2 Chefs Try to Recreate THE BIG MAC | Signature Dishes Ep.2 | Sorted Food
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2020
- What’s the recipe for a Big Mac? Is there a Big Mac Sauce recipe? How do you cook a Big Mac? GET READY because in this episode, we use the Signature Dishes cookbook to recreate one of the world’s most iconic burgers. Can James and Ben use their keen taste buds and chefy wisdom to craft a Big Mac anywhere near close to the original? Does Ben dare to put a Big Mac anywhere near his mouth? Watch on to find out!
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As a mcdonalds worker I have to say that what you need to fully recreating it's putting it together in less than a minute and adding hate to the process.
I think they kind of got the hate part down... or at least mild contempt.
Hahahaha
lol 😆
I wouldn’t even give it a minute, 9/10 a burger form McDonald’s is like it’s been dropped 10 times, and head butted yet still it tastes great
This is pretty accurate.
Punishment:
Ben goes first on the next PassItOn challenge.
Then make him stand in frame for the rest of the challenge, unable to say anything as the train crash.
edited community suggestions:
Ben watch remotely with commentary
switch topic on 2nd person without Ben knowing.
Or have him watch remotely so we can hear his commentary during said train crash
He would have to be remote because his face is way to expressive for the team to not know they are way off track
That a really good idea !
That's just cruel, I love it!
I love this plan. This is a great, amazing plan.
James chopping the lettuce badly on purpose had me dying 😂😂
Pinishment: Ben has to just watch on a "Pass it on" challenge without being able to say a word and every time he moans or make faces, you lose 5 seconds
This. Is. Brilliant.
Shortest episode ever!
Isn't that punishing everyone else?
@@derschwartzadder it's the elementary school method
@@derschwartzadder It's their punishment for not forcing him to try the Big Mac like they should have.
Punishment: Ben has to taste test a range of Microwave Burgers.
Oh that is good, prepackaged frozen "burgers". Evil. I love it! :)
>:3c love that idea
Yes! I mean, rustlers are G R E A T but ben would probably hate it 😅
Blindfolded and a Big Mac in the lineup just because
This... Plus something to do with Habaneros or Scotch Bonnets because he should be punished with blandness and with a spice level that we know he can't deal with.
Punishment: if Ben loses a battle in the future, he has to eat 3 Happy Meals in one go. And has to play with the toys on camera.
Degrading and embarrassing I love it
And has to pretend, that it's tasty and fun.
Yesss! Do this!
Please, I want this to be a thing.
Oh fuck this is great. I wanna see this.
Maybe Ben had a secret addiction to Big Macs that he got over 5 years ago and he's worried a single bit might cause him to relapse.
Or he's just a sensible person that doesn't eat trash.
@@BeardedDanishViking mines funnier 😜
@@KaiyaSky Oh yes, hilarious. One can scarcely breathe from such a laughing fit.
Reminded of that Sponges episode where Squidward refuse to eat a Krabby Patty...
@@BeardedDanishViking It's literally just a not great burger, eat it sometime
Ben refusing to bite into a big mac: pretentious or not? You decide
(Edit: ~1 yr later... 3:11 did Ben ever get his punishment? Please reply with video past or future?)
then the very same Ben makes a joke about vegans being high and mighty at the end of the video. Brill !!
Not. This American has not had one this century. Disclosure, have not had a McD's, Wendy's, BK, Sonic, any of those this century. Closest is Five Guys. So Many better options. We've got great local spots/chains.
If I want to eat trash, I'll get a "Garbage Plate" from Nick Tahou's. Yup, from Rochester, NY USA.
Very.
@@kayjacoby290 Even this answer is pretentious. It feeds off one another.
@@kayjacoby290 You can't say "Better Options" when you haven't tasted the food. That's basing your decision completely on a name. Pretty sure this matches Pretentious pretty well. Congrats! :-D
Ebbers' punishment should of course be to eat a Big Mac.
... while the rest of the crew enjoy top-notch ramen.
Make it a mega mac just to rub it in!
Make a Ebbers eat a Beef Wellington, and get him to agree to eat it. but inside the pastry put a whole Big Mac!!!!
making him eat "A" big mac isn't punishment for refusing to eat "A" big mac, it's simply getting even, if you want to punish him make him eat "TWO" big macs. or if he refused to "EAT" one then make him "DRINK" one that has been in a food processor, big mac smoothie.
feed him dozens of big mac
“Oh no they look a bit good don’t they” gotta love James’ sass 😂
As an ex McD’s employee. Bun middle is toasted both sides (also the same part that then becomes a grilled cheese for kids menu), the burgers are cooked for 60 seconds and are seasoned immediately after cooking when they’re still on the grill. The sauce has such a thick consistency partially because of the shelf stabilizers, it sits at room temp. The onions are so fine because they’re recon onions so they come dried. The cheese melts because it’s made on a hot table and then is tossed under the heat belt.
When I worled for Mcdonalds the onions weren't dried, they came in a bag of liquid (I'm assuming water with preservatives added but could have also been a type of brine as the colour was a bit off). I didn't work the kitchen, I was a maintenance worker so the onlty way I know is because I took in the deliveries. I'm assuming you're US based, i'm in the UK so could just be a difference between the way they are stored and shipped as in the US there is much further distance to travel to deliver than here.
Grilled cheese??
@@k0pstl939 was discontinued a few years ago sadly I think, I'm not sure if it was just a Canadian thing
I worked at McDonald's as a teen, in the training manual it actually talks about caramelised buns not toasted. If that tells you how much sugar is in them :)
Yup. It's the 3rd largest ingredient in the dough. Also, by going off my years at McD, it's supposed to be 2 slices of pickles, not three. And the onion is dehydrated, stored dry, and put in water for a day before using it. Honestly, after working there, I stopped eating the onions on the small burgers (Big Max, cheese, hamburger etc.). The ones with the dehydrated onion. That smell. Ugh.
Isn't this more of an American thing? Maybe I'm wrong but I thought here in the UK a really crackdown on sugar and salt happened within the fast food industry? I've not had fast food for perhaps coming up for a decade now so I don't actually have any experience but the last thing I can remember was how shit the fries were. I didn't get Mcdonalds very often so for me the change was noticable and when the change happened I don't know. The was definitely less salt on the fries and definitely obviously tasted less salty. As for the bun I've not really thought they were sweet but I'm making the assumption that was probably cut down at the time too.
Am I wrong?
@@Kyle_Hubbard dunno but you're a liar lmao. So did you try the fries when they changed, or have you not had fast food in 10 years?
Subway just lost in court, they legally cant refer to their bread as bread because of the sugar content.
@@Kyle_Hubbard A big thing McD does with their fries, is coat them in sugar before frying them, if the UK cracked down on fast food stuff, thats prolly why they taste worse now.
Punishment for Ben: throw him a party at mcdonalds, the whole children’s birthday set and all. Although you might have to wait half a year for that
"Fun Fact" - UK McDonalds don't do kids parties any more, even though they're classed as a family restaurant.
I had no idea they’d stopped doing them! Lost count of the number of Maccies birthday parties I went to as a kid
I was going to point out that his birthday is in June, then I remembered that we are in lockdown.
omg this is one worth waiting for
Prolly another 6 months
I like how their attempt to replicate a Big Mac is mostly just Ben and James trying to defy every logical thing they know about cooking burgers.
Sambou Jaiteh That, clearly, is the secret of a fast food classic.
I really understand the memory thing with a Big Mac, when I was in college I did a summer study abroad followed by a two week European bus tour with my dad (total of 8 weeks away from home). At one stop in Austria it was cold and rainy, and while beautiful I was also tired and homesick, and I went to McDonald's for lunch because all I wanted was a taste of "home". My dad gave me a hard time for it, and while I probably wouldn't make that choice that today, I remember how I felt, and I have no regrets for giving myself some comfort in the moment.
i love how james is all: that looks too good try again
As an ex-McDonalds employee, the burger is cooked in less than 60 seconds on a automatic double platen grill at an extremely high heat. The toaster for the buns actually has individual sections for the crown, heel and middle section. The order of assembly is, bun, sauce, pinch of onion, shredded lettuce, pickles and then cheese. But I loved watching you guys make it, and a great attempt.
Also, fun fact cheese appears slightly ‘melted’ is because the burger is assembled on a heated surface and is then under a heat lamp once in the box.
Before the automatic grill there was a standard grill with a timer. Put the (frozen) patties down, hit the button on the timer. When it beeped and displayed "SEAR", you squished them down. Next beep displayed "TURN" and you turned all of them. Next beep displayed "PULL" and you pulled them. In between beeps you "caramelized" the buns (put in top of machine, waited for them to drop out of the bottom), prepped the buns with toppings, etc.
Patties for BM (LOL) were 10:1 (1.6 oz) before cooking. No oil/grease on grill...it's in the patties. This was in the mid-80's, before all of the automation that they have now. My ex used to order a BM and throw away the center bun. Never could convince her to simply order a Quarter with cheese, no ketchup/mustard, add BM sauce.
I have a question for you since you used to work there- why does McDonalds (any many other fast food places) use shredded lettuce? It is so messy when eating!
@@CallaSoreon It comes pre-shredded in bags. I'm guessing because it's the most efficient way to ship and store it?
@@CallaSoreon its more effecient storing that way and quicker to essemble the burger.
The onions where freeze dried delivered and then soaked for 24 hours before used.
Do you add salt and pepper at any point?
You guys should do a Simpsons inspired doughnuts episode, and have Ebbers dressed as Ned Flanders.... because he basically IS Ned Flanders.
Who's Homer
@@margaretweir6983 Jamie
@@margaretweir6983 we'd need a family man who might seem less intelligent on a bad day, might have some anger issues and a volatile streak, but who ultimately tries his best.
If that's the case, Jamie. Jamie Spafford all the way.
Rimmer from red dwarf
Giovane But I’ll bet he would at least taste the donut.
The onion is actually dehydrated onions. They have a surprising crunch for something that was hydrated, and also mellows the flavor.
Tips for the Chiefs from a former McDonald's employees. A few things that threw you off: 1) Onions are actually finely diced, dehydrated then re-hydrated the morning they're served. 2) Bun toaster actually toasts both sides at once so although the outside of the bun doesn't look toasted it is lightly (diff temps on top and bottom). Middle is toasted at the same time as top and bottom. 3) McD's uses a pressure flat grill that pushes down on both sides of the patties at once. This actually slightly changes the taste of the patty so very hard to replicate if you're cooking them in a pan. All in all, good job. Yours looks much better tbh.
Last time I was this early, Ben was still saying “That’s ___, Sorted”
that's fckng sorted
I miss having dishes sorted for me~😭
Last time I was this early you could still buy a Big Mac.
I miss "I'm gooey in the middle, baby let me bake"
That's our murder case, sorted
"I'm trusting your tongue today. You've got a great one." Ebbers... do you *practice* these before you do shows?
*Never stop. We love it. We love you. Stay absolutely safe, dudes.*
as an American the bun used in the Big Mac is a very common bun you can pick up any grocery store and the brioche bun would be a fancy and more expensive bun to use. Its really interesting to see what is common to use in other countries and what they just don't have in stores like we do.
A sesame seed bun full enough to pull three equal slices of bread? What store all across America?
Ben’s punishment:
On the next pass it on Ben has to watch everyone go and can’t say or do anything to save it
i appreciate the apology given regarding Ben’s refusal to eat the big mac. i have never had one, but i thought Ben was dedicated enough to his work to try. smh, i’m disappointed in him.
for punishment, i recommend no longer allowing him to use any mint or any of his other preferred herbs for the foreseeable future. i think that should make up for this grave error in judgement, given the severity of it.
Well, he didn't eat it because Mcdonalds is sh*t
I think he's vegan!!!
Thomas Guerra He ate the other burger mate, Ben isn’t vegan.
Rosa take away his herbs during the next chef vs. chef
@@thomasguerra4521 He has brains (aka, NOT A COMPLETE IDIOT), so he's not vegan.
Make Ben do a blind taste testing for “something” but only feed him food from McDonalds
Jay Suh bit hard to do mate
Brilliant!!
Yes!!!!!
Please let this be it omg
Just so unrealistic seeing as Maccies is closed 😂
James: "this is what I'm going to do to the lettuce to make it as uneven and poorly cut as possible"
My father was a baker in the Navy as a young man. Later, he worked for a national corporation that made breads and cakes that were sold in different parts of the country under various brand names. This company also made the buns for Burger King and McDonald's in the 1960s and 1970s, and he often pointed (to his disgust) out that their buns had a much sugar in them as a cake batter.
"This is what I'm going to do to the lettuce, to make it as uneven and poorly cut as possible." LOL! Classic James... savage.
😂
Not savage. He's being accurate.
1:15 It was very nice of Jamie to donate his lunch for this video.
He still has one for ‘snacking’ 🤣
I love this idea of replicating food that we all know. A different take on Gourmet Makes from Bon Appetite but instead of making junk food better and gourmet, it’s just exactly replicating. Id also love to see the normals try to replicate a famous dish/snack/meal.
To accurately recreate it they need to finely mince the onions. Then dehydrate them. Then reconstitute them. Before adding them to the burger.
I love how at every stage Ben and James were like "No that's too good, it needs to be worse" 😂😂
I was fully expecting James to be the grumpy one when you guys said that somebody wasn't pleased. Grumpy Ben though, arguably more amusing. Great video boys, I would love to see that cookbook and this format be a regularly occurring thing once the world stops burning!
My thoughts exactly 😀
I know, right? Never expected Ben to be the grumpy one. Good thing I don’t bet money because I was certain it was James who would be all snobby about eating a burger, with his body being a temple and all that.
I will give James a brownie point for surprising me at not being grumpy and being genuinely interested in duplicate the burger.
I have to commend Ben for his strong will regarding his food intake, as he had mentioned many times he avoids over processed food. Another brownie point for not concede his values over peer pressure.
Punishment: You guys should make Ebbers' favorite meal, then everybody eats it in front of him without him getting any.
And then he gets a Big mac to eat
So that's quiche. Garnished with a sprig of mint
@@rubenmeiring3909 ...So Ben's Food Heaven in reverse? Everyone else goes to the Japanese place and Ben goes to McDonalds.
@@CyberKirby He has to eat the McDonalds IN the japanese palce
OMG, I thought "Ebbers" was Ben's real surname this entire time!
Ben's punishment? Time to go back and see what Ben's Food Hell was....
Strong blue cheese, wasn't it? I kinda feel like that's a bit soft, compared to Barry's. Now the real question is: does the refusal of eating a big Mac warrant the return of Swedish fermented fish? (Especially thinking of the rest of the team who would also have to endure the smell...)
@@DatCreepyUnicorn yes make then all suffer!
Well... obviously Big Mac...
Surely Ben's punishment should be conducted in self-isolation to spare everyone else
@@DatCreepyUnicorn Please no! No Surströmming. the smell allone.
Home cooking challenge: Each of the guys has to IMPROVE the Big Mac on their own terms. They are only allowed to add up to 5 more ingredience and nothing else. Give each of them 30 Minutes and compare and eat them via live stream!
Great video btw!
That'll be easy just make a regular decent burger and done
@@artypyrec4186 Basically 😂 But I would only consider it a Big Mac if it at least had 2 Patties, 3 Bun-Pieces (top, middle and bottom), the signature sauce and some onion type green 🤔 or something along those lines
After watching this I kind of want a Chef vs. Chef battle where they try to improve the Big Mac. Like, the requirements are 2 patties, a middle bun, and a special sauce but otherwise anything goes.
So a Bob's Big Boy Double Decker.
This is by far one of the best episodes you've ever done boys! Such a good concept
Seeing them struggle to make a lower quality burger was so precious!
Did you just call the Big Mac lower quality?!?
@@MrLogan2600 Compared to what they normally do... yep
HateTheEnding Alright that’s fair, the Big Mac looked better in this case though.
@@MrLogan2600 Yep, I'll accept that. Theirs was a bit... wonky lol
@@MrLogan2600 Let's face it, homemade burgers are in a different league than fast food burgers, even if you consider the big mac the king of fast food burgers, that's not saying much.
"No, I'm trusting your tongue today. You've got a great one."
OH DOES HE, Ebbers? 😂😂
Right...?
Really enjoying these videos during the lock down. Thanks 👍
McDonald's onion are very small thinly chopped and dehydrated in processing to be hydrated the day used. Hamburgers used on the Big Mac are "1:10" or a tenth of a pound, "1:4" are the hamburgers used for the quarter pounder. The grill used to cook them is called a clamshell, which cooks booth sides at the same time. In the 80s and 90s McDonald had Q-ing ovens aka Microwaves to heat burgers served to customers, that was mostly phased out in the Made-For-You system, they still have Q-ing ovens for some products.
“I’m trusting your tongue today, you’ve got a great one” Ben, please-
As a former McManager this is the only video I feel qualified to judge 😂
So how did they do?
@@rolfs2165 pretty good! You can't really replicate the onions properly because of how they're done, lettuce could have been more shredded, the slower cooked patties looked a lot closer and they're difficult to replicate without the Mcgrills, great thin slicing of pickles although officially if I remember correctly it should just be 2 pickles, and the source looked pretty good (although I do not have the recipe!)
The ratios looked roughly correct but would have to get out the scales - when you learn to make them you learn how many grams of each ingredient goes on!
What's interesting for me is the process. I'm so used to the production line method of making big macs. Also sauce guns were so much fun 👍
Katie Maloney another mcmanager chiming in. Though it was a long time. I think it is 3 pickles on quarter buns and big macs? Also, cheese should be added on hot burger, therefore it melts in the process. All buns are made exclusively for the franchise, so there is no way to buy it somewhere else.
@@rulitossimplyrulitos1088 yes I forgot the cheese part of it! Thank you! And you might be right with the pickles, my memory is just not working when it comes to those. Yeah I knew the bun itself wasn't going to work as much 😂 were you still at the golden arches when the new system came in?
@@rulitossimplyrulitos1088 another former mcemployee. It's was 2 pickles on both the big Mac and quarter pounder
I friggin love James and Ben together. And James' snark was out to play - and it was lovely! Thank you for keeping me happy and smiling on a really rough day.
Imagine these two and Claire from the Bon Appetit test kitchen figuring out how to replicate a big Mac. Mighty good.
Since he didn't taste it, his challenge should be to recreate a dish by taste alone.
also what ever the dish is there should be a Big Mac on the plate as well
I love that idea!
...and it's a big mac.
Like Chris Morocco from Bon Appetit!
Yes, blindfold him and only let him use his sense of taste!
You should do a dish each from home with the same theme. Then let the viewers vote at the end of the episode, and in the end of the week the winner gets a brownie point. Example of what could be the meals theme next week could be "Healthy food from home" or "Cheap dinner for 4" :) Since both those are topics that is talked alot about in this time.
Anyways hope all of you are doing well, and make sure to stay safe :)
Nice idea!! 🤔
A group of us are doing this in real life every Saturday night. We pick a theme and every makes a step by step photo album of their dish. It’s called #supperchallenge
I'm a long time watcher of your show. This was the most interesting in a long time! Please keep doing this :D
Just got this book for Christmas. I'd love to see some more from it!
The main problems with your Big Mac replication effort:
The meat was fresh
The bread was fresh
The pickles were not grouped into a pile only in the middle of the sandwich
The sauce was made fresh and not gooped into a pile only in the middle of the sandwich
The attempt at coating the buns with sesame seeds was done with too much consideration and care
On the other hand, badly cut lettuce was spot on
I worked at McDonald's a long time ago. One of my fellow employees was written up once because the pickles on his Big Mac he made were touching. The McDonald's standard operating procedures specify that pickles should be spread out and should not touch.
do you like mcdonalds?
@@Czarki Nobody "likes" mcdonalds
Ironically enough, the lettuce comes pre cut so the badly cut lettuce is probably the only bit that's worse than the original
Even the "badly cut lettuce" was calculated lol.
Punishment idea: Next time you guys do a lost and hungry, the other guys get to try the delicious local food. Ben get's to sample the regional McDonalds dishes
That's good!
Jan-Willem Lammers that is devious! I love it 😂
Agreed; Ben can only eat at Maccies on the next Lost & Hungry
I can tell you right now.. he will point blank refuse to eat and won't touch a morsel.
Ben: "I'm trusting your tongue, you've got a great one."
Punishment: trying everything from the McDonald’s breakfast... ask him to describe each thing without being able to use key words. Seen a video like that once before and it was hilarious 🤣. Great video lads 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Ben (about the real Big Mac): "It hits the spot"
C'mon, Ben, how the heck would you know?
Ben’s punishment: First meal out of self isolation is McDonalds.
I was a short-order cook at a Big Boy's restaurant in the sixties. Big Boy's had already been making their signature Big Boy hamburger for 30 years when McDonalds came out with the Big Mac. The biggest difference between the two was that the Big Boy used Thousand Island dressing for their sauce while McDonalds used a "secret sauce" that tasted just like Thousand Island dressing.
I’m watching this on my break while working at McDonald’s thanks guys for always being great
Ben’s Food Hell: Eating everything on the McDonald’s menu
Mine, too.
Additional idea - he's only allowed to say positive things about it.
On his dime
I whole heartedly agree. Ben MUST be punished. If you really want to be mean, make him eat one of every item on the Burger King menu too
@@elle0unit Thats evil I like it
James: can appreciate the big Mac for what it is.
Ben: angry at the audience because we didn't pick chocolate nemesis.
I'm with Ben I haven't eaten anything from McDonald's in about 6/7 years. Respect standing with your principals
❤ you, Baz!
Bens punishment:
A) recreate a fast food meal of Jamie’s choosing (which will be compared to the original by the crew)
B) work at a McDonald’s for a day
Or
C) has to try every single signature burger of the 5 biggest fast food chains in the UK and ranking them
I like the last one!
All of those are brilliant ideas!
oh these are so good.
for A) to be really good he has to produces with fast food efficiency.
Might take a few months before he could do B.
pintpullinggeek worth the wait I say ;)
Ben and James' version looks like the idealized Big Macs in the advertisements.
Thanks for your videos, it’s answered a question I’ve had since a child! The fridge light does stay on when you shut the door!
I love this !!!!
PUT BEN IN FOOD HELL!! OR make him start a dish and then let Jamie take over with no instructions whatsoever and let him watch from a different room in agony.
The gods, yes!
Agreed
You sure we need to let Jamie take over and not Barry with instructions to revisit his worst fails in pass it on (including the cloud egg)
Not Jamie. Barry!
This is basically a Gourmet Makes with Ben and James! 😂
Except Claire is allowed to improve on the original! ;) (I wish the boys would've been allowed to improve on the burger.)
That's what I thought too... Lol...
I
One of your most interesting videos yet imo!
We need more of this but normals only
I'm curious... why won't you eat a Big Mac, Ben? It almost seems like you're protesting 😂
"pretentious or not" but it's just all of you individually watching ben refuse to eat a big mac and commenting
I love this!
Thank you for giving me a serious fit of the chuckles. XD
McDonalds uses 10:1 patties; 10 to the pound, or 45.359 grams each before cooking. They also use rehydrated onions; go to the spice isle, get some dried minced onions, and soak in cold water for 2 hours before draining. Finally, it's sauce-onions-lettuce-(cheese or pickles) then beef, not sauce-lettuce-onions-(cheese or pickles) then beef. Order matters, as does using the right (cost effective) ingredients.
Fun fact, ketchup is placed between the onion and mustard in most of McDonald's hamburgers to keep the two separate, as the onion can dramatically and unpleasantly enhance the mustard flavor if the are in contact with each other. The more you know...
We've had the special sauce replicated and released by a couple of sauce makers in Australia
Ben’s punishment: Ben has to eat at least 2 bites of every item on the McDonald’s menu. This includes happy meals. 😋
"oh no it looks good"
Ebbers is willing to give Surstromming, fire noodles, and century egg a try, but not a Big Mac. Oooooohhhh.
As someone who hasn’t eaten McDonalds in 9 years 4 months and 12 days... I’d say NAILED IT. Great job chaps
Suggestion: For home cooking James could replicate the Big Mac bread.
I was thinking the exact same!!! He was adorable in this video
so thankful i got the books before ending up stuck at home. Got so many amazing things to cook!
What have you made so far?
Big mac is love!!
Love watching you guys here in Tilley,Alberta,Canada
This should be called 'James tries to recreate THE BIG MAC". Not 2 chefs.
To be fair Ben helps but he can't really contribute much (than we are used to) because he hasn't tasted it for a long time. 😅😅😅
@@sakitrain7766 exactly. Because Ben was unprofessional.
@@CharleyCarey Why is unprofessional to eat something he obviously detests? He is not the only one, I had one once in my teens, it was atrocious, I would never touch those awful things again. I do like their egg and bacon McMuffin's though (although, it is often a gamble to not get the shell).
@@Montyh7 Then why take part in a video of something he detests so much? I think they could have swapped ben out in this video to be honest
Retjudge he is a chef so he should act like a professional
"He likes that it tessellates." Amazing.
As a former Maccies manager, i can tell you the complete process, the meat comes in frozen, we called it 10:1 meat, we put the patties onto a a big flat grill that’s filled with the juices from the previous patties cooked, then use a little gun to spray the top of each patty with salt/ pepper mixture, then the top flat grill comes down and cooks the meat from the top at the same time, and the meat is then cooked in about 90 seconds, now the line, to make a big mac, you start off by separating the buns and putting them through the toaster, and the toaster has three sections, one for the top bun, one for the bottom and one for the middle bun where all the buns will slide through and come out the bottom toasted, you then put the top bun along with the middle on one side of the box and bottom bun on the other side of the box, you then shoot the big mac sauce out the gun on either side (big mac sauce being a mixture of ketchup, mustard, mayo and chopped up pickles), then you grab a pinch of rehydrated diced onion to put on either side, then the shredded lettuce, then two pickles onto the left side(the top/middle bun), then a slice of plastic cheese on top of said pickles, then finally, you grab two pieces of meat, put them on either side, move the middle bun/ meat ontop of the meat on the right/ bottom side, close the box and send down the chute, this should take you less than a minute to construct the burger. And about the buns, they are not enriched, they are completely dairy free and egg free, this is important due to allergies, some promotional buns or more specifically buns for the signature burgers can contain eggs/ milk but the big mac buns definitely do not
I love how James tries to convince Ebbers to eat the Big Mac burger if he wants the better Burger.
Ben you have been demoted from being my favorite SORTEDfood member. I hope you're happy!
I think he should have to do a solo Recreate challenge where he must use the worst possible Gadgets and if he cannot make a perfect recreation then you "pie" him in the face with a Big Mac. It's only fair.
Ben's punishment: make a signature dish from the book that's unbelievably intricate with Barry
Hey guys I've been watching your channel for along while since i was in high school and its a thought but i really miss the level up series it was a fun time u may not see this but hey who knows much love ❤
I know this episode has been out awhile however I worked 5 years at McDonalds as a grill cook, the hamburger patties start frozen and seared on a extremely hot grill. The onions were dehydrated minced and rehydrated with tap water the night before and left in the walk-in refrigerator. The pickles were plain old dill, absolutely nothing fancy. Every ingredient has to be shipped from quite far so frozen and dehydrated we’re the norm. It had to be filling, fast, tasty and cheap! You all over thought this remember they needed to replicated quickly with ingredients that were common. Of course I worked there 40 year’s ago, but I really don’t think they changed the way Big Mac has been made all that much!
I can't wait for the isolation videos. So excited to see what everyone does on their own.
Today's challenge: make a hamburger taste terrible.
Ah, that tastes too good, we need to start over!
American cheese and pineapple!
As a person who has worked a McDonald's this was so funny to watch (if not also slightly triggering). But the second they went with the fresh onion I was like "nope, this is wrong". It is actually freeze-dried onion that is then put in water to become moist. This also goes for the regular cheeseburger and hamburger. No, I am not kidding. Also the meat is fried from both sides at once under a press, that's how the keep roughly the same size and also just takes 90 seconds to fry.
It was so interesting to watch these chefs try it, and clearly having no idea about the hacks fastfood chains use to make their food in as little time as possible.
This is my first time see James on fridge cam ♡♡♡
Make Ben do a taste test where he has to be blindfolded and make him eat different take-out style burgers and guess where they are from. ( without telling him thats whats happening before )
Having been a cook and cleaner at McDonald's in my early 20s, I cooked many a big mac. They're cooked a little differently these days as they use clamshell grills now. In my day it was a flat grill. The patty was frozen. It's put on the grill then pressed with a metal searing press. When it's flipped the top side is seasoned. The onions are dried ones that have been soaked in water for a while. The lettuce came pre-shredded in bags and the sauce was in tubes that were pressed out in a precise amount with a click of the "sauce gun". You would toast your bun and then put the cheese on one then sauce, onion and lettuce on the other 2. Assembly was quick and in a specific order.
I would love to see you guys test my favorite way to make steak. Sous vide with a flame thrower finish.
Anyone who refuses to eat a Big Mac should be praised and not punished. Respect, Ben