"Munch Madness X: Selection Tuesday with Evan Susser" is an episode of the premium-content podcast, Doughboys Double, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Munch Madness X: Selection Tuesday with Evan Susser" was released on March 4, 2025.
"Tomorrow on the Double… Munch Madness 2025 begins…" - @doughboys.bsky.social
Synopsis[]
Commissioner Evan Susser (@evansusser) joins the 'boys to discuss past Munch Madness tournaments before finalizing the bracket for Munch Madness 2025: The Tournament of Tournament of Chompions of Chompions, celebrating a decade of Munch Madness.
MMX Entrants[]
As implied, this year's Tournament is a match-up of winners from the nine previous Tournaments. The entrants are:
- 2016 Burger Brawl Chompion: In-N-Out
- 2017 Chicken Fight Chompion: Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich
- 2018 The Slice is Right Chompion: Domino's
- 2019 Mouth of the Border Chompion: Taco Bell
- 2020 Mac Attack Chompion: McDonald's French Fries
- 2021 Pie Noon Chompion: Dairy Queen
- 2022 Hero's Journey: Sub-Optimal Chompion: Jersey Mike's
- 2023 BOWL Chompion: Chipotle & Sweetfin
- 2024 Dough Quiero Talk-O'-Bell Chompion: Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito
MMX Bracket[]
| region | match-up | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spoonman Region | Taco Bell vs. Domino's | Mitch's favorite restaurant vs. his favorite food |
| In-N-Out vs. (Dairy Queen or Handel's) | Burger Boy burgers vs. Creamsman ice cream | |
| Person Region | Wendy's vs. Jersey Mike's | Wendy and Mike |
| Punctuation Region | Chipotle+Sweetfin vs. (McDonald's Fries/Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito) | (sweetgreen was actually the co-champ, not Sweetfin) |
MMX Eat-In Tournament: Weatherman Mitch's Weather Retort[]
As per the Baby Bitch region, the Doughboys wanted to decide between Handel's and Dairy Queen as the Pie Noon Chompion for a few reasons. One, Dairy Queen was the actual champ, but is is far from LA. Two, Handel's had high scores recently and made the Golden Plate Club. It probably should have been included in the Pie Noon Tournament, but wasn't really on their radar until later. Lastly, and probably most importantly, Handel's sent them some free ice cream.
To decide which chain to include, the Doughboys had an Eat-In Tournament in which they got a Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard and a Handel's Oreo Hurricane. They also got a Banana Shake from Dairy Queen and a scoop of Orange Cream Dream from Handel's.
Everyone clearly thinks Handel's is better. But Dairy Queen did win the Pie Noon tournament. They have to decide if they will respect that Chompionship title or just go with Handel's.
| guest / host | winner |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Handel's |
| Mike Mitchell | Handel's |
| Evan Susser | Handel's |
Nobody enjoyed Dairy Queen at all this time, and loved the Handel's.
Thus, Dairy Queen is DQ'ed and Handel's is handled. Handel's joins the MMX tournament!
MMX Punctuation Eat-In[]
Lastly, McDonald's French Fries won the Mac Attack Tournament, and Taco Bell's Beefy 5-Layer Burrito won the Dough Quiero Talk-O'-Bell Tournament. In trying to decide which one item advances to the MMX Tournament, they have an Eat-In Battle. However, Mitch insisted that a Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch be included, so Nick insisted that a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger also be added.
They discuss all four items and decide which chain enters the MMX Tournament.
| guest / host | winner | winner the 2nd time |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Taco Bell | Taco Bell |
| Mike Mitchell | McDonald's | Taco Bell |
| Evan Susser | Taco Bell | Taco Bell |
Taco Bell wins and advances to the main MMX Tournament!
McDonald's is thus eliminated from the Tournament entirely, and Taco Bell is in twice! Nobody could believe this, so they vote a second time. Taco Bell still won.
MMX McKenna Doctrine[]
In the first Tournament, Jess McKenna decided the winner is sent to an alien to show them the epitome of best burgers. Jess was at Headgum and dropped in to decide what will happen to the winner in this year's Tournament.
Jess proposes that the winner goes to the original organism that crawled out of the water to start evolution to help them decide whether they should continue with evolving or stay in the water and everyone becomes a merperson (Earth or Merth). The best food sends it back into the sea with the genius idea of the food they encountered on Earth.
Favorite Munch Madness Tournaments[]
| guest / host | favorite Tournament | favorite chains not in Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | ||
| Mike Mitchell | Mac Attack | Pizzeria Regina |
| Evan Susser | Burger Brawl | Bonchon |
Mini Tournament of Chompions 🍎[]
| guest / host | cider vs. iPad | Tim Cook vs. Johnny Appleseed | Steve Jobs vs. Isaac Newton | McDonald's Apple Pie/Fritters vs. The Beatles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | iPad | Johnny Appleseed | Isaac Newton | |
| Mike Mitchell | cider | Apple Pie/Fritters | ||
| Evan Susser | cider | Johnny Appleseed |
Sonic the Hedgehog questions[]
- Can you confirm there will be a Sonic cameo in the next Mario movie referencing Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games?
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: I'm the Burger Boy. I love burgers. Mitch: You're Tiger Wiger now. You're no longer the Burger Boy. |
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–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | The listeners won't stand for it! I'm on your side, listeners. I love you guys! | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | All the nerds are gonna be so mad at me. I have to deal with so many fucking losers being like 'he shouldn't be looking at his phone, he has a responsibility.' SHUT UP! SHUT UP! I'm sick of you after FUCKING TEN YEARS! I'm so sick of your shit, you little fucks!!! | ” |
–Mike Mitchell two minutes after the previous quote | ||
Related Episodes[]
| MMX episodes | Dairy Queen episodes | Handel's episodes |
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