"Munch Madness: Chipotle vs. Qdoba" is Episode 193 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger, with Toni Charline. "Munch Madness: Chipotle vs. Qdoba with Toni Charline" was released on March 7, 2019.
"Tomorrow, the Tournament of Chompions continues..." - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
The second matchup of the 2019 Munch Madness: Tournament of Chompions is here! Toni Charline (Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot, Comedy Bang! Bang!) joins us to discuss our recent meals and to determine the winner between Chipotle and Qdoba. Plus, another edition of Snack or Wack.
Nick's intro[]
Wall Street of the West! Queen City of the Plains! The Mile High City! The Home of the Broncos, Rockies, Nuggets, and Avalanche! Established in the mid-19th century, at an elevation of 5200 feet, Denver, Colorado has since become ground zero in the battle for dominance of the fast-casual Mexican-food sector.
In 1993, culinary-school graduate and mission-style burrito enthusiast Steve Ells opens a made-to-order Mexican concept in Denver (meow!) at the corner of Evans Avenue and South Gilpin Street. Two years later, in 1995, another culinary-school graduate Robert Hauser partners with investment banker Anthony Miller to open Zuma Fresh Mexican Grill at Grant Street and Sixth Avenue.
Ells' chain would be a phenomenon, expanding nationwide, receiving mockery on South Park, and being partially acquired and then sold off by fast-food kingpin McDonald's. Zuma would find success after changing its name to its current moniker, expanding to 47 states and being acquired by budget American West eatery Jack In The Box.
Now with over 2000 and over 700 locations, respectively, these crosstown rivals from Colorado's capitol have become two of the biggest players in Mexican-American food service.
But whose tacos and burritos supreme will reign supreme in this Rocky Mountain Chowdown Showdown?
This week on Doughboys, the second match-up of the opening round of Munch Madness: The Tournament of Chompions: Mouth of the Border: Fast Casual Region - Chipotle vs. QDOBA!
Let's a-go!
Munch Madness: Mouth of the Border rules[]
This year's Tournament rules:
- Tacos and burritos only!
- Sides stay on the sidelines.
- Drinks are in the Gatorade jug, also on the sidelines.
- Each chain gets one taco and one burrito, but the style can be eater's choice: crunchy/soft, any kind of protein, etc.
- Scoring is based on referee stripes: 5 white stripes available for tacos, 5 black stripes available for burritos.
- Also one restaurant will get a Golden Whistle for having the better chips and salsa.
The loser is sent to The Ref, Dennis Leary, to feed to Bruce the Shark from Jaws who will eat anything; but there will again be a Fat Chance Kitchen opportunity to return to the competition.
Mouth of the Border: Fast Casual Region[]
There's a surprise competitor!
Yusong brings them the famous "trashy" Jack In The Box Tacos. Jack In The Box is an owner of QDOBA though, so is added to their QDOBA evaluation.
| guest / host | Chipotle | QDOBA | winner |
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| Nick Wiger |
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QDOBA |
| Mike Mitchell |
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QDOBA |
| Toni Charline |
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QDOBA |
Toni and Mitch both voted QDOBA for the Golden Whistle, but Nick gave it to Chipotle.
But then Nick and Toni both withdrew and gave the Golden Whistle to Baja Fresh, so it wins this week's Golden Whistle.
Flavor of the Week[]
Magpies Soft Serve
In Flavor of the Week, The Doughboys try a variety of flavors of one brand.
For this episode, Toni brought four flavors of Magpie's Vegan Soft Serve (Toasted Marshmallow, Lady Grey, Corn Almond, and Midnight Chocolate). They'd been left in the freezer overnight though, so the soft serve-ness was slightly altered.
They all seemed to like all of them, but Mitch was ambivalent on Lady Grey. Mitch said his favorite was Midnight Chocolate, and Toni's was the Corn Almond.
Roast Spoonman[]
Brawny Man
| “ | Divorced Brawny Man | ” |
–Sean McCabe | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Toni: I've seen you naked a few times. Mitch: That is true. For comedy reasons, you freaks! |
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–Toni & Mitch | ||
| “ | Mitch: Flesh is flesh. Food is food. Nick: Mm. But sometimes flesh is food, if you consider the slaying of the noble beast in harvesting his meat. |
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–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | Mitch: This year, our scoring system is a celebration of refs. Toni: Oh my God. Cool. Aw finally! |
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–Mitch & Toni | ||
| “ | Boy, all this talk of queso... if I had that much queso, I'd get a case o' the rumblies. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
#hashtags[]
- #DifferentEatcomes or #WigerEatcomes
- #Gargamel'sCatQuiz
The Feedbag[]
| “ | I've noticed something interesting happens when I eat chocolate chip cookies and then smoke from an oil pen shortly after. It's hard to explain so can someone like Highger, or someone who smokes weed, try this on an ep - a free one, please. Use Tate's Choc Chip and gelato, the weed. Roast Blob Konkowski. Shoutout Yusong. | ” |
–S.B.D. | ||
Related Episodes[]
| Mouth of the Border episodes | Toni Charline Ramos episodes |
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| Chipotle episodes | QDOBA episodes | Jack in the Box episodes | Baja Fresh episodes |
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Photos (via @doughboyspod)[]
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