A Burger Scholar Explains One of the Best Burgers in America | The Burger Show
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2024
- If you want to understand the soul of L.A.’s burger culture, you have to head to the Apple Pan. The 70-year-old West Side burger counter embodies the burger in its purest form-served at a counter and wrapped in paper by life-long staffers. Few people can talk about what makes this place special more than burger scholar George Motz. In today’s episode, Alvin and the roving Burger Lord are going to dig into why the Apple Pan deserves to be called one of the best burgers in America.
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Season 2
Episode 5
First We Feast videos offer an iconoclastic view into the culinary world, taking you behind-the-scenes with some of the country's best chefs and finding the unexpected places where food and pop culture intersect. 
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I wonder if the two guys that have been there 42 years still play pranks on the new guy who has only been there for 25 years.
Jimby hahahahha the “rookie”
The Apple Pan is right near my house so we eat there all the time. I talk to the guys who work there and I can confirm, they DO still treat the guys who have only been there for 15-25 years like rookies.
@@willyevans2352 nae nae on the noobs
Like Metallica did w Jason.
@@willyevans2352 that's so funny I'm glad they do!
Something that isn't mentioned is that they've likely kept so much of their staff there for decades by paying them well and treating them right. Being a good employer is so essential to running a good restaurant, never forget that your employees are as important as your customers.
100%
It's all about the secrets and methods. as an owner you don't want to spread them around by letting one of your staff goes to work somewhere else, because the staff knows how the food is made and the secrets to why it is very good and successful. While in big chains like McDonald's they keep the methods and secrets from the staff so they become dispensable. That is actually one of the major issues with capitalism and big corporations and why it is a good thing to encourage small businesses to thrive amongst the capitalistic corporate takeover.
thats correct and it directly relates to why it tastes the same every time (sure ingredients matter alot) but you need the mechanic to use the tools
That hamburger got Victor's kid thru school!
Amen to that.
Holy shit, the one of the people is 103 years old. That guy was there from the start
Adem Aljović he looks good for his age tho
@@timamos4118 Never said he looked bad
@@vahidakonigin4839 he never claimed that you said he looks bad 😂
That guy looks and sounds exactly 103
103 likes!!!
Wolverine's looking good in his burger-themed retirement.
Hugh Jackman actually has his own restaurant/cafe called the laughing man
Old man Logan down by the Apple Pan.
pawn stars: "let me just call in our burger historian to take a look at this"
Mike Hawk underrated comment
The burger historians voice is even similar to the pawn stars guy
LMAO!!😂😂
Hearing them both laugh would be entertaining
3:50 - Just wanted to pay tribute to this man, Manny Rittenberg. One of the oldest men in the US. August 8, 1914 - June 21, 2020 Born in Boyle Heights, Manny Rittenberg died Sunday, seven weeks shy of his 106th birthday.
Thank you for honoring him
Rip Manny
@@user-cr9zo5yo9k thank you!
Good lookin out!
For all those that say George Motz needs to be the host or needs his own show, he had a series called burger land on the travel channel 7 years back
Got your wish!
I WAS WONDERING HOW I REMEMBERED HIM!!!
Been that long?
Now Travel Channel doesn’t even do actual Travel shows anymore.
All paranormal now.
and nowww a youtube series
Thank you
"im 103 years old and i been coming here as long as i can remember ...... wait where are we?"
He’s probably loosing it
well he is 103 and the place has been open for 70 years.. so then his missing anything before his 30s then
103 is possible, I mean Kirk Douglas is 102. Though the way Alvin keeps looking & eating I highly doubt he'd make 100
@@louis3141 100? you mean 50s or 60s
@@bspacerex I meant days lol
that old man that was 103 years old looked liked he was only 70
Once you hit max level you stop levelling.
The body kind of reaches an aging limit unless you constantly smoke etc. Then aging is worse
Intellectual Anomaly Do you think the host can stay the same weight, if your theory is correct?
I have known people who drank, smoked and ate lie complete sit and surpassed 100 and you could never tell by looking at them. Genetics man.
You must hang out with some decrepit 70 year olds.
That stool Alvin is sitting on is the real star of this episode
Adamantium
"What is this? An alloy of adamantium and mithril?!"
"Say 'dwarven technology' one more time!"
LOL
It's like atlas holding up the fucking world.
What if he’s not sitting? He has built his own gravity around him causing him to float 😦
I'm loving all of the genuine concern for Alvin's health. He is a nice, passionate guy who is getting so much support from the community. I hope he reads through these comments and appreciates the sentiment. We care about your wellbeing! Mad love!
Seven Everywhere it’s not support, it’s just fat-phobia disguised as “concern.” There are thin people everywhere who eat just like him and smoke and do drugs and have generally terrible health but are thin because of genetics and no one says this crap to them-because it has nothing to do with healthy behaviors. The truth is that no one knows what Alvin’s blood pressure is, or if he a diabetic or his cholesterol or anything about him. Skinny people have heart disease as often as fat people with a genetic pre-disposition for it. If there was a thin dude sitting there doing this, no one would say this stuff. Let’s not kid ourselves. No one is concerned for anyone’s health.
@@ramseyfitzsimmons4854 Just to be clear - there may well be fat-phobia or people judging him as a person based on his weight, that's not ok, by all means. But the idea that obesity does not affect incidence of heart disease is simply not true. It's also not true that genetics alone define weight loss or gain. Diet matters - you'll note people in the same families can have very different body-shapes based on dietary habits and behaviours.
More importantly - I'd be interested to see a study showing that "skinny people have heart disease as often as fat people with a genetic pre-disposition" meanwhile, the rest of medical science would like to point out that taking reasonably good care of your body (which does not mean being too thin, going on crazy diets etc. either) will give you a longer, healthier life. Adults are adults, they can make their own choices, and I enjoy Alvin for his showmanship, I do hope he's happy, and I hope he gets to live a long and disease-free life.
Collated info:
www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-management/health-risks-overweight
In this study, Data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were obtained and analyzed for obesity rates, percent of myocardial infarction, stroke, and HBP from 2005-2009. Results of this study showed a low association between obesity and myocardial infarction rates (R2=0.067); a moderate association with stroke rates (R2=0.462); and a strong association with HBP rates (R2=0.811).:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250069/
In this study, obesity was associated with shorter longevity and significantly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with normal BMI. Despite similar longevity compared with normal BMI, overweight was associated with significantly increased risk of developing CVD at an earlier age, resulting in a greater proportion of life lived with CVD morbidity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29490333
This last one is interesting because it shows that overweight people with access to proper healthcare tend to live about as long on average as someone with a normal BMI - but have more cardiovascular disease, so quality of life is likely decreased.
@@PhilipLautinJackson Great comment.
Philip Lautin Jackson I won’t waste my time with a long comment back, but your research is severely outdated and fat phobic and funded by the diet industry, which has been profiting off of this type of thinking via diet pills, diet programs, workout programs, and surgeries for years and you need to read research that has been conducted in the last 2-3 years, not studies from 10 years ago. You know very well correlation does not equal causation. Many factors determine the likelihood for obesity, including genetics, socioeconomic status, etc. Just because a person is fat, it does not necessarily mean that they are more likely to have health problems than a thin person next to them, and if you think that, you are indeed fat phobic yourself. I’m not saying this particular man in this video has health problems or not but that’s between him and his doctor-and it’s not for these random people on the internet to guess at or comment on because of his size any more than it’s appropriate to comment on private things for thin people. It’s almost as if him being fat makes people think they have a right, and they do not.
Ramsey Fitzsimmons your delusional fam
I can listen and watch to George Motz talk about Burgers all day. This guy needs his OWN SHOW.
he had his own show called burger land, 7 year back on the travel channel
But he needs one now. He is so interesting, fascinating, brilliant, and personable. George, please just post videos on here, we want to watch them!
How many stars are in the sky? Bro was practically in tears. Lmao
He just wanted to eat that burger so bad.
No, he was an out of work actor showing us why he's out of work.
@@Gobbersmack Grow up and enjoy something for a change, bud. This is for entertainment, not cynical, boring folk.
That was you, wasn't it?
@@Gobbersmack Nah, I'm a vegetarian.
i love George Motz so damn much. hes such a cool guy talking about a cool thing
“i’m hungry” right after saying he just had a burger b4 he walked in💀
I love that george ate before they started taping. He's like, yeah i already had a burger.
Dude loves hamburgers.
Me: "What's your job?"
Him: "Burger historian."
Me: "Y'all hiring?"
It about brings tears to my eyes watching two dudes express their love and appreciation for something as simple as a burger. So much respect is there and its wholesome af
3:52 103 years old?! I'll have what he's having.
Burgers... duh.
Hugo Wiberg, and pie!
So steak burger and pie it is
I absolutely love this channel. I've learned so much about burgers and how to make more than just a regular hamburger
Can we talk about those pies though!?
Yeah, right? Like that's what I'm on
listen dude, we all gonna die - this man has lived well.
Definitely they named apple pan, the burger is not their expertise I assume.
Can we talk about your pie though?
Dooyong Park you are not bright.
5:40 dude in the background took his girl’s burger to see if it stood up straight loool
“I dont get lettuce”
Man your health is asking for lettuce
It literally has 0 nutritional value
Steven Newton Iceberg lettuce does have small amounts of fiber, potassium, zinc, calcium, folate, Vitamin A, and Vitamin K,
@@mtnman11000 It's better than a fucking burger
@@mtnman11000 WRONG, it has fiber and water you dunce.
Dude, i have chronic kidney disease and let me tell you how high potassium, high nitrites, high sodium lettuce is limited in my diet. Most times i have to switch lettuce with cabbage coleslaw in my burgers (bathe cabbage in some vinegar and you can get rid of its strong flavor). It has far from 0 nutritional value
I've been going to apple pan for my birthday every year since I was 2 years old, Victor always makes a face at me like "Woah your bigger!"
"How much do I love Apple Pan?.. How many StARs!..r in ThA SKY!"
"How much bread have you eaten in your life?"
Your typical pretentious L.A. fuck, God I hate that guy.
@@MrDedpool1 JoJo reference?
That guy was a wierdo
@@Andrew-sk1fk 😏
"How much do I love the apple pan? How many stars are in the sky?"
Bruh 💀💀 I was doing the math on that real quick, found out it's a lot
Yes! I wanted more of this guy last season
Thanks for the episode another great one Alvin
Every burger place is Alvin's favorite place. I've seen him say that in pretty much all the spots he's been.
103 years old and eating burgers...hell yeah!
Every bite could be his last
And still healthier than the 30 something whale of a host.
My grandfather would take me to Apple Pan when I was little and now I take all the kids in my life. Best burgers! Best pies! 🤗 Great job guys!
I love when Alvin does videos with Old Man Logan. They're both so passionate about burgers.
Any chance I get, I'm flying straight to Apple Pan.
“I usually don’t get lettuce”
Oh somebody hold me I can’t handle such a shock to my system I might faint
I'm with you, mate. Man, that wasn't easy to hear. Had to be the hard way.
I love lettuce
David B well lettuce has no nutritional value it’s just to fill your stomach
There usually they’ll give u a shit ton of lettuce so u have to ask for a little bit
Sarcalogos Tortolero people don’t eat it for the nutritional value, it adds a great crunch and coolness to the burger. Lettuce always my dude!
Holy shit 5:21 you can see the guy behind George just trying to fight the urge to smack that junk food out of alvin’s hands
Bless that 103 year old man. May his days to his end be never be dull and full of joy.
Alvin please take care of your health. We love these videos and want you to keep working on them for a very long time.
Lots of love 💕!
I love how the first five minutes is them going "isn't it crazy how I can come in here and grab a BURGER?" like it's some unusual thing
They won my heart with the "classic perfected burger over 70 years" and won my soul with the "Tillamook cheese" that's my shit right there ohhh yeaaah.
Thanks George, the real star of the show. For better or worse you are the main reason I am now shopping online for a flat top griddle so I can make smash burgers and few other creative options. Unfortunately where I live in Thailand has very few quality bbq products, or they are imports costing 300% more than in their country of origin.
4:00 the very optimistic burger enthusiast looks like and has the delivery of Nick Kroll.
Oh my god, I went there in January. Perfect burger, perfect pie. It's incredible.
7:50 that guy in the background is trying to wipe his own lips off his face
7:35 too. Must be some messy eats!!
Nice pick up man
haha oily as fuck for sure
I have been enjoying the Apple Pan pretty much since it opened. It is everything George has said. Definitely a bucket list place for anyone that has not enjoyed their burgers!
Born and raised in LA. Apple Pan is my all-time favorite burger spot. Steakhouse burger is amazing!
3:58 - 4:05 i laughed so fucking hard. the delivery was perfect. he had a chance to be on tv and nailed it! .. i dont even know if he really meant to be comical.
Is it just me, or do they mention In-N-Out Burger in just about every episode?
anal audrey nope they can’t go an episode without talking about it which is weird because when I had it. It was very underwhelming
I prefer places like Swanson’s and steak and shake. But They don’t want to talk about anything out side of New York and California
@@JoshThewhiteDad Name a better drive thru burger for under $4.
@@doglover1834 Cook Out
Dog Lover I can’t lol
I must take Steak ‘n Shake for granted living right by 2 of them.
Every place that he has gone in LA on this show he talks about like its is favorite and the most amazing thing in the world.
I dont know why but watching this makes me so happy
It's the steamed hams dude from last season!!
If he's still alive eating burgers after all these years we at least have 2 more years of this show minimum.
This historian looks like Johnny Knoxville with gray hair 😂
Keegan P sounds like him too
I thought the same thing!
had to check the comments to see I'm not the only one who thinks this
And mutton chops
So Johnny Knoxville.
Stars in the sky guy got emotional towards the end of his quote. Awesome
Alvin is actually a perfect host!!!
Sometimes people do not get what being a host actually means. He lets makes his guests comfortable and lets them shine. Ill accept those qualities in any host any day.
The Apple Pan is an interesting restaurant to go to. Much of the restaurant is still intact for quite some time. The burgers stayed the same for 70 years. If it ain't broke don't fix it after all.
You might rub some shoulders with some celebrities. It's close to the 20th Century Fox studio lot.
Emmanuel Alejandro, why do I see your comments on every video I watch? Do you comment on RUclips professionally?
You could say the same about Mcdonalds
Whataburger or get deported
I too am the word having and must be said them.
George: "I just had a burger before you walked in"
Also george 2 minutes later: "I'm hungry!"
Please never change George!🤣
Must be the atmospheric disturbance?!
Best episode so far!
Def stopping by when I go back to Cali
This is like hiring a hardcore alcoholic to host "The Alcohol Show".
🤣
Cold ones basically
That's exactly what I think all the time.. No hate, I love that guy but maybe he should cut down on the burgers a little so he can be around a little longer, we don't have a lot of cool people around, don't wanna lose him, right?
@Anthony Glenn Your opinion about a character seems pretty strong for most likely not knowing him at all don't you think? No need to lose your manners aswell just because nobody will tell your mom on here.
@Anthony Glenn Stop.
Now THIS is what I subscribed for
Another George Motz episode, awesome! Keep em coming!!
Dear Lord... we just went there and now were HOOKED ... you guys nailed it... great vid!
This guy's heart must be exhausted.
nice dp bro
I need a steak burger right now
bison > ground beef in every single category
very true, but you come off very snobby and preachy saying that in reply to Midnight Cravings
nah hickory is better
103 yrs old and the other guy works there 40+ yrs god bless both
@1:58 Oooh, from Cleveland? Nice.
i'm legitimately concerned for Alvin, he is noticeably bigger in every episode. try to ease off homie. really good episode though; keep it up!
Like # 100 baby
I wish they would just take him out back and end this shit once and for fuckin all. Such a disgrace
@@rianmattes8292 lmao
@@rianmattes8292 humor has nothing to do with, you're just a cold bastard, don't try to play it off
@Aidan Gallagher hopefully he already did end it 🙂
3:58
That guys a lvl 75 grand wizard in magic the gathering and yes he lives with his mother Connie
3:59 that is the greatest answer I’ve ever heard
Watching this again 1 hour before I’ll be going to Apple Pan for the first time. My excitement is immeasurable
"Yeah, I know I'm gonna be here until... *realizes the state of his health*... well, until the casket drops."
Damn did I not expect the video to be this wholesome
the way they make the burger is so clean
I love how u can see the crew of a different video filming in the back at 1:33
Everytime I see one of Alvin's videos, I feel like I should go to the gym.
Glad to hear that im not the only one who gets motivated to hit those weights after seeing Alvin. Just look at those gains. Especially those massive shoulders. His shirt looks like its about to tear from those massive gains. He is making really good use of all that protein in those burgers.
@@lewisevander those delts man, absolutely massive
@@LightDeryuk Thanks man.
can't wait to try that place the next time i visit :D
AND ?? ... just asking it's been 3 years ??
I love catching Tillamook in the wild. Such a delicious cheese, had a friend from college who 'introduced it' to grocers in Dubai as more and more west coasters moved there for work and opportunity. Fantastic west coast cheddar.
Such a simple yet beautiful burger.
8 year old girl: Feels like going back in time.
Next episode Alvin goes to the cardiologist and eats the hospital’s burguer
:) :)
lol
well, not too far away from reality... some hospitals have indeed a mc donalds
Boboexplosion WTF
5 months later: Alvin taste-tests the god burger in heaven
I’m visiting LA and I went to the pan for the first time today so good
Its on West Pico near the 405. It is my favorite burger on earth. Found out about it thanks to Huell Howser. Drove 300 miles and wasn't disappointed. It is a hole in the wall and it is smaller than the camera projects. Awesome, none the less.
Til the casket drops. Haha
Jon Athan hopefully that's not some foreshadowing
MIKE CROWTHER honestly
Man I can't wait until we come out with teleportation.
Love hearing PUTS at the end...
I hope one day I'm lucky enough to try one of these burgers. that sauce looks AMAZING.
8:38 He wanted to say until the day I die, but then he realized that could be next Tuesday
is that where ill pay you for a hamburger on tuesday for a hamburger today came from :) j/k im hoping alvin starts to consider his weight as a problem before its too late, i gaind a hundred pouds a few years back, i got back down 70 lbs of it, now im working on it again, doing the noon to 7 diet, eating lots of fruits and veggies, lost 21 lbs in 2 weeks with that diet but still tearing up the burgers and nathans chili slaw dogs too.
He went harder, knowing he's essentially killing himself, and said "till the casket drops". Meanwhile you and your girl are eating salads to buy yourselves more OLD time. Have fun with that.
@Orion Rodriguez He seems to be enjoying his life to me.
103 "I have come here as long as I can remember", so at least a couple of days then!
Michael Westen atleast last Tuesday id say
Apple Pan was down the street from me when i left CA and it was abandoned and closed when i left...It was a customer of mine working for Sysco foods, but when i went to actually eat there it was fenced off.
Yo, Chuckbox, Tempe, Az. Mesquite grilled, build your own burger. 30+ years, absolute classic (bun could use some work though...)
103 years old!? assume 2 burgers a week... my man has eaten 10,712 burgers in his life. even one burger a week is 5356 burgers. jheeze
Alex Stronach with the shape he’s in, he’s probably done a least 5 marathon back in the days
and after a burger he goes out and slays some pussy.
He probably wasn't eating burgers straight out the womb
adults can remember as far back as 3 years old. he said 'as long as i can remember', meaning that even subtracting 3 years worth of burgers that he may OR may not remember, he's still eaten at least 10400 burgers
At $7.10 a burger, this dude has most likely spent a minimum of $38,072.00 on burgers. $76,055.20 if he eats two a week. Of course you have to adjust for inflation and all that but still, dude deserves a burger named after him.
Just imagine all the “research” Alvin does to prepare for each episode. IT SHOWS
12 burgers a day keep the doctors at bay.
YES! The all-time greatest classic burger. My favorite.
I love the guy sitting behind Motz at 5:21. He's clearly listening to the hacked animal fries idea and thinking "Damn, that's a great idea"
Alvin looks like he ate the whole Apple Pan. Cmon bruh, lose a few, love yourself.
"I'll be coming here until the casket drops, bro."
So, like, a few more months?
Jonathan Leiman in his case a shipping container
slick blaster or just a double door coffin.
+slick blaster You jjust made my day :D
slick blaster
Yeah like do they even make coffins for obese people?
@@bisonfunyuns4988 Yes they do. A friend of the family died a few years back of a heart attack (sad but not surprising) and needed a wide coffin. The pallbearers did not have a good time with it.
Holy fucking hell. I love People Under the Stairs. The fact that this has a sample of "Eat Street" in it made my fucking day.
I'm watching this during covid... 43 years. I hope these people come back strong
when alvin says "i dont usually get lettuce in my burger"
why not just give George the show if he knows way more about burgers?
Kobina Ireland YES he knows more, he’s a better host and has charisma and personality, AND the other dude could really REALLY use a break from cheeseburger for like... the rest of his very short life
i don't really giving someone crap over their weight because i don't their story. I also know his restaurant is supposed to be good but he's not a good host and they have a great host right there in front of them
Kobina Ireland who taught you how to write? Shame on them.
adam torres the perils of typing and typing and talking on the phone at the same time! Im not a multi-tasker obviously :)
Because George won't be learning anything he doesn't already know. You want a host who's passionate but is relatively inexperienced so the audience can learn with them.
Hope that you get to try Pal's in the Bristol Va/Tn area
Dammit! Love your show!