I couldn't find a thread dedicated to this new show, but I have to start one because I watched a marathon last night and I'm totally obsessed! Anyone else?

Mr. Rocket and I love this show. We weren't sure during the first episode because the host exhibited some Fieri-like tendencies, but he totally redeemed himself by not yelling all the time or being a tool. And he tries to eat food bigger than my head. It's, like, the most American of all shows.

Thank you for starting a thread for this show. Have been looking for one to pop up. Mr. UW and I LOVE this show. We have it on our season pass. There is a lot of food out there to eat, so I hope this show sticks around.

I wonder how that guy isn't fatter than he is. He must have a super-fast metabolism, or exercises, or something.

What amazes me is how the show has a really weird effect on my appetite... like I get SUPER hungry when I watch it because all those fatty foods look amazingly delicious. But by the end of the show I'm full and actually feeling kind of sick.

I've never heard of this show. What channel and time is it on? And what is the premise? Based on your posts, it sounds interesting.

I'll watch almost any food show, including Andrew Zimmern, but the ads for this one just seemed sickening to me. Am I missing the charm? Does the host do anything with/about the food besides see how much he can fit in his belly?

I thought I was going to hate this show, but I am really enjoying it so far. I think most of the show's appeal for me is the host. He just seems like a cool guy and I appreciate him not yelling at me *coughFiericough*.

I agree with you, IvySpice. I'm missing the charm also. The ads gross me out. Ick.

And I thought I was the only one.

I knew there was no way in hell he could have finished that Sasquatch Burger. How could anyone? And the fact that he had to cut it up into six portions -wow. I don't think the Half-Ton man from TLC could have accomplished that.

Actually a relatively small portion of the show follows the host eating some insane quantity of food. The rest of it is just a local food show, sort of like the Fieri rampages but 1000% less annoying.



Here's the Web site for the Sasquatch burger. Holy heart attack, it's got almost 12,500 calories in it. I can't believe anyone has managed to eat it.

I agree that this show is better than you'd think, although I have to look away during the eating challenges.

The host is a cool guy, more so than you'd expect. I would have expected the host of a show like this to be your typical screaming meathead, but he's gracious and likeable and the people he interacts with seem to pull for him when it's challenge time.

At the end of each episode, he does a mock "press conference" about what happened in the challenge. Heh.

umme, Check it out.

I just caught two episodes of this show and I like it. I love the host way more than Guy Fieri, even though the concept is similar to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The host is funny and personable and seems to be really cool.

The downside? I'm super hungry after watching it!

My husband loves this show. Part of it, he says, is how they go to places that real people go to, not just fancy weird restaurants to show off on TV. We've driven by that steak place in Amarillo a bunch of times but never stopped, so it was cool to see the inside and see the actual size of the 72 oz. steak.

Who is this Fieri person?

I like the host -- he's a nice guy with personality, and he doesn't make fun of people or sneer at local customs, which is nice. He also doesn't ooze tool like that Anthony Bourdain guy.

I attended the taping of part of the Seattle episode today; here is the write-up I did on it. I won't give away the ending. The host (Adam) is as gracious as you might expect off-camera; even when he was fighting the food (a 12 egg southwestern omelet from Beth's Cafe), he kept his good nature intact.

Did anyone catch the Austin episode? Round Rock Donuts. The Salt Lick. Mmm.

I personally believe Shipley's donuts are better than Round Rock Donuts, but nothing beats The Salt Lick. The best BBQ I've ever had, and it's set in such a beautiful location.

My husband believes Adam is Homer Simpson, Food Critic. He likes everything, he effuses wildly about food. It's great. I really liked the "it's a personal moment" thing about the BBQ. So true.

I saw it! I so wanted a donut after that episode. I also wanted the Don Juan breakfast taco as well.

I love Adam. He's the perfect combination of attractive, snarky without venturing into douche bag territory and he likes to eat.

I wasn't aware of this show until reading some comments here, but really enjoyed the 4 episodes I saw Wednesday (the early repeats and the 2 new ones).

That's a great description! Even while he was amping up the enthusiasm for the "competition eating" segments of each episode with corny cowboy strutting or such, he was still enjoyably watchable.

I was trying to figure out why he seemed so much more pleasant than <'scuse me> Guy on DDD -- I think Adam seems to make his show more about the town, food, and restaurant than about HIM. Even in the goofy competition segment, he ends up making fun of himself with the phony interview at the end.

I'm glad I stumbled over this topic and show! Although it DOES make me get nearly uncontrollable cravings.

I like the fact that Adam lets whomever he is interviewing actually talk and not try to talk over him like Guy. I find Adam's willingness to roll up the sleeves and participate (like the donut shop visit) more refreshing then Guy bitch about getting stuff splattered on him. Adam also appreciates the restaurant, the town, the customers letting him come in and talk to them. He also has some humility, unlike Guy.

As an aside, I'd totally do him.

ETA: I wish they would use Adam's song he came up with in the Columbus,OH sausage shop as the theme song. It cracked me up.
"Man vs Food, Man Vs Food
I'm just a hungry dude.

Man vs Food, Man vs. Food
But I'm never rude."

I didn't see the Ohio one -- I missed the song! Darn.
Word. He seems like he'd be fun to hang out with and everybody seems to like him. They really hit the jackpot with this guy.

Dear Adam:
You're really funny in a non douche bag way, I find you really sexy and you appear to be a really nice, low-key guy who everyone loves hanging out with. Please marry me so we can travel the United States and territories so we can try really tasty local cuisine and then have really hot sex. Sound good?
Love,
Jenn


Seriously, I love this show. I just saw the new episode after the Christmas Eve food frenzy at my house and I can really go for a Chi town Italian beef sandwich right now. My cousin already assured me that when we go to Chicago in the spring, we'll totally get drunk and pig out at Lucky's. Yum.

Some of the places this guy has visited I have seen before on other food channel programming. This show is alright, but I prefer food shows being filmed with that look that seems like you are actually there, just like the food show UNWRAPPED. I am not a film tech so I don't know the proper term to use here.

I caught the Chicago episode on its late repeat last night, and enjoyed seeing the hometown. Although I do have to say that those slaw/fry competition sandwiches are NOT a local Chicago thing. I think they're a fairly recent import, added to the Wrigleyville strip.

I guess that he needs a semi-official competition for each locale, (I say semi-official, because very obviously the Polaroid™ photo pasted on the wall couldn't in any way be turned into the size for the other "official" plaques) and probably couldn't find any others. Maybe he does have to hit at least some new spots that haven't, as Cali805 points out, already been done a lot of times. Otherwise, why do the transplanted sandwich in the trendy neighborhood rather than Chicago-style hot dogs? or Chicago-style ribs? Or Maxwell Street Polishes?? (And why pick Geno's East rather than Uno's or Due's, the real "firsts" of deep dish?)

But I still really love his show.

And yes, JLB1682, I too seriously wanted an Italian Beef (dipped) last night.

Hey all - I went to college with Adam - we did theater together, and were good friends. I'm so thrilled to see him having success with this show. He's just as nice a guy as he appears on the show.

But damn this show makes me hungry!! My husband and I watch it on our Tivo, and we figured out that we can't watch it right before bedtime, or we start seriously craving burgers, cheesesteaks, whatever - something involving meat, cheese, and grease.

My brother was home for the holiday and we caught some episodes. My brother is now fully hooked on Man Vs Food. He called it one of the funniest food shows he's ever watched. I hope they release DVDs of this show at some point because again, it blows most FN road shows (Diners, Drive ins and Dives, Road Tasted with...) out of the water.

Holy cow, those Beth's omelets will feed 4-6, easily. HAHAHA!! I can't believe I missed this.

My husband, who adores pretty much anything edible, loves this show. This makes me very happy because I think Adam is just really, disturbingly hot. So I can privately think extremely gross thoughts about Adam while my husband enthuses about food. Of such compromises are solid marriages made.

Oh, how I (and probably many others) wish we didn't know the answer to your question. Fieri is a bleached blond loudmouth TV chef being marketed aggressively by Food Network as an kind of "everyman food dude" (for lack of a better description). He's also featured in series of annoying TGIFridays commercials. Funny that you mention Bourdain. I don't like him either. LOL



ITA. I love this show and hope it sticks around. I think I've developed a little crush on Adam.

Guy Fieri makes me want to stick french fries in my ears. I think he's the most annoying man on television. He's even more annoying than that aggressively hip "Ace of Cakes" guy.

I caught a couple of shows, the Don Juan breakfast taco attempt to eat 7.
He took a break after eating 3? I always figured the trick to eating a lot is to stuff yourself before your body reacts to being full...eat slowly and you won't eat as much. Maybe a lesson learned there.

Dear gracious that pizza in the Atlanta burbs truly was scary. 11 lbs, 30 inch diameter. Too bad his partner in dining hocked it, I think he probably would have done it.

And how cool was it to see Gladys Knight. Love her, and you could tell he was completely star-struck.

This show is great - Guy Fieri could take some serious lessons for his Diners show from him.

And as someone from Buckeye Central, I can vouch that Schmidt's Sausage Haus is indeed excellent - those 1/2 lb cream puffs are amazing.

Obligatory expressing my love/sexual desire for Adam post.

My brother and I have been to Voodoo in ATL and the burgers are delicious. I've had the buffalo burger and while it's delish with a few rounds of beer, it kicks your gut in a serious way a few hours later.

I don't get it either. I would rather watch DD&D with Guy Fieri. I mean, after watching this show I seen that he has visited places that the Food Network or Travel Channel has already shown us via other shows such as Best Places to Pig Out, Burger Paradise, etc. Why is it different? I don't care to watch a guy who is trying to eat a humungous burger. Nothing unique. I'd rather watch a sampling of what a diner or restaurant offers, how food is prepared, etc. Gluttony? No thank you.

I think it's because Adam seems more genuine in his show. I actually watched this and Guy was on The Food Network at the same time. Adam was joking, learning about the process and actually ENJOYING the food and the work gone into it. Not only that, he was engaging with owners, customers and workers. Watching Guy, he tries to do that but ends up talking over guests and owners and when he eats the food it seems the same response every time, not something that he REALLY appreciates. It's so over exaggerated with him and I find Adam refreshing and real. Even though I have seen one or two of the same places, I'd rather watch Adam show me than Guy. He's a much more likable host. But I guess to each their own.

His segment with Gladys sealed the deal for my crush on him though, I'm hooked. And I totally think with a better partner he could have won that pizza challenge, he was almost done after 30 minutes!

To each his own I guess. I mean how many adjectives can Guy come up with to describe a food he has eaten? I think we must watch the show differently because I think Guy is just as genuine as Adam.

I suppose, in that Guy strikes me as a genuine tool and Adam strikes me a genuine food lover, in a completely non-foodie kind of way.

I don't quite get why the pizza is so overwhelmingly difficult. So half of a 30" pizza is about the same as a 15" pizza - similar to a large at most places, right? And it's got a thin crust and five toppings? I'm a girl and I think I could take that out.

Remember - Pie are square. The area is pi times the square of the radius. A 15" is under 200 square inches; a 30" is over 700.

Yogurt meet monitor. That was the best line ever tossed out there.

Guy's OVER THE TOP AND EXTREME PERSONALITY amped up at TOP VOLUME annoy the crap out of me. That and Guy dresses like a teenager, Adam actually looks attractive when he dresses casually. Plus Adam doesn't have a list of well-used catch phrases that are repeated every .34 seconds.

Just found this show and I really like it. It's fun without being over the top, and Adam is charming. Loved his interaction with Gladys Knight, as well as the owners/employees of Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken in Memphis. That fried chicken made me drool. I'm glad the 'food competition' aspect isn't the sole focus of the show, because that in itself is a little gross. But I do like seeing all the other great restaurants in the cities Adam visits, even if some have been featured on other food shows.

As a Chicago native, I totally agree with you. The Chicago epi was a little less authetic than I would have preferred. But still, I think Adam is adorable and I like the show overall. He's like the white version of my husband - cute, funny, good-natured, with a passion for food. My husband also manages to eat like mad but is only a little chubby instead of being morbidly obese.

Guess what my mom sent me for Christmas - Portillos Italian Beef kit! I had dipped beefs the whole week between Christmas and New Years! I do really miss Maxwell St Polishes! My high school one block from Taylor St and not that far from Maxwell St (near UIC). Dammit, now I'm hungry!

Egads! Double post!

I watched the marathon and was happy that I did. When I first saw the ads I wanted nothing to do with the show. It looked like a food challenge show and I find those very uninteresting and disgusting.

When I saw that he went to other locations, talked with folks, and was involved in making the food I was sold. The press conferences after the challenge are always fun. I liked his description of eating the atomic wings. I laughed out loud.

I was a bit confused when I saw the overstuffed sandwiches in Pittsburgh after they were a challenge in Chicago. I was surprised when I saw them in Chicago because I do not think of over stuffed sandwiches in Chicago. My family is from there and I visit regularly. My fiancee is from Chigago and graduated from Northwestern, he did not know about the sandwiches either.

I am guessing they went to Gino's because it has better pizza then Uno's. I have eaten at both and prefer Gino's. Most of the folks I know in Chicago eat at Gino's and not Uno's.

Okay, that makes more sense. That's more like eating TWO entire large pizzas, which, yes. That's a lot of food.



Thank you! My hatred of Fieri must find ever-new ways to express itself.

I'm not a huge fan of either, but I do think Gino's East is better than Uno's. But honestly, I think both are a little more "touristy" because both restaurants (the originals, not any chains outside of Chicago) are downtown/near north side. My all time favorite is Giordano's, but it's the stuffed version of deep dish. I am glad he went to Al's, though, for beefs - because I think Al's is better than Buona Beef or Portillos. I remember going to the Al's on Taylor Street after classes in HS - good times!

The one thing about the overstuffed sandwiches that I found a little Chicago-like was putting the fries in the sandwich so that you eat them with the sandwich at the same time. I know people from Chicago are very gung-ho about the side of the city they are from, but I have friends from various parts of the North, West (the best side!), and the South sides that all put their fries in their hotdog bun or in their hamburger bun and eat the fries and sandwich together. It's like the universal act that makes us all the same, no matter what side we're from. Obviously, people do that in other places, but it's one of the many "weird" things people I've met in Atlanta and upstate NY claim I do - and say it must be a Chicago thing.

I didn't see all of the episodes. Has Adam been anywhere that has seafood like New England or the West coast? I'd love for him to go to some smaller cities/big towns for some local specialties (especially in the South, specifically the Southeast). I wish he'd do a special on BBQ, so he can compare the different types - Chicago ribs, KC, Memphis, Carolina, Texas mesquite, etc. I can just imagine him being like a kid on Christmas for that one. I flove him!

I'm so bummed that I live in central NJ, and there aren't any great "local" foods that would entice Adam to come here, so that I could sit and drool over him in person (what a cutie!). The closest would probably be Newark's Ironbound section, and all of the great Spanish & Portuguese food there. I'd like to see him tackle some radozio!

I do love Giordano's pizza. When we go there we get the thin crust because it is so good. If I want the deep dish I have to go to Gino's because my fiancee will insist on the thin crust at Giordano's.

Back on topic: I love how Adam interacts with folks. He seems to truely enjoy the food he is eating and the oppertunity that he has been given. It is fun watching him because he enjoys it so much. His enthusiasm reminds me of Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern. All three have different styles but they really enjoy what theya re doing. The food is important but so is how the food is prepped and the people enjoying the food.

So the cable company finally realized that we, in fact, canceled our cable in July and turned us off this week. (Thanks for the six months free, cable company!) Does this show appear online anywhere? Does anyone know?

Rocket, I think Funnyordie.com has some clips.

I enjoyed the Boston episode -- that Hell Night food looks insane! And Adam is just proving himself more and more likable.

I watched the Boston episode twice. The Hell Night food looked spicy. Very, very spicy. I loved that after his first bite he is all tought. Then he takes a second bit and is crying and sweating and looking like a fever just broke. That had to be painful.

I love burgers but that burger did not look yummy. Seriously. I love french fries but that was just an obsene (sp) amount. Is this the first challenge that Adam went into kowing he would not finish it?

While Chuck seemed like a nice guy, I don't think the show should be encouranging someone who is obese to add to his weight issues. That just sat wrong for me.

Edited to fix spelling issues. Knight and Night are different

Is it me, or does this guy never bloody win? What's the point then? To watch some random guy try to eat a shitload of food? I can watch myself try to wharf down a ton of food, and it isn't the least bit entertaining. If he actually succeeded, maybe we'd have something here. Granted, the food at these places looks amazingly good, but once again, that's not the point.