no carbs or calories

Here's a, here's a little fun fact for everyone as a nutritionist, pasta cold pasta has no carbs. So that's just a fact for everyone out there. No carbs, no calories, cold pasta. You can, whenever you eat cold pasta, the next day you could just eat so much of it.

Fact ClaimFoodScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically false, though a popular recurring joke on the show.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pie is a superior breakfast leftover to cake because it's essentially a pastry

The reason why I thought pie is because cake for breakfast is a little heavy. Whereas like an apple pie or blueberry pie, that almost feels like a breakfast food. It's not that dissimilar from a croissant or some sort of pastry or Danish.

The classification of pie versus cake as a breakfast food is a matter of personal preference.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Leftover steak makes for a top-tier sandwich when combined with mustard

We're gonna go with steak. Now hear me out. Making steak sandwiches the next day with mustard. There's people out there who know what I'm talking about. It's not a traditional one, but if you cut it up and warm it up in a pan, it's not that bad.

Food preparation and pairing is subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A half-drank blue Gatorade in the fridge is the perfect hangover leftover

Blue Gatorade in the fridge that you didn't finish next. Really good one. You wake up, you're thirsty as hell. You might be hungover and you see that partially [drunk]... sometimes that's the perfect amount of Gatorade to drink.

Subjective hangover preference.
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HankHank

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the best candy overall

One, one, no brainer. Pick hat knows this favorite candy. I literally had it for breakfast this morning. Reese's.

Subjective taste preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Peanut Butter M&Ms are better than regular M&Ms

Our third pick, we're gonna go with peanut butter M&Ms... Easy money in the bank. I would take that over regular M&M actually all day, all day. If somebody handed you a bag of regular M&Ms, and one peanut butter, you're taking peanut butter every time.

Subjective taste preference.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

A Twizzler can be used as a straw for drinking Coke

You know, what's the best part about Twizzlers? If you bite both ends, you can use it as straw. That's true... get a large Coke. Yeah. Longs, Twizzlers bite. Both ends use the Twizzler as a straw for the Coke.

Physically possible and a known, though messy, candy trick.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sour Patch Kids are elite movie snacks

If I go to a movie, I'm getting two snacks... My second snack, always Sour Patch Kids, people, elite movie snacks. They're very, very good.

Subjective food preference.
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HankHank

Orange is the best Starburst flavor

I personally like orange, orange. [Big Cat: Pink is last, that's crazy.] Orange, red. See yellow. Okay.

Subjective candy flavor preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pink is the greatest Starburst flavor

Pink one. One's... Pink is the, is the goat. Pink's the only one for me.

Subjective taste preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pineapple is a tier-one fruit

Next pick, our next pick is pineapple. Great fruit. Tier one. Pineapple makes everything taste good. It's big and strong.

This is a subjective culinary preference.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Corn is a fruit and it will win the Mount Rushmore for Team Billy

Corn. Corn is a fruit. Can you guys believe that? An ear of corn is not technically a fruit. Instead, each kernel is a fruit. Exactly... I'm talking to the corn lovers of America. You're gonna vote for Team Billy because of corn... Trust in corn.

Hot TakeFoodScorchingSarcastic
Botanically, a kernel of corn is a caryopsis (a type of fruit), but in any culinary or common sense context, it is a vegetable or grain. Comedically, it's a ridiculous claim for a fruit draft.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Taco Bell breakfast crunch wrap is so good I want it to choke me out with a dog collar and throw me into a volcano

Breakfast crunch wrap Supreme from Taco Bell. I want it to choke me out with a dog collar on a leather leash. And then I want it to throw me into a real volcano.

This is a purely subjective expression of intense enjoyment of a fast food item.
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Big CatBig Cat

Twix is the most consistent candy bar because it's everyone's top-four choice

The Twix is the candy bar unlike any other. I don't think anyone has Twix as their number one, but everyone has Twix in their top three or four. It's the most consistent... no one really bashes Twix.

This is a subjective opinion on candy popularity and consensus.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiramisu is a bottom-tier dessert

I'm the man who will eat every dessert in the world. Tiramisu is bottom tier dessert. It's all fancy... It's the texture that I don't like. I don't like the texture of tiramisu... Tiramisu is coffee flavor. Just drink the coffee. It's way better.

This is an aesthetic/culinary opinion.
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RoneRone

Thai food is prevalent in America because of a soft power directive by the Thai government

Thai food is only prevalent in America because of a directive by the Thai government... in the early nineties [they] wanted to spread Thai culture as a form of soft power. And so there's Thai food all over completely disproportionate to the amount of Thai people in the United States.

This is a documented project called 'Global Thai' launched in 2002 to increase Thai restaurants worldwide.
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Big CatBig Cat

Light beer is the only thing the United States specializes in making better than other countries

Light beer. America was like, you know what? Beer is good. I wish there was slightly less taste that you could drink 10 times as many them... Light beer is the only, like, I don't know any other country that specializes in making light beer. There's really none. Every, every other is like, we'd like more flavor us. We're like, no, we just want to get drunker.

While light beer exists elsewhere, the 'Lite' category is a cornerstone of the American beverage industry and culture.
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PatPat

Eating dessert or sweets is low-key gay

Eating dessert. Very good. Any sweets, any kind of cupcake, any kind of pastry with whipped cream. Fruit is gay, strawberries. Whipped cream is very gay.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A pizza place's ability to make a plain cheese pizza correctly is the true metric of their quality.

If you can do a plain pizza right, then I think that you can do everything else right. ... Start with the basics and build off that.

This is a subjective food philosophy that cannot be proven right or wrong.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Black olives have the most flavor per surface area of any pizza topping.

Black olives have the most flavor per surface area of any pizza topping. ... I like doing a mixture [of green and black].

Flavor intensity is a matter of personal palate and cannot be objectively measured by 'surface area.'
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Big CatBig Cat

Dinosaur meat, specifically Toronto Raptor meat, would be the most expensive and elite meat to eat

I'm going to eat a Toronto Raptor. I'm going to eat a Raptor, a dinosaur. Imagine how expensive you think like Kobe beef is expensive, I've bought some Raptor beef. It's a fucking rich man's move to be like, 'Yeah, I've eaten some dinosaur.'

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