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Double Dusted with Harley Morenstein
Hosted by Harley Morenstein, Justin Lynch & Studio71 · EN
Double Dusted is a food comedy podcast that serves up candid and unfiltered takes on the culinary world and beyond. In a world where customers go off on fast food employees for missing condiments and TikTok kids eat NyQuil chicken, host Harley Morenstein, aka the Sauce Boss and co-creator of Epic Meal Time, is a voice of reason for the people.
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How Wendy's Lost the Beef and 50% of Their Stock #176
3d ago01:13:51Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how Wendy's spent decades trying to replace Dave Thomas and ended up posting their worst quarter in 20 years, with the stock down 50%, 600 stores closing, and CEO Kirk Tanner bailing to run a chocolate company. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on the rise of Wendy's, Dave Thomas, the high-school dropout and Colonel Sanders protégé who founded the chain in 1969, the 1984 "Where's the Beef?" campaign that spiked sales 31%, the 800+ commercials that made Dave the entire brand, and the recent struggles that one of Double Dusted's favourite fast food restaurants now faces. Plus: AI data centers melting your bones, the "AirPods made me fat" documentary pitch, the Saudis buying up golf, Ferrero's $8B US shopping spree, the Halo Top alleged air scam, and evaluating the Pizza Hut Crust Platform. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com. Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Why McDonald's Was Sorry for Selling 100 Million Happy Meals #175
1w ago01:12:07Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how McDonald's accidentally caused the biggest fast food promotion disaster in history: selling 100 million Happy Meals in 10 days during the 1997 Teenie Beanie Baby craze and having to publicly apologize for it. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on the history of the happy meal, the $1 billion 1996 Disney exclusive deal that nuked the toy arms race, and cover some of the other great fast food toy promotions. The boys discuss how 75% of family fast food trips are kid-driven, why toys went from afterthought to the entire reason you buy the meal, the Pizza Hut Book It program flanking McDonaldland, Burger King's 1989 Kids Club move, and the Pizza Hut Metal Gear Solid demo crossover. Plus: Donnie's tenant catching him on camera doing dirt in their living room for an hour, the Planet Fitness jerk chicken treadmill cup holder girl, the Batman glass collab being undefeated, Tim Sparks converting 80 Pizza Hut locations back to red roof Classics, White Castle's vending machine empire, Milka's German shrinkflation ruling, and Wendy's new CEO Bob Wright walking into five straight quarters of declining sales. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →How Pizza Hut Abandoned the Red Roof and Lost Its Soul #174
2w ago01:21:54Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the slow death of Pizza Hut and why Yum! Brands is now trying to offload them for $3.5 billion. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on how a $600 loan from the Carney brothers' mom in 1958 turned into the world's #1 pizza chain before losing to Dominos. The boys reminisce about pebbled red cups, Tiffany lamps, X-Men VHS giveaways, Pizza Pete, the salad bar, the dessert pizza buffet, and Harley's grade 11 era of partying inside a closed Pizza Hut. They get into the 2008 Pasta Hut rebrand, why Pizza Hut tried to delete the word "pizza" from its own name in 2009, the Chinese Salad Tower scandal, the 2018 Domino's takeover, how the buffet got killed in 2014, why the Red Roof concept is officially "retired" per Pizza Hut's own filings, the Pizza Hut Classic remodel program, and why Yum! Brands now reports earnings "excluding Pizza Hut." Plus: the Domino's CEO saying the vibes are bad, a Wetzel's x Cold Stone co-branded location tease, why Donnie keeps ghosting the pod, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday. Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTimeMake sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →How Quiznos Lost 90% of Their Empire in 10 Years #173
3w ago01:16:13Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the worst collapse in fast food history, Quiznos. From 4,700 stores at the 2007 peak down to 200 today, the boys unpack the Spongmonkey mascot disaster, the toaster ad nobody asked for, the senior VP sting, and the corporate "trap" that nickel-and-dimed franchisees out of business. Big Lynch delivers a full presentation, with Donnie listening from a canoe somewhere. Plus: meet Sardar "Big Larry" Biglari, the Steak N Shake CEO who calls himself Michelangelo, runs his empire from Monaco, and is currently shitposting Cracker Barrel into oblivion. The boys roast Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright's "mid single digit inflation" corporate speak, break down the Thermos recall that left three people permanently blind, react to YouTube AI gassing itself up, debate whether the perfect tomato sandwich needs cheese, hot dog consolidation, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →They Spent $200M to Invent This Chip. It Ruined Lives. #172
May 401:17:16Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch let YouTube's AI pick the episode and dig into the $200 million chip disaster that gave America diarrhea. The boys break down Olestra, the Wow! chip launch of '98, and why "may cause anal leakage" was just printed on the bag like it was a nutrition fact. Then it's an update on Brian Niccol's $100M year at Starbucks, McDonald's launching dirty sodas with no fresh limes in sight, and the 17g protein menu push for the GLP-1 crowd. Plus: a Chinese restaurant in Louisiana caught with roadkill in the freezer, Lynch's confession about eating queso out of the jar in his cup holder, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Why MLB Made A Nacho Sombrero #171
Apr 2701:15:34Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how MLB concessions became an all-out arms race for your wallet in 2026. $45 hot dog, a wearable nacho sombrero, and a 24-inch quesadilla that comes in a custom carrying case. Big Lynch created The Belly Index™, the official Double Dusted ratings system for absurd ballpark food. The guys go deep on Aramark and Levy, the concessions companies nobody's heard of who are actually behind all this. Plus: Dodger Dog origins, fried bull testicles at Coors Field, Harley's candy Glizzy Epic Meal Time callback, McDonald's patty inspections, view-botting callouts, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion, every Monday! Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com. Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →How Doritos Lost $50 Billion #170
Apr 2001:34:47Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch hold it down without Donnie as PepsiCo erases $50 billion in market value trying to charge $7 a bag for Doritos. Lynch crowns Kevin Hockman the next $100 million man as Chili's surpasses Olive Garden for #2 casual dining in America. The boys break down Denny's launching Project Grand Slam, Hershey's US president dipping after just 14 months of wobbly chocolate and Mr. Beast pressure, Reese's actually changing the Peanut Butter Cup recipe, and Brian Niccol's worst idea yet: Starbucks x ChatGPT, where you upload a photo of your outfit and a chatbot tells you what to drink because "customers aren't starting with a menu, they're starting with a feeling." Plus: energy drinks officially the #2 beverage category in America, Applebee's closing 29 locations, Lynch's chicken bowl sauce saga, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →The Massive New $45 Billion Flavor Empire #168
Apr 601:28:52Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch watch a man inhale a full KFC biscuit in one frame, debate the $45 billion McCormick x Unilever acquisition, and Lynch gets clowned after falling for an April Fools' prank. The boys get into Frank's Red Hot vs Cholula, Lynch debuts the Alpine Food Review eating a frozen Snickers on the mountain, Harley calls his mom to settle who grew up richer, mushroom trip stories, Pop-Tarts Super Stuffed shrinkflation, the Chick-fil-A garbage winch, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday!Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Investigating the Chip Liquefaction Profile #167
Mar 3001:08:09Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch react to the viral wobbly Hershey's chocolate video and debate cocoa content in gas station chocolate bars. Lynch debuts a new segment where he weighs chips to verify the grams on the bag, then describes the "liquefaction profile" of how chips dissolve in your mouth. The boys get into influencers heading to Cuba on a flotilla, Donnie's high school knife arrest story, Kraft Power Mac (17g protein, 6g fiber), Steve's family putting peanut butter on pancakes, Monster energy drink ingredients, Reddit moderation drama, Lynch's pie post getting roasted, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Chili’s Won’t Stop Winning #166
Mar 2301:25:24Tap to summarizeThis week, Harley and Big Lynch are back with new vibes while Donnie's Xbox habits catch up with him. The boys react to Doordash selling Nasty Azz Cheeseburgers out of a shopping cart, roast the pathetic Oscars snack box, and break down why Chili's won't stop winning with 19 straight quarters of growth, relaunched nachos, and the $11.99 Three For Me deal dominating casual dining. They go deep on the CEO showdown between Kevin Hochman and Brian Niccol. Who's getting paid, who's got perks, and most importantly, who actually looks like they eat the food. Plus: the Costco CEO shows everyone how it's done with the $1.50 hot dog, NYC rappers saying pause-worthy things, and a heated debate on whether AI content is worse than wasting food, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday.Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or business@epicmealtime.com.Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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