Good Eats S6E9P2: Chops Ahoy

[suziamazon]

stuffing them is a bit creepy

[logiclovr]

Did AB ever get Ol' Fireball back?

[tdoAAML]

@logiclovr Yeah, AB got his Fireball back because it showed up again in later episodes.

[frogmanh]

@ 9:45 AHHHH! Who let the scary black man in the house!

[knoshy]

Chuck is the best.

[shazzz69]

Is that a weber gas grill??

[ncisheadslapper]

When Alton was complaining about getting ripped off at 4:26... Did he even pay for the propane tank and grill in the first place?

[turtles12]

@ncisheadslapper

its a television show

[khesed]

"oil that is - black gold - texas tea" is WORD FOR WORD from the theme for beverley hillbillies. i had to laugh.

[thejoshmanrules]

It IS 90 degrees he's twisting them. A quarter of a revolution is 90 degrees. That bugs me everytime I watch :P

[KaiyoJS]

lol chuck is kinda creepy .....but cute

[some5672]

the secret to grilling porkchops i-WOAHHH

Just kidding, man, he got me.

[jrocjams]

pork chops steak and burgers..starting a 2 day meat diet

[Goldenrod636]

@ LikeTheHat Are you Alton Brown himself?

[eStick1]

Alton Brown cracks me up!

I'm guaranteed to laugh when I watch his show!

[sonikdude49]

grill napper lol

[mssccs]

It's juicy and just a little pink

[asianmalaysian]

Chuck's name is Daniel?

[pibeagles]

The actor's name is Daniel, the character's name is Chuck.

[t29002]

aint this a bitch, why the black dude in the pork chop episoed......aint that a bitch

[darkprose]

Is there some connection between the two that I am ignorant of?

[jacobestes]

Yeah don't know, all black people are afraid of pigs. This is the most racist shit I've ever seen. Hail Satan.

[jacobestes]

Okay, I was being sarcastic, but I hadn't actually watched the whole episode yet.

It's a pretty common stereotype in restaurant kitchens that black people like all meats well done, and are afraid of getting sick from medium to rare steaks. So now that I've seen the actual bit, I agree that this was inappropriate.

Alton said in another episode that they "can't say stuff like that" on tv, in reference to women liking tender meat. They should be more considerate here.

Hail Satan.

[darkprose]

I don't see anything stereotypical or racist about this at all. They are making fun of the DINER which overcooks everything, not the black patron. The DINER overcooks the pork, so the patron can't talk to Alton because he's busy chewing and chewing. Hence Alton's phrase at the end, "he, you can talk and eat at the same time!"

[jacobestes]

At the very end, it reveals the black guy at the table while Alton is trying to convince him that it's safe to eat pork cooked to medium. That's the same as revealing a black guy while he is saying watermelon isn't appropriate to eat with fried chicken.

Please, accept the mystery. Culture clash.

[darkprose]

The reason he is sitting there at the end is because they are both in the diner in the opening of the show, Alton talking about how pork is often rendered unpalatable, and the other patron is just chewing and chewing while Alton talks, because the pork was overcooked -- nothing implies that the patron ASKED for it to be overcooked, and everything implies that he doesn't like it, for he enjoys the pork Alton offers at the end. That's it. Nothing racist at all about it.

[gamemeister27]

@jacobestes No quoting A Serious Man!

[MrBiscuit77]

@t29002 whats wrong with that? Meathead!

[zxcbvnm90]

Just made these.... dankness. Oh, no dried fruit in mine though, simple bread crumb stuffing.

TIP: If you don't care about fat, replace the light brushing of oil with unsalted butter.

[BodaciousFooty]

why? if there is more fat in oil?

[zxcbvnm90]

I'm assuming you mean "why should I use butter only if I'm not concerned about my fat intake." Well, you'll notice I said replace the "Light" brushing of oil with butter... Lots of it. Really make sure it has a chance to coat and cover the meat.

[sopscompy]

ooo grilled food!

[SchizoSchematic]

Nooo! Not Fireball! Save the grill, Alton!

[jnm2008]

I wish my grill got that hot :(

[HEXtaC]

Sorry AB that's 90 degrees.

[jnm2008]

ya, its kinda funny. he says 45 and turns 45 but the marks come out 90. THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION!

[kd5tmu]

it's not exactly 45, but they don't come out 90, it's tighter than that.

[garlicks75]

Live a little, you don't want to become a yes man. To be a Chef, you need to follow your own flame. This show is here to help the masses become un enept and "thusly" lower the divorce rate. So, if you are a woman, get back into the kitchen, and if you are a man, get back into the kitchen. Rotton Ronneys and Burger Thing will make your insides Rot!

[astrangeone]

Lmao. I don't cook, and my girlfriend is an amazing cook. I do asian stuff, and she does everything in between.

[marieariel]

Wait - if I buy a marinade injector and cut off the end to stuff porkchops, does it not become a unitasker?

[kd5tmu]

Nope, because it can be used as a mini plunger-cup, just like the big ones he uses for things like honey and molasses.

[Lisanab]

"Great. It's up my nose, Daniel"

[muderousegg]

Haha i kept imagining hank hill

[DarkSoldier712]

I seem to remember hearing him say "90 degrees" the first time I watched this episode, but the closed captioning had the corrected 45 degrees. Apparently, watching this, they went back and corrected the audio at some point.

[zboishcha]

I think he meant 90 degrees because that would make little squares but 45 degrees would make parralellograms

[Supnitle]

im in ur bloodstream, lodging into ur muscle tissue

[papageno88]

lol 9:06

[pedicabdr1ver]

so, did chuck kidnap fireball? he seems to know exactly why AB is there.

[darkidz24]

it must be awesome to have AB as a dad

[aznshrimp90]

chuck got a hair cut lol

[Supnitle]

I'm in your bloodstream, lodging in your muscle tissue

[tylergenis]

why does it talk about the chop movement for braves fans, not much in common with pork chops lol

[DarkSoldier712]

He's from the Atlanta area. What do you expect? lol

[kaizer250]

No! FIREBALL!!!!

[rainyball]

He says the secret to grilling pork chops is to sear them over high heat and then finish them over low heat. He does move two of them to the upper rack to lower the heat, but the other two never went through this process of high heat sear to low heat finish. I tried this recipe a few months ago and after all of his steps my chops were 110 in the center and dry as a bone. Any help?

[Tytal]

Two things come to mind first: 1 - his chops were very thick and perhaps yours were thinner; or 2 - the temperature in your oven is off. I'd check those two variables first.

[rainyball]

I did cook thick chops - I even bought the cut Alton uses. With regards to heat: I grilled them, but I would certainly agree that my grill could well be off target because I am sure the heat is uneven. I think I went wrong when I used every drop of the stuffing, ignoring the "stuff them conservatively" closing remark.

I appreciate your comment. Do you agree he skips the finish at low heat step in the show?

[TsunamiWombat]

Likly as a contrievance of television.

[key2yeshua]

He probably considers the "resting period" the same as finishing with low heat. They will continue to cook slightly even after they're off the heat.

[AgentCross420]

Heh, "Taste the meat not the Grill."

[MrNgMichael]

taste the heat, not the meat

[xtheenderx]

i was waiting for that one guy to say "propane and propane accessories." :/ oh well

[Pyroblazer]

I do believe this was out before King of the Hill....XD

[superluigi22]

*GASP*- just kidding. That jack in the box part was kind of creepy, with the music and the way he talked.

[RainOnTheWindow]

The grill napping part makes me think of Hank Hill from King Of the Hill. lol

[elbethere]

He's a crazy man

[SkywalkerAni]

@RainOnTheWindow Oh, good. So it wasn't just me.

[Elamdri]

I like the injector idea.

[pisces38]

Those pork chops looked good and the pork chop guy talked.

[Malquey]

Oooh grilled food!

[heyerstandards]

"Hey, I've been to one of those."