"Boston Market 2 with Dewayne Perkins" is Episode 277 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Boston Market 2 with Dewayne Perkins" was released on November 12, 2020.
"Tomorrow... with Dewayne Perkins" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Dewayne Perkins (The Break with Michelle Wolf, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Amber Ruffin Show) joins the 'boys to talk Chicago, Thanksgiving, theme park eats and Boston Market. Plus, the debut of A Single Item Must Be Banished.
Nick's intro[]
Unless you're a business reporter in the food-service industry, there's little chance you've heard of Engage Brands LLC or its parent company, the Rohan Group. But this sort of Russian nesting doll of corporate stewardship, with names that evoke the villainous corporations from a zombie video game, is the norm in the chain-restaurant sector, as it has become in the economy at large.
Jignesh Pandya
The Rohan Group of Companies, founded and controlled by Philadelphia businessman and real-estate mogul, Jignesh Pandya, has a stake in Pizza Hut and Checkers/Rally's and in 2007, it acquired a quick-service family-style diner chain from private-equity group, Sun Capital Partners, which itself owns throwback burger diner, Johnny Rockets, and regional seafood chain, Captain D's, in addition to stakes in oil exploration and orthodontics practices. And Sun Capital had first acquired this commodity from its previous corporate owner, McDonald's, which originally planned to cannibalize its real-estate holdings, but instead flipped it for a profit.
The game of hot potato with this potato purveyor goes back to the chain's founding in 1985 by Steven Kolow and Arthur Cores in Newton, Massachusetts, who named for the nearby New England metropolis plus the rotisserie chicken that was its flagship product. After a decade of operation and regional expansion, 'Chicken' was subbed for a more general catch-all term to encompass its non-poultry offerings and the chain went national.
Today, with over 450 restaurants and a line of licensed frozen meals available in grocery stores, the New England concept continues to offer family-style fare as part of the sprawling, but opaque, family known as the Rohan Group.
This week on Doughboys, we return to Boston Market.
Fork rating[]
The Doughboys' first review of Boston Market was way back in episode 15; Nick and Mitch each gave it 3.5 forks.
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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3.5 forks |
| Dewayne Perkins |
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4 forks |
A Single Item Must Be Banished 🚫[]
Thanksgiving
This is the debut of a A Single Item Must Be Banished, where Nick shares a food group, and they decide which option is unnecessary.
For this episode, Emma joined in, as Dewayne had to leave.
The theme was a Thanksgiving dinner.
| food group | Mitch's banished item | Nick's banished item | Emma's banished item |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bacon-Wrapped Turkey | Bacon-Wrapped Turkey | Bacon-Wrapped Turkey |
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Cranberry Sauce | Green Bean Casserole | Green Bean Casserole |
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Candied Yams | Candied Yams | Candied Yams |
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Fresh Chunky | Fresh Chunky | Fresh Chunky |
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Sweet Potato Pie | Sweet Potato Pie | Sweet Potato Pie |
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Buttermilk Biscuits | Crescent Rolls | Buttermilk Biscuits |
Roast The Nightspoon[]
Rage Against the Machine frontman, Zach de la Rocha
| “ | Rage Against the Vending Machine frontman, Zack de la Almond Roca | ” |
–Andrew from Portland | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | In Chicago, a chocolate cake shake is considered healthy, right? | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | The last time I was at Disney, a bee fell on my head. It fell from a tree on to my head! I went and grabbed it out and it stung me right on my hand. It fell from a tree on to my head! They were very kind at Disney, if you get hurt in any way. Mickey came out and tried to suck the venom out. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell re: Disneyland | ||
| “ | Wiges, you're thinking about powdered sugar a lot today. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
#hashtags[]
- #Norweigh
The Feedbag[]
| “ | What's your favorite Norwegian food? I know you know of a bunch of them. | ” |
–Peter from Norway | ||
Related Episodes[]
| Holiday episodes | Boston Market episodes |
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