The Wiger Challenge is a contest in which Mike Mitchell is pitted against the guest in a taste test to determine what mystery beverage has been given to them by Nick Wiger.
Appearances[]
| # | Episode | Item | Mike Mitchell's guess | Guest's guess | Winner | Mitch's Score (W-L-T) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Taco Bell with Jack Allison | Sprite LeBron's Mix | Cactus Cooler | Lemon Lime Jarritos | Mitch | 1-0 |
| 4 | Outback Steakhouse with Jon Gabrus | Arizona Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail | Strawberry Kiwi Iced Tea | Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade | Mitch | 2-0 |
| 10 | Domino's with Matt Kowalick | Mexican Coke | Coca-Cola | Off Brand Coca-Cola | Mitch | 3-0 |
| 19 | Buffalo Wild Wings with Matt Selman | Squirt | Squirt | strange Korean soda in a dark blue can | Mitch | 4-0 |
| 27 | Fuddruckers with Ryan Perez | Vita Coco Coconut Water | Pineapple Coconut Water | Vita Coco Coconut Water | Guest | 4-1 |
| 35 | Krispy Kreme with Matt Besser | Clamato | Original V8 | Diet V8 | Guest | 4-2 |
| 54 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen with Lesley Arfin | Strawberry Banana Body Armor SuperDrink | Snapple Kiwi Strawberry | Country Time Strawberry Banana | Guest | 4-3 |
| 71 | Baskin-Robbins with Dave King | Mountain Dew Dewshine | Citrus Sprite ("Remix type thing") | Apple-Berry Canada Dry Ginger Ale | Mitch | 5-3 |
| 84 | Buca di Beppo with Drew McWeeny | Faygo Rock & Rye Cream Soda | cotton candy soda | all-natural candy/gum soda | Guest | 5-4 |
| 87 | Taco Bell 3 with Bobby Lee | Guaraná Antarctica | Nicks Guess: Strawberry Lime Cooler
Mitch's Guess: Strawberry Watermelon Soda |
Blackberry Sarsaparilla | Guest | 5-5 |
| 96 | Wendy's v. Wingstop with Matt Selman | AriZona Arnold Palmer (Half & Half Iced Tea Lemonade) | Diet Lemon AriZona Iced Tea | Diet Lemon Snapple | Mitch | 6-5 |
| 109 | Burger King 2 with Jordan Morris (LIVE) | Arrowhead Sparkling Strawberry | Arrowhead Sparkling Watermelon & Melon | Jordan: Arrowhead Sparkling Water Cran-Lime
Audience Guest: Arrowhead Watermelon Seltzer |
Guest (Jordan) | 6-6 |
| 116 | Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles with Carl Tart | Bai Brasilia Blueberry | Healthy Juice Drink, Acai Berry Cranberry | Bai Cranberry Pomegranate | Guest | 6-7 |
| 123 | Guy's American Kitchen with Christine Nangle (LIVE) | Vanilla Coke | Vanilla Cream Soda | Audience Guest: RC Cola
Nangle: Vanilla Cream Soda |
Mitch / Nangle (Teamed up against audience guest) | 7-7 |
| 130 | Dick's Drive-In with Evan Susser (LIVE) | Starbucks Doubleshot Energy Mochaccino | Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino | Audience Guest: SToK Vanilla Iced Coffee | Mitch | 8-7 |
| 138 | Whataburger with Jon Gabrus (LIVE) | Big Red Cream Soda | Red Drink (Guessed Big Red but asked for audience help, so was disqualified) | Gabrus: Big Red
Audience Guest: Red Cream Soda |
Guest (technically) | 8-8 |
| 153 | Ruth's Chris Steak House with Andrew Secunda | Monster Energy Drink | Red Cherry Mountain Dew Energy Drink | Red Bull | Guest | 8-9 |
| 162 | Panda Express 2 with Cristela Alonzo | Pamplemousse La Croix (Grapefruit) | Grapefruit Perrier | Passionfruit or Orange LaCroix | Tie (or "draw" in Wiger parlance) | 8-9-1 |
| DD | LIVE from Outside Lands | "Outside Mule" (Moscow Mule with lemonade) | Moscow Mule or Dark & Stormy | Lemonade Moscow Mule | Guest | 8-10-1 |
| 176 | Octdoughberblessed: Loving Hut with Raj Desai | Brisk Iced Tea + Watermelon Lemonade | Mountain Dew Energy Drink Tropical Flavor | Cactus Cooler, Fruit Punch flavor | Tie (no winner) | 8-10-2 |
| 181 | Dairy Queen 2 with Don't Stop or We'll Die | Lester's Fixins Sweet Corn Soda | Creamed Corn Soda | Michael Cassady: "A glass of Iowa governor Terry Branstad's pee"
Paul Rust: "Corn Root Beer" |
Mitch | 9-10-2 |
| 187 | The Hat with Betsy Sodaro and Mano Agapion (LIVE) | Orange Crush | Juaritos Mandarin Orange Soda | Mano Agapion: Limited Edition Mountain Dew (called 'Gamer Jizz')
Betsy Sodaro: SunnyD variant |
Mitch | 10-10-2 |
| 189 | Super Duper Burgers with Eliza Skinner & Jordan Morris (LIVE) | Ocean Spray Cran-Pineapple | Ocean Spray Cran-punch | Nick Wiger: Ocean Spray Cran-orange
Eliza Skinner: Ocean Spray Cran-strawberry Jordan Morris: Fruitopia Fruit Punch |
Mitch | 11-10-2 |
| 197 | Sizzle Pie with Bill Oakley (LIVE) | Stumptown Coconut Creme & Sugar Cold Brew Coffee | Stumptown Cinnamon Chocolate Latte | Gingerbread House Dunkin Coffee Drink | Mitch | 12-10-2 |
| 199 | Lou Malnati's with Jon Gabrus & Christine Nangle (LIVE) | Jeppson's Malört | No guess | Gabrus: Malört (immediately) | Gabrus technically, but no winner. | N/A |
| 204 | Hattie B's with Carl Tart (LIVE) | Faygo Cotton Candy | Cotton Candy Flavored Crockett Juice | Jesse Farrar: Blue Cream Soda
|
Guest | 12-11-2 |
| 219 | Ben's Chili Bowl with Christine Nangle & Carl Tart (LIVE) | Diet Coke | Diet RC Cola | Christine: Congressional Cola
|
Guest | 12-12-2 |
| 226 | The Ate-TL: Krystal with Sam Richardson | Peach Red Bull | Perrier Peach Soda | Peach Sprite | Draw | 12-12-3 |
| 237 | Boudin Bakery with The Sloppy Boys (LIVE) | Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher | Perrier Fruit Mango
(or Rice-A-Roni) |
Jeff Dutton: San Pellegrino Mango
Tim Kalpakis: Dasani Sparkling Passionfruit Mike Hanford: Hawaiian Punch Peruvian Mango Blast |
Mitch | 13-12-3 |
| 246 | Good Times Burgers with Betsy Sodaro (Live) | Coors Light | Coors Light | Coors Light | Draw | 13-12-4 |
| 348 | Cornish Pasty with Jon Gabrus (live) | Arnold Palmer with Lipton Lemonade | Lipton Lemon Iced Tea | Raspberry Arnold Palmer | Mitch | 14-12-4 |
| 381 | MIXT with Ryan Perez | Powerade Zero Sugar White Cherry | White Cherry Gatorade Zero | Diet Hawaiian Punch | Mitch | 15-12-4 |
| 393 | Two Hands Corn Dogs with Jamie Loftus | Spindrift Lemon Tea | AriZona Unsweetened | Spindrift Half Tea & Half Lemon | Mitch | 16-12-4 |
| 417 | Hungry Howie's with Joe Kwaczala | Pibb Xtra | Cherry Dr. Pepper | Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper | Mitch | 17-12-4 |
| DD | Rudolph's Roadside with King Christmas and Uncle Donny Pecker | Smeg Clear | Diet Smeg | Smeg Zero
Smeg Nitro |
draw | 17-12-5 |
| 429 | Nick the Greek with Becky Feldman | Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar Cherry and Strawberries & Cream | Diet Dr. Pepper | Diet Dr. Pepper | draw | 17-12-6 |
| 450 | Tender Greens 2 with Niccole Thurman | Ocean Spray Cran-Grape and Cranberry Cocktail | Ocean Spray Cran-Grape and 100 Calorie Cranberry | Ocean Spray Cran-Grape and Cranberry Coctail | Guest | 17-13-6 |
| 453 | Oops! All Segments! 2! | Kool-Aid Bursts | red and blue Squeezit | Kool-Aid Jammer | Guest | 17-14-6 |
| 454 | Nordstrom's Bar Verde with Jordan Morris | different 7-Eleven Slurpees | - | - | Mitch | 18-14-6 |
| DD | Souvla with Jordan Morris | Tequila Sunrise | Mai Tai | Zombie | draw | 18-14-7 |
| 490 | Carl's Jr./Hardee's 4 with Stavros Halkias | Wild Cherry & Cream Pepsi | Wild Cherry & Vanilla Pepsi | Cherry Vanilla Coke | draw | 18-14-8 |
| DD | Silver Diner with Jon Gabrus and Tami Sagher | Compass Coffee Cherry Blossom Cream Cold Brew | "red, white, and brew" | cherry coffee | Guest(s) | 18-15-8 |
| 513 | Deluca's Italian Deli with Alana Hope Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan | Zevia Vanilla Cola | cherry vanilla seltzer | cherry vanilla Sprite Zero
cream soda seltzer |
Guest | 18-16-8 |
| 513 | Deluca's Italian Deli with Alana Hope Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan | Zevia Ginger Root Beer | Zevia Root Beer | Zevia Ginger Root Beer
Zevia Root Beer |
Guest | 18-17-8 |
The Mitchell Challenge[]
In one episode, Mitch brings the mystery drinks. For some reason, he brought Nick and the guest different drinks.
| # | episode | drink | Nick's guess | guest's guess |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Church's Chicken with Demi Adejuyigbe | AriZona Shaq Fu Punch | Welch's Apple Grape Juice | - |
| 79 | Church's Chicken with Demi Adejuyigbe | Mountain Dew Code Red | - | Mountain Dew Code Red |