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[crowd] Man versus food.
Man versus food.
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I'm at Hofbrauhaus
in Las Vegas, Nevada
for the Kasespatzle challenge.
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- So no one's finished it?
- No one's finished it.
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So this is insane. [laughs]
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[Casey] If I finish 4.5 lb
of cheese smothered
German noodles
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in under an hour,
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I win a German beer stein.
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Come on, Casey, you got this.
Do it for Vegas!
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[crowd cheering]
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Kasespatzle challenge,
you're no match
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for this big cheese.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Casey] For years,
food's army has gone
on unchecked.
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Oh, my God.
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- Bigger.
- Wow!
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- Spicier.
- Whoo!
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- Bolder.
- What is that?
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But a hero rises...
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That's tremendous.
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Ready to taste
the nation's most epic eats.
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- I'm Casey Webb.
- Yes.
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Holding the banner of man
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and armed with years
of experience
in the restaurant industry...
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[crowd] Casey, Casey!
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I go into battle.
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- Bring out the steak.
- [crowd cheering]
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[Casey] Food, your days
are numbered.
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It's gonna be a wild ride.
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The mighty Casey
has a taste for victory.
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This is Man v. Food.
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My traveling taste buds
take me to Las Vegas.
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For a sushi burger mash-up,
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a cheesy comfort food combo,
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and a gigantic German delicacy.
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Las Vegas, show me the money!
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The Las Vegas
food scene has evolved
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from casino buffets
and coffee shops
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to a foody mecca offering
every cuisine imaginable
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for the hundreds
and thousands of tourists
that flock here each year.
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If you know
the right places to look,
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it's possible to take
a gamble with your
taste buds in Vegas
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and win big every time.
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Vegas maybe known
for this strip,
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but I'm here
for a different kinda strip,
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Stripchezze.
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This food truck
will make all your
foody dreams come true
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with their star studded
grilled cheese line up.
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You'll have to see to believe.
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Hi, can I get
a Stripchezze, please?
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Pretty please.
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When it comes
to guilty pleasure eats,
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locals know to come
to Stripchezze.
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{\an8}Where chef and owner,
Suzy Davis has created
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a decadent menu
of grilled cheese sandwiches
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with fun Vegas inspired names
and delicious ingredients.
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[woman] You are
a cheese lover,
you gotta come to her truck.
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- You gotta find her somewhere.
- You gotta find here.
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So if you like grilled cheese,
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times ten, times a hundred,
you come here.
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Strichezze has outrageously
fun sandwiches
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like their Hot Streak,
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with Pepper Jack cheese
and pickled jalapeno peppers
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on parmesan
and Flamin' Hot Cheetos
crusted sourdough bread.
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- Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos,
we love those, right?
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It gives a really great bite
when you bite into it.
Very satisfying.
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[Casey] And don't miss
the Jam On It.
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With maple bourbon bacon jam
on parmesan cheese crusted
sourdough bread
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with mustard, cheese,
and sliced tomatoes.
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It's got everything
you can imagine on here,
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bacon, cheese, tomatoes,
bunch of other stuff
that really makes it tasty.
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[Casey] But the fan favorite
that I'm here to feast on
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is the Pair-O-Dice-Pizza
grilled cheese.
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Made with three cheeses,
pepperoni, and pizza sauce
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on parmesan cheese
crusted sourdough bread.
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So when you close your eyes,
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even though you're eating
a sandwich, does it taste like
you're eating a pizza?
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- It does.
- That's, uh, kinda amazing.
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I lose at the casino
and then I come here
and I win.
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You're always a winner
at Stripchezze.
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My taste buds are ready to win.
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I head into the truck
to get me a lucky
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Pair-O-Dice-Pizza
grilled cheese.
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- Hey Suzy.
- Hi, how are you?
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- Good, how are you?
- Hi.
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- This is adorable.
- [Suzy] Yes.
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[Casey] Where does
the name come from,
what's the inspiration for it?
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[Suzy] Las Vegas.
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So it's this strip
in Las Vegas and cheese.
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So picture the Las Vegas
strip covered in cheese.
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- [Casey] What're we making?
- [Suzy] I'm gonna make
the Pair-O-Dice-Pizza.
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[Casey] So not only is it pair
of two of our favorite foods,
it looks like a pair of dice.
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- [Suzy] Right.
- [Casey] Awesome.
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[Casey] Suzy uses
sourdough bread
for all her cheesy creations
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because it's sturdy enough
to hold up to all that cheese.
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You can really pile
it on if you wanted to.
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I can put as much cheese
in here as you want.
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[Casey] T o the outside
of the bread,
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we add a generous amount
of parmesan cheese
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and the decorative
pepperoni dice.
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[Suzy] So see how they
look like real dice?
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- Yeah, oh they sure do look
like little dice, see that?
- Little pepperonis.
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[Casey] We lay the slices
of bread with the buttery
cheese side down on the grill.
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Suzy throws a handful
more pepperoni
on to the grill as well.
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I was like, oh there's
only four little slices
of pepperoni.
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Now there seems to be 40.
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And then of course we pile
on cheese to make the pizza
filling for our sandwich.
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- What kinda cheese we got?
- We got cheddar, provolone
and mozzarella.
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[Casey] Tangy homemade
tomato sauce goes
on the bread slices
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and we flip the pile
of melty cheese and pepperoni.
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[Suzy] You're actually
grilling cheese.
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That's a nice move because
we can't normally do that with
a regular grilled cheese.
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Which actually adds more
texture to the exterior part
of the cheese.
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- I think so,
it's a little crunchy.
- Makes it crunchy. Yeah.
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[Casey] We layer that
grilled piece of cheese
on to the crisp sourdough
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and pull it off the grill.
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That looks so good. [laughs]
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I love how the cheese
is pouring out.
It's crispy on the outside.
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-I think so,
-'Cause you get...
This is all the crispy bits.
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- That's the fun part.
- That's the total fun part.
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Now that's how you
get the cheese.
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Woah, I know
what you're doin',
look at this.
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- It's like you're seven
years old again.
- [Suzy laughs]
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[Casey] Wow.
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Thank you for grilling
the cheese before putting it
on the grilled cheese.
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You're welcome.
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It's everything.
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Because you get all
that crispy outside,
the little bits that we love
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are usually this spare parts
of grilled cheese sandwich
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- are inside the sandwich.
- Yes.
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[Casey] The sharpness
of the cheddar,
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the richness of the provolone,
and the creaminess
of the mozzarella
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it's like, with the sauce
that's really tangy
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and the little 'roni
is a little spicy
and the sourdough,
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it's just so good.
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Think it's important
that people come here
and roll the dice on this one,
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'cause it's that good.
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- Like that?
- Yeah.
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I'm rolling
with this Pair-O-Dice,
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but soon we'll have to rock it
with a very big challenge.
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[woman] You've ever tried
to eat a whole box
of mac 'n' cheese,
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it's like three of those.
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Come on, Casey, you can do this.
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Kasespatzle challenge,
auf Wiedersehen!
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I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada,
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preparing to fight
the 4.5 lb undefeated
Kasespatzle challenge.
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But first I'll get some
sparring practice
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with the rarest burger in town.
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I'm at Jjanga Steak & Sushi,
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a Vegas wonderland
of culinary innovation.
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Forget everything
you know about sushi
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because here
they're reinventing
them as burger, pizza,
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and much more.
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Ever wonder what happens
when you combine
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the finest ingredients
and flavors of sushi
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with the comfort
and craveability
of American staples?
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Well, at Jjanga
you'll find your answer
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and it tastes even better
than it looks.
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When you think of,
like, cool sushi,
you think of Jjanga.
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If you're feening
for far eastern foods,
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but also pining for a pie,
Jjanga's got your covered
with a slice of sushi pizza.
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Featuring your choice
of sashimi and sauces
atop crispy rice
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with a special crust.
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So it's a stuffed crust
and there's cream cheese
inside and I love that
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because
it's warm, now it's molten.
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I actually,
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uh, taste a little bit
of parmesan cheese
which is usually on pizza.
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I didn't think
it was gonna work out,
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but actually it tastes
really good on it.
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[Casey] Or if you're looking
to party likes
it's your birthday...
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Come on, everybody!
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Try Jjanga Sushi Cake
with your choice of toppings.
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- Happy birthday!
- Yay!
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What I wanted.
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[man] Everything in Vegas is,
is over the top,
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it's big, it's grandiose,
it's, it's special,
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and it, this is it right here,
this is amazing
and it's delicious.
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[Casey] But the fusion feast
I have to try is Jjanga's take
on a burger.
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It screams spicy crab,
spicy tuna, spicy mayo,
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a soy reduction,
and seaweed salad,
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all between two
deep fried panko crusted
sticky rice patties.
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You've got a little bit
of everything that makes,
like, the best sushi roll.
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It's a little sweet,
a little savory.
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So the crust, it's,
it's, the texture
on the crust is great.
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- I'm here for the rice bun.
- [Casey laughs]
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Came for the sushi,
stayed for the rice bun.
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I mean, I'd stay
for buns too, man.
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Every time.
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[man] 'Cause I'm big texture
person and too much, like,
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- mushiness, I guess,
gets to me.
- Sure.
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And that really, like,
balances out well.
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[Casey] I'm off
to the sushi bar to see
how to build this burger.
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{\an8}- Hey, Casey.
- Chef Min, how are you?
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{\an8}- How are you?
- Nice to see you.
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{\an8}- Pleasure, welcome, welcome.
- Thanks for having me.
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I heard that
we're makin' a burger, yeah?
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We are, we're making
our signature Jjanga burger
today with our panko buns.
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[Casey] We start by makin'
our spice crab mix.
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To the crab mix,
we add Japanese seven spice
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for a spicy, ginger,
sesame kick.
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Soy sauce, Japanese chili oil
and finally spicy mayo.
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- So more spice?
- Exactly.
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[Casey] I love it, I love it.
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And we mix it all together.
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There you go.
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[Casey] Then it's tuna time.
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{\an8}We add soy sauce and furkikake,
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{\an8}featuring dried fish flakes,
nori and sesame seeds.
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{\an8}This tuna gets even tastier
with chili oil, sriracha
and seven spice.
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We mix and set aside our tuna,
so we can begin
the bun building.
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First and foremost
we wanna put little bit
of the plastic saran wrap
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right in the mold here.
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Grab our sushi rice,
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just how you would do on a,
if you're making
burger patties
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- [Casey] Right.
- [Min] Right.
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Give it a nice firm press.
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[Casey] The firmer,
the better, 'cause we're
actually gonna be frying this.
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[Min] Right.
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- Looks great.
- So that's one of it.
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Don't get dizzy, ooh.
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I make a second,
more avant-garde, but...
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It's like a snowflake,
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it's all, it's different
and special, just the way
it is, right?
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And we coat our buns
in panko crumps.
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And drop them in the deep fryer.
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So we've to build this now?
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Yes, we are, we're gonna
go ahead and build it.
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[Casey] We add spring mix,
our spicy crab mix,
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the spicy tuna, spicy mayo,
and a sweet soy reduction.
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So there's all kinds
of things goin' on with this.
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[both laughs]
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[Min] Seaweed salad
right on top of that.
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Okay, we're gonna put
the finalized bun right
on top and there you go.
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[Casey] Thank you, chef.
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It's so good.
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I love how crunchy our bun is,
our panko rice bun,
it's so crispy,
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but, it has that...
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thing that we love
about actual bread buns.
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It's gotta little bit
of give to it.
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And it's so crunchy
and has so much flavor,
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and then immediately this heat,
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I get the heat right away,
which I love.
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I love the spicy tuna
and the crab.
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- There's a sweetness to both.
- Right.
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But then you
get a cool down
from the seaweed salad,
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so, yeah, man.
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I've had a lot
of burgers in my life
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and this is, like,
one of the best burgers
I've ever had.
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Thank you, sir.
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[Casey] This fish is delish,
but I have a whale
of a challenge ahead.
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[crowd] Crush those carbs.
Crush those carbs.
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It's huge, I don't know
how he's gonna do it.
252
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Kasespatzle challenge,
you luck's about to run out.
253
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- Get outta here.
- Get outta here.
254
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Get outta, yeah, get outta here.
255
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I'm in Las Vegas
at Hofbrauhaus
for the Kasespatzle challenge.
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If I can take down this 4.5 lb
cheese-covered, carb-loaded
beast in under an hour,
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I win a beer stein.
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Kasespatzle challenge,
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I'm all in.
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Hofbrauhaus is the most
authentic German beer hall
experience
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you'll find this side
of the Atlantic.
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Almost everything
in this massive replica
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of Munich's original Hofbrauhaus
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is imported from Germany
or made from scratch
using German ingredients.
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It feels like being
back in Germany.
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- [man 1] Great food,
good beer.
- [man 2] Good beer.
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{\an8}If we can have this
and this before each show,
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{\an8}we wouldn't look like
the way we do,
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{\an8}but we'd have
a really good time.
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{\an8}- Yes, exactly.
- [all laughs]
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You guys are Chippendales,
not Chubbydales.
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Travelers from the world over
enjoy their German classics,
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like the pork sausage
with sauerkraut,
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and their jagerschnitzel,
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a dish consisting of breaded
and fried pork cutlets
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with a mushroom gravy
that tastes so authentic,
you'll think it's magic.
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{\an8}It sounds good except
for this bend fork.
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{\an8}- Wait, did you?
- No, no, no, I didn't...
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{\an8}- You didn't bend it?
- No I didn't do that.
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Anyway, don't replay
that later. [laughs]
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[Casey] And with
an Oktoberfest vibe
year around,
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you can always count
on a good time at Hofbrauhaus.
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- It's literally, like,
the best time ever.
- [woman] Yup.
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You get to stand up
on the table and drink beer
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- and cheer and sing.
- [woman] Cheer and sing.
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Chug, chug, chug,
chug, chug, chug.
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[Casey] Just make sure
you don't have too
good a time.
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Especially if you somehow
end up havin' to take on
the Kasespatzle challenge.
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A 4.5 lb German take
on mac 'n' cheese
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with a specially doughy
dumpling noodles
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and Swiss cheese,
covered in crispy
fried onions.
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It's not really a hard dough
where you make a pasta from,
it's like liquid dough
293
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It comes out as very fluffy,
294
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it tastes like Bavarian clouds.
295
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- I get to eat 4.5 lb
of Bavarian clouds.
- Mmm-hmm.
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[Casey] It's a challenge
so outrageous,
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that despite hundreds
of attempts nobody
has ever succeeded.
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It's always good to be nervous.
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Yeah, nervous is good.
If you're not nervous
there's a problem.
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- Exactly.
- If you're too confident...
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probably it's gonna be bad.
302
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It's good.
I'm not confident at all.
303
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May be my confidence
will grow once I see
how this challenge is made.
304
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It never does,
but maybe it will this time.
305
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Hey, Frank.
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{\an8}- Hey, Casey,
how're you doing, my man?
- Good, chef, how are you?
307
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- Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you.
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[Casey] So let's talk about
the actual challenge.
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How many actual
people have taken it on
and finished it?
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Hundreds have tried,
nobody got it done.
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- Nobody has done it.
- Nope.
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Then what am I doing here?
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All right, let's begin,
I'm just trying to prolong
this thing, let's make it.
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We start with 2 lb of flour,
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we add nutmeg,
then we add salt
and white pepper.
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We mix our dry ingredients.
317
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- We add the eggs.
- How many eggs?
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- Twenty five.
- [Casey laughs]
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Twenty five eggs.
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Then after mixing
it all together...
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Look at that color, i love it.
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We have to boil our spaetzle
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- We have the our...
- So how do you get this
in to here?
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- With that.
- Amazing. [laughs]
325
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That's our spaetzle maker,
custom made for us.
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So you take it out...
327
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- and get right there,
push it out.
- Wow, so cool.
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[Frank] Push it out.
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So what we do after,
we're putting it in ice water.
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[Casey] After an ice bath
we sauté our spaetzle
with caramelized onions,
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salt, nutmeg and two cups
of cream before adding
a pound of Swiss cheese.
332
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Well, Swiss cheese
is a staple in German cuisine
333
00:15:38,567 --> 00:15:42,843
and nearly half
of all exported Swiss cheese
goes to Germany.
334
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The rest goes to my house.
335
00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:46,344
That looks really good.
336
00:15:46,368 --> 00:15:48,643
Out comes the lava of spaetzle.
337
00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:50,076
Yeah.
338
00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:53,643
And finally Frank
adds a half a pound
of fried onions.
339
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Are you kiddin' me? [laughs]
340
00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:58,867
Kasespatzle challenge,
you're gettin' smothered.
341
00:16:09,266 --> 00:16:11,643
If you can null this out
in a whole hour,
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finish the whole plate
you get a free glass stein
on the house.
343
00:16:14,066 --> 00:16:15,066
Yeah!
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[crowd] Three, two, one.
345
00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:27,743
[crowd] Eat it, eat it,
eat it, eat it.
346
00:16:27,767 --> 00:16:30,443
This is so good,
have you ever had it. [laughs]
347
00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:33,242
The first bit is creamy
doughy deliciousness.
348
00:16:33,266 --> 00:16:36,000
I don't know
how bite 284 will be,
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00:16:36,367 --> 00:16:39,000
but number one
couldn't be better.
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[crowd] Zig zag
zig zag oi oi oi!
351
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,543
Zig zag zig zag oi oi oi!
352
00:16:44,567 --> 00:16:46,543
I have never seen
so much cheese in my life,
353
00:16:46,567 --> 00:16:48,600
I have no idea how he
is gonna finish this.
354
00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:54,142
[Casey] I'm saving
the onions for the end,
so I can savor this spaetzle.
355
00:16:54,166 --> 00:16:56,976
But I'm fillin' up in a hurry.
356
00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,400
I'm an extreme long shot
to be the first time winner
of this jackpot.
357
00:17:01,467 --> 00:17:04,867
But you never know,
you can always get lucky
in Vegas.
358
00:17:05,367 --> 00:17:06,367
Whoa.
359
00:17:11,867 --> 00:17:13,600
I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada,
360
00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:17,743
taking on the undefeated
4.5 lb Kasespatzle challenge.
361
00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:21,042
{\an8}I started on a hot streak
against this doughy
mac 'n' cheese,
362
00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:25,443
{\an8}but carbo overload
has me feeling like
a serious underdog.
363
00:17:25,467 --> 00:17:29,000
Our normal plate is about
a fifth of the size of this.
364
00:17:29,066 --> 00:17:32,242
And taking on half
of that plate myself
gets me way too close.
365
00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:34,200
So this is insane. [laughs]
366
00:17:34,266 --> 00:17:36,700
I have an hour
to complete the challenge,
367
00:17:36,767 --> 00:17:39,567
but it's becoming clear
that this isn't goin'
to come down to the clock,
368
00:17:41,066 --> 00:17:44,843
I could run outta room
long before I run outta time.
369
00:17:44,867 --> 00:17:47,967
Go Casey, represent Las Vegas,
baby, go.
370
00:17:50,467 --> 00:17:53,843
[Casey] V egas loves
an underdog
and it maybe my night.
371
00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:56,843
He's about ten minutes in,
so that's pretty good.
372
00:17:56,867 --> 00:18:02,142
{\an8}[Casey] But I'm slowin' down
and I'll have all those onions
waitin' for me at the end.
373
00:18:02,166 --> 00:18:05,543
So our friends taught us
that if you're eating too much
and you wanna make more room,
374
00:18:05,567 --> 00:18:07,007
you compact
and you make this motion.
375
00:18:07,967 --> 00:18:10,400
[crowd cheering]
376
00:18:10,467 --> 00:18:12,242
[Casey] Does this strategy work?
377
00:18:12,266 --> 00:18:14,076
How have I never
heard of this before?
378
00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:17,142
Am I now an unstoppable
eating machine?
379
00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:19,643
[crowd] Casey, Casey, Casey.
380
00:18:19,667 --> 00:18:22,567
It could hit him in a,
like a brick wall
right at the end there.
381
00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,900
{\an8}[Casey] Yeah, probably not.
382
00:18:24,967 --> 00:18:28,500
{\an8}My hot streak has cool down
and I'm about to bust.
383
00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:31,400
It feels like
it's just not possible.
384
00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:32,943
But this is Vegas,
385
00:18:32,967 --> 00:18:34,400
I'm goin' all in.
386
00:18:34,467 --> 00:18:36,000
[crowd cheering]
387
00:18:37,166 --> 00:18:39,142
Yeah,
388
00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:41,867
Come on, Casey,
you're almost done,
you got this!
389
00:18:46,867 --> 00:18:49,667
Come on, Casey,
that spaetzle got
nothin' on you!
390
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:55,242
[crowd] Pound that pasta,
pound that pasta.
391
00:18:55,266 --> 00:18:57,000
[Casey] With the help
of the Vegas crowd,
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incredibly I've almost
downed all the pasta
in less than 27 minutes.
393
00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,042
No more spaetzle!
394
00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:06,643
[crowd cheering]
395
00:19:06,667 --> 00:19:08,347
[crowd] No more spaetzle,
no more spaetzle.
396
00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:12,967
[Casey] But that still leaves
a half pound of fried onions.
397
00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:23,000
My strategy
of saving the onions
for last has backfired.
398
00:19:23,066 --> 00:19:26,800
As they say
in the betting world,
Vegas always knows.
399
00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:29,343
It could hit him in a,
like a brick wall
right at the end there.
400
00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:34,076
[Casey] I hit that brick wall
stomach first and I can't take
another bite.
401
00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,567
Guys, unfortunately...
402
00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,360
the onions are just
gonna be way too much.
403
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,343
And I hate to say it,
but in the battle
of man versus food,
404
00:19:43,367 --> 00:19:44,843
food won.
405
00:19:44,867 --> 00:19:46,767
{\an8}[crowd] No.
406
00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:48,567
{\an8}[man] Well, great effort.
407
00:19:49,467 --> 00:19:51,242
{\an8}On behalf of Hofbrauhaus
and your travels,
408
00:19:51,266 --> 00:19:52,200
{\an8}we'll still give you the glass.
409
00:19:52,266 --> 00:19:54,900
{\an8}- Yeah.
- [crowd cheering]