"Dave's Hot Chicken with Joe Randazzo" is Episode 353 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Dave's Hot Chicken with Joe Randazzo" was released on June 9, 2022.
"Tomorrow... with Joe Randazzo @randazzoj" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Joe Randazzo (The Onion, @midnight, The Dr. "Sex" Reese Show) joins the 'boys to discuss basketball and former jobs before a review of Dave's Hot Chicken. Plus, another edition of Slop Quiz.
Nick's intro[]
Colonel Sanders
After Colonel Harlan Sanders founded the restaurant that would become Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1940, it took twelve years until he franchised and opened an additional location. And it wasn't until two decades had passed that the number of KFC restaurants (today, the largest chicken chain in the world) hit the triple digits.
But today, the whole process has accelerated and new local joints often quickly evolve into franchising moonshots, with rapid growth from single locations to nationwide coverage boosted by investor money and/or a partnership with a franchising company like Fransmart. And that looks to be the case with a Hollywood hot-chicken hotspot founded in 2017 by four friends as an outdoor stand in a parking lot of city's Thai Town neighborhood. Within a week, they'd received a glowing write-up from the Crown Prince of Los Angeles Food Journalism, EaterLa's Farley Elliott, and the concept named for its classically-trained chef would in short order upgrade from a tent-covered parking space to a Hypebeast-style brick & mortar location.
In 2019, the now-small chain was acquired by a group including the owners of Wetzel's Pretzels and Blaze Pizza, and today, boosted by homegrown hype, as well as celebrity investors like Drake and Sam Jackson, the eatery has north of three dozen dining rooms, with plans to go to 500 within the decade: a practical speed-run to chain-restaurant ubiquity.
But is this breaded-bird broker built for the big time?
Or is it fated to explode during launch, like a customer's digestive tract after ingesting their six-alarm reaper spice?
This week on Doughboys, Dave's Hot Chicken.
Fork rating[]
Dave's Hot Chicken
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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4 forks |
| Joe Randazzo |
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4 forks |
Despite Dave's Hot Chicken truly sending Nick to urgent care, it is now in the Golden Plate Club!
A month later, in discussing Raising Cane's, Nick upgrades his score for Dave's, giving it an extra tine.
Slop Quiz: A Very Food Year[]
In Slop Quiz, Nick presents a food-related exam (pop quiz) and Mitch and the guest compete for superiority.
For this episode, Nick calls the segement, A Very Food Year. Nick will name the fast-food item and they can buzz in and Mitch and Joe guess which decade it is from.
| clue | Mitch's guess | Joe's guess | correct | score (MM - JR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King Whopper: 1947, 1957, or 1967? | - | 1967 | 1957 | (test run) |
| McDonald's Big Mac: 1947, 1957, or 1967? | 1967 | - | 1967 | 1 - 0 |
| Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme: 1995, 2005, or 2015? | 2005 | 1995 | 2005 | 2 - 0 |
| Little Caesars Crazy Bread: 1982, 1992, or 2002? | - | 1992 | - | 2 - 0 |
| KFC Popcorn Chicken: 1972, 1982, or 1992? | 1992 | - | 1992 | 3 - 0 |
| Dunkin' Munchkins: 1962, 1972, or 1982? | - | 1972 | 1972 | 3 - 1 |
| Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte: 1993, 2003, or 2013? | 2003 | - | 2003 | 4 - 1 |
| Wendy's Frosty: 1969, 1979, or 1989? | - | 1969 | 1969 | 4 - 2 |
Mitch wins!
Roast Spoonman[]
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard
| “ | Johnny Dip v. Amber Curd | ” |
–Ryan | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | I've always been confused by Donkey Kong's relationship with barrels. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | I'll take my shirt off in the line at Howlin' Ray's. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
#hashtags[]
- #BringBacktheBellBeefer
- #andalsoLevsthing
- #Doughverseas
The Feedbag[]
| “ | We all know Wiger has never been overseas, but if you ever did a live show outside of North America, where would you want to go? And what chains in that area would you be interested in covering? | ” |
–Carson O. | ||
| guest / host | international place to visit for Doughboys |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | England to review Nando's |
| Mike Mitchell | Australia to review Hungry Jack's
Transylvania |
| Joe Randazzo | Randazzo, Italy |
Photos[]
