American Chef Ultimate Team, Whataburger and Regional Fast Food, and an Ask Dave

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dave puts together an all-star team: his starting 11 for if there was an American team in a Chef World Bowl. Difficult decisions are made, lots of incredible and important American chefs are discussed, and a roster is created, which Dave almost immediately regrets. He also answers an Ask Dave about his appearances on cooking competition shows as a judge, and if he would join as a contestant. Dave also talks about his recent inaugural visit to a Whataburger, and what the trip made him wonder about regional fast food chains. He finishes with a Home Ec, discussing kitchen equipment, starting with the potato ricer. Barbs B Q: https://www.barbsbq.com/The Last Course cookbook: https://amzn.to/4uifm4PWhataburger: https://whataburger.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We recently had our first World Bowl, so it's our spin, our take on the World Cup,
0:11.0	where we decided what was the world's best chicken, and it was like a soccer tournament-type
0:18.0	thing. You should check that out. Clearly, there are holes in it and the logic is not perfect and we don't have every chicken
0:24.8	dish, but it's just a little bit of fun while I'm recovering.
0:29.9	I got another week of this as I had surgery on my finger.
0:34.1	But today, we're going to have some more fun.
0:37.1	We're going to do an ultimate, all-time American culinary 11.
0:41.3	There's 11 players on the soccer team.
0:43.3	Clearly here, I'm major media.
0:45.3	We are big fans of the World Cup, even though America doesn't seem to be excited about the World
0:49.3	Cup at all, because we're not that good.
0:52.3	The best American chef team that you have to be born
0:57.4	and maybe we're going to decide
0:59.1	that you can be a naturalized American citizen
1:01.0	and we're going to have some fun with that.
1:04.1	Again, not going to be perfect,
1:07.1	but maybe you're going to hear some chefs
1:09.0	and you're going to learn some things about people
1:11.3	you don't know about and why I admire them quite a bit.
1:15.0	So stay tuned for that.
1:16.3	And we're going to do an Ask Dave.
1:18.0	We're going to talk about What a Burger
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