1:22 Utah 1:50 New Jersey 2:23 Ohio 3:08 Minnesota 3:31 Oklahoma 3:52 New Mexico 4:25 Wisconsin 4:52 West Virginia 5:30 North Carolina 6:04 Hawaii 6:40 Wyoming 7:24 Texas 8:01 Washington 8:28 Arkansas 9:21 Missouri 9:41 Nevada 10:02 Delaware 10:26 Rhode Island 10:53 South Dakota 11:20 North Dakota 11:49 Alabama 12:21 Virginia 12:43 Iowa 13:16 Indiana 13:49 Alaska 14:40 Michigan 15:07 Colorado 15:33 Maine 16:03 Connecticut 16:41 Tennessee 17:08 Louisiana 17:46 Mississippi 18:08 Florida 18:55 Massachusetts 19:27 Kentucky 20:10 Idaho 20:52 Kansas & Nebraska 21:35 Georgia 21:59 New York 22:29 Montana 22:55 Arizona 23:19 South Carolina 23:42 New Hampshire 24:10 Maryland 24:46 Pennsylvania 25:07 Oregon 25:40 Illinois 26:32 Vermont 27:15 California

i want an S-Tier showdown where you invite a chef from each state and have them all create their states food, best food wins!

As an Alaskan, I was wondering what you would choose. The smoked salmon spread was on point. I did not even realize how staple it is to all of us until you chose it. Everyone has their own family recipe. Yours reminds me of my dad's. Thank you for choosing so well and appreciating it.

If these guys actually went to all of the states and have locals cook it for them, they would change their minds.

Joshua is banned from dining in Wisconsin until an apology is issued for calling cheese curds "chode mozzarella sticks" bc how dare you forget we make cheddar ones

Timestamps in alphabetical order: Alabama - 11:49 Alaska - 13:49 Arizona - 22:55 Arkansas - 8:28 California - 27:14 Colorado - 15:07 Connecticut - 16:02 Delaware - 10:02 Florida - 18:08 Georgia - 21:34 Hawaii - 6:04 Idaho - 20:09 Illinois - 25:40 Indiana - 13:15 Iowa - 12:42 Kansas - 20:51 Kentucky - 19:26 Louisiana - 17:08 Maine - 15:32 Maryland - 24:10 Massachusetts - 18:54 Michigan - 14:39 Minnesota - 3:08 Mississippi - 17:45 Missouri - 9:21 Montana - 22:29 Nebraska - 20:51 Nevada - 9:40 New Hampshire - 23:42 New Jersey - 1:50 New Mexico - 3:53 New York - 21:59 North Carolina - 5:31 North Dakota - 11:20 Ohio - 2:24 Oklahoma - 3:32 Oregon - 25:06 Pennsylvania - 24:46 Rhode Island - 10:26 South Carolina - 23:18 South Dakota - 10:52 Tennessee - 16:40 Texas - 7:24 Utah - 1:21 Vermont - 26:32 Virginia - 12:20 Washington - 8:01 West Virginia - 4:52 Wisconsin - 4:27 Wyoming - 6:41

So glad to see MD crab cakes went straight to to top. They can very WILDLY in quality depending on where you get them, but when done right they are truly a transcendent experience.

Ohioan here. I knew when you cited your ingredients that you were going to score it low. I have tried your way and had the same lackluster results, regardless of the quality of the ingredients that I'd use. The actual restaurant experience is far superior to my efforts at replication. Upon clicking on this site, I was dreading the long litany of dishes and states; however your expertise in cheffing and the nuanced descriptions of the food items by the judges made for a quite enjoyable time. Thanks! 😮😊

The fact that they ended choosing a burger after stating other items weren’t “special or revolutionary” is wild.

You should do this with european countries that would be freaking awsome! An hour project with the full spectrum would be so amazing.

Funeral potatoes are great if cooked properly with the correct ingredients

After your Connecticut review, this channel cannot be taken seriously. I can't believe I almost bought your cookbook.

You make it look so easy

That lobster roll you used for Maine is actually a Connecticut lobster roll. The Maine lobster roll is the cold lobster roll, made with mayonnaise. The hot lobster roll with melted butter is Connecticut.

Being a native Floridian, yes the Cuban sandwich was invented here. It is believed to have been invented in Tampa circa turn-of-the-20th-century by the local Cuban cigar factory workers who wanted a filling lunch that was both portable and reasonably priced. Now, there is some dispute as to who has the best Cuban sandwich - some say Key West, some say Tampa. Either way, there is no shortage of amazing cuban sandwiches here in Florida-land - and surprisingly, the best ones are NOT found in Miami. The best one I had was in Key West. I have yet to try one in Tampa, though. There is a bakery called La Segunda Central Bakery in Tampa that has been baking fresh Cuban bread the same way for over 100 years. The best Cuban sandwich spots in Tampa get their bread from La Segunda.

I was so happy to see NM get an A. I think green chile and beef go really well together. ❤

As someone who lives in Oklahoma, it was so nice to see my state be #1 in something that wasn't related to teen pregnancy or meth.

I really like this video as a non American. Many people say that the USA doesn't have a culture or a cuisine, but being a "foodie" myself, I wanted to believe differently and you have proved it to me. I have a new goal in this country, try as many of these dishes as I can, and talk about American food as a thing ☺️ Food is a great gateway to appreciate culture, and you have made me appreciate this country a bit more.

My grandmother used to make chocolate gravy and biscuits every time we came over for brunch. Core memory, taste of childhood. It is definitely an Arkansas exclusive, and I love that all three of you hated to love it 🤣🤣

Grew up eating Runza in Nebraska... They do NOT have sauerkraut in them. It's ground beef and straight cabbage cooked with a healthy dose of black pepper.

"boring from a culinary standpoint" gave chocolate on bread an S💀

I'm from Louisiana adjacent, Mississippi, so I have to say something. Gumbo made with the right spicing and ingredients isnt like anything else on the planet. File powder (sassafras leaf), okra, brick rue or darker, the caribbean, african, french influence. It incorporates a lot of flavors from all over the place. Locally its made rustic with whole chicken thighs (skin on), and Andouille sausage. The reason you keep land to land and sea to sea is because of the stock is different for each one. The land uses chicken stock made usually from scratch from the bird you cut up for the gumbo and the sea version uses a shrimp stock that utilizes the shrimp peels from fresh shrimp.

I love how many of the high scored ones are very British types of food, like the pastie and the chowder etc

As a Mississippian, I'm curious to know how you breaded the catfish. The dark color suggests you put it in an egg wash while breading, which is not necessarily a common method. Also, you cut it on a vertical plane. We usually cut it horizontal. Cutting it vertical makes it look like catfish nuggets, which has a layer of fat on the bottom. A lot of people here will complain if you cut it that way.

The problem with ranking funeral potatoes is that you haven’t had them made by a grandma that’s been making it their whole life. Nor my moms potatoes, hers are the best

Can we talk about how long this must have taken to film. Would love to see a behind the scenes video of the whole process.

Fried cheese curds are basically mozzarella sticks, I’ll give you that. But FRESH cheese curds, still squeaky, are in another league. But they’re very hard to find because 2-3 days after being made they lose their squeak. You have to get them directly from a creamery

Tampa style cuban is my favorite. They added genoa salami and i feel like it does so much for it. I live in tampa and have had so many. When theres no salami its just good, not great. Id love a dessert for every state. Not sure if thats been done. Willing to bet key lime pie will be Floridas pick

As a Marylander I can’t tell you how often I’ve seen “Maryland Style” crab cakes in other states and have been like “Nope. No. Uh Uh.” Our crab cakes are basically just lump crab, old bay and as little binder as humanly possible. Glad you guys loved them!

As a Marylander, who is already so proud of our flag and food, I started tearing up when I saw the beautiful Maryland Crabcake make it to the S tier.

To be fair to MN, my home state, you need to shovel snow for 2 hours while it snows before eating it. C is great if you're going to judge it from TX and put it up against brisket.

My all time fav from ohio is mushroom swiss onion burger heres how to make it: Half pound ground beef (medium well) Seasoned salt, garlic seasoning Sauteed white mushroom and onion Swiss cheese Whichever sauce (i prefer mayo) White bun(2) to

Is no one else floored by the fact that Arkansas made it to S tier!?!?! With CHOCOLATE COVERED BISCUITS?!?!?!

As a born and raised Marylander who now lives in Texas, it warmed my lil watershed heart to see the reaction to our crab cake. Blue crabs are a big part of MD culture and its great to see it shine here 😁

As an Oklahoman who lives in Ohio, I could not be happier with y'all's conclusion on those two states. The fact that we also beat Texas (as a huge fan of brisket) is the cherry on top. Better than I could've dreamed 😂

Marion berry was my favorite pie growing up! 😭😭 the one you had looked nothing like the ones my mom made when i was little. I think you just got a bad pie!!!

As someone from Maine, I would like to add that we usually toast the rolls until golden brown and then coat them in butter for flavor and crispiness

as someone from CT, i legit shed a tear at the fact that you did a CT-style lobster roll for maine (ME dresses theirs in mayo chilled, it's great too!) and the fact that NH-style pizza is legit only something you can get good in new haven. other counties in CT can't even get that type of pizza right.

Kansas City Missouri resident here. The choice for Missouri is undoubtedly burnt ends. BBQ is the greatest cuisine in America and burnt ends are one of the greatest bites in BBQ. And they were invented in Kansas City Missouri.

Well it looks like Oklahoma has two things that are awesome and so under appreciated until you leave for another state. #1- so many onion burger masters #2- complimentary queso, salsa, corn/flour tortillas , chips and relish at 99% of the Mexican restaurants. That’s 🔥

Fun fact - the style of lobster roll you ate was actually a CT style roll. Maine style is the cold-mayo one.

I live in Seattle and I was racking my brain for what food I would pick for Washington State. I didn't even think of cedar plank salmon but as soon as you showed it I was like, "oh yeah, thats exactly what food would represent Washington." I literally have a pack of cedar planks in my cupboards right now.

As an illinois fella, im happy to see that italian beef is so well recieved.

Respectfully, Utah will keep our aunt's secret funeral potatoes recipe secret because if not done very right, yes, they are subpar. However, there's always that one recipe in the family that is UNBELIEVABLY good.

As a native New Mexican, that canned green chile is weak, but as someone who's also lived in Oklahoma for 18 years, nothing slaps as hard as an onion smashburger. This gave me the idea to try green chile and onion smashburgers next time I make them. God-tier right there

Not from Connecticut but I feel like they got a really raw deal here. Their pizza is legendary and the one made here did a really poor job representing it.

Optional extra I recommend for the musubi, put a little furikake mix into the rice. Gives you a little more flavor punch and makes every bit of it tasty AF, regardless of how (im)perfectly you proportion the musubi.

This has been the most fun food video I've seen on KZfaq. Kudos to the team!

My jaw hurts after laughing so much when they got to Arkansas and got their opinions on Biscuits with Chocolate gravy flipped on their heads

As a native Utahn, I was NOT surprised that they were represented with funeral potatoes. I've also had so many different kinds of the stuff that I'd rank anywhere from B to Never enrolled in school.

I found this video highly entertaining. Loved seeing all the different foods from each state. I'm from Louisiana, so I loved that gumbo made S tier. Best gumbo I've had uses crawfish, shrimp, chicken and andouille sausage. But I have to ask... How did a chocolate covered biscuit make it to the top!?!? Was it truly that good???

Kansas native🙋‍♀️ bierocks are great for sending out to farmers, and to make in bulk to feed lots of ppl. It’s a food my german great gparents made. I LOVE cabbage

From Arkansas, I cannot tell you how many times I've been looked at like a mad man for Biscuits and chocolate gravy. Finally, we get some validation in how amazing it is. Though, I will correct something that doesn't make us look good. It's not dessert....it's breakfast lol

As an Alaskan, I am so incredibly proud to see Smoked Salmon dip was our dish of choice and that we made S tier.

I’m so happy that Texas gets an A rating for its brisket. A properly made brisket is so juicy that you don’t need BBQ sauce.

I don't know you guys and was nervous about Louisiana. Beautiful gumbo - thanks for showing us some love. It's easy to get wrong for some people.

I’m just impressed at the amount of cooking and eating this required. I kind of hope it was spread out over like a week.

As an Arkansas native, yes the biscuits and chocolate gravy is the most accomplished thing that we have done this year 😂😂😂

As an Oregonian I was wondering what Oregon was going to be. As soon as he said "Marionberry Pie" I felt stupid for not knowing that was going to be the choice....... Then they proceed to eat it wrong. A Marionberry Pie should have a big dollop of whip cream on it if severed cold, but the best way is sever it hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I don't know many people who just eat it plain unless that is the only option. Also, the only person I know that would choose Blueberries over a Marionberry is my mother. If Marionberry isn't your style here than go with a regular Blackberry or Mixed berry. Strawberry rhubarb is also very popular.

Grew up in Maryland and I will forever go for the crab cakes there. The best!!! I was also raised up ok eating scrapple and steakums when I lived in VA. Required taste but I still love eating them

As a local from Hawaii, spam musubi was a good choice, but I think if any dish would represent my state, it would have been the classic "Loco moco," which they probably would have given an S or A tier For people who don't know, a traditional "Loco moco" is a dish served with rice, eggs & hamburger patties on top, and then the dish is covered in brown gravy. It's delicious 👌

A well made crab cake is unreal. And when it’s fresh crab from the bay? Incomparable.

Californian here. Thank you for reminding people to always toast the burrito after you assemble. It just makes it SO much better.

As a Yooper (native Upper Peninsula resident), I'm disappointed that you didn't try the Pasty (Past-ee) with either gravy or ketchup 🤤 it elevates the flavor so much!

You need to eat these foods in each state, cooked by someone other than yourself. Most of them would hit different, I guarantee.

As a native born Oklahoman, it made me very happy to see how far up the board the fried onion burger made it. If you’re ever passing through central Oklahoma make sure to stop at either Sid’s Diner or Roberts!

Should have been: South Dakota: Indian taco New York: pastrami or corned beef Minnesota: juicy Lucy Missouri: ribs or burnt ends

As a life-long Missourian, I agree with the toasted ravioli. It's good, but it's not great. I don't think I've ever spent my own money on toasted ravioli. He should have gone with gooey butter cake. THAT is something Missourians can be proud of. Or the St Louis-style pizza. Amazing! It's a thin, cracker crust with provel cheese. So good.

The Cuban Sandwich was a popular lunch among Cuban construction workers in Florida. It became really popular with the locals and the rest is history.

My Papaw was born and raised in Arkansas and his favorite breakfast was chocolate gravy and biscuits. It was a staple on our sunday mornings. Guy was born in 1940 and that was his childhood delicacy so damned if he didn't request it every sunday when he grew up. RIP Papaw, 2012

I've lived in New Hampshire most of my life, apple cider donuts are just something you get at a crappy fair and you get it all over New England. We have a good lobster roll but ours has mayo, also it's basically the home of the chicken tender as well as coconut tenders. But the difference with hours tenders, they get soaked in pineapple juice for 2 days and then they get battered dipped battered again and then fried and they are the best chicken tender you'll ever eat. Places like the back room and Charlie's and Southern New Hampshire have mastered this. They are busy all day long selling buckets by the pound! Of chicken tenders. So I would say the original handbreaded chicken tender with a homemade marmalade or homemade duck sauce which is extremely popular here. If you wanted to go with game meat, we have a thing called moose festival where there's moose meatballs and moose sandwiches and all kinds of crazy stuff as well so the fact that people were voting for apple cider donuts means they probably moved up here from Massachusetts or they're a teenager. What blasphemy a damn donut lol

Gainesville, Texas has a gas station called 'Rumpy's,' and their bierox is probably my single favorite savory pastry. It's nothing fancy, but I love it tremendously.

As someone from Maryland nothing made me happier than seeing the crab cake get an immediate S tier.

As an Oklahoman, I am BAFFLED that we won overall. I will say that a fried onion smash patty is damn good, especially with the right sauces. Tucker's Onion Burgers is a thing we have here, and this is their signature trademark, they're pretty good too!

I really enjoyed this video and laughed a lot. Nice additions with those two other dudes!

Yes! As a born and raised Okie, I'm super proud of this win for the Oklahoma onion burger! But, as a transplant who's lived in NYC the past 16 years, I have to say that you can't just make your own New York "style" pizza outside of New York. You just can't. So, it wasn't a fair fight to begin with 🤷‍♀️

As someone from Louisiana, it is nice to see us on the top of a list that is something positive for once. 😁

I think a fun idea for a follow-up video would be to reinvent the F-tier foods to try and make them S-tier Edit: As a Michigan native, I'm happy to see you all enjoy the pasty! Edit #2: Wow wow, I did not expect this many upvotes! Y'all are amazing!

FYI: the right Colorado pork green chili stew goes with everything. Seriously, eggs, potatoes, beef, legumes, any bread, any cheese, monte cristoes, whatever. Strongly suggested to all who read this! 💙 from Colorado

Thanks for the video Salmon dip looks lit 🔥

As someone who was born and raised in Idaho I am severely disappointed that it was not a potato based dish.

The lobster roll for Maine was made Connecticut style. A Maine Lobster roll uses Mayo.

That "GET BETTER FOOD" had me dying, love you guys gonna buy the cookbook soon

I’m from the upper peninsula of Michigan and while I appreciate their enthusiasm about pasties what he made doesn’t look much like any pasties I’ve ever had lol.. the crust is never flaky and crispy like that and it is usually stuffed way fuller with more veggies inside and best served with brown gravy and ketchup.. also it’s pronounced differently.. it rhymes with nasty.. but it’s actually delicious 😊

As a Georgian, I'm both honored to be in the S tier...and also kind of amazed that you were able to narrow it down to a single dish. Georgia is basically where all of Southern food culture eventually meets up.

Showed your Louisiana recipe to my Cajun grandma. She said this: “Well, to me I think it would taste like shit, but if he likes it, then whatever.” You have her approval 😂

Bierock is a solid shout for Kansas, but neither Kansas nor Missouri getting burnt ends is a crime

Moved to the mid west for college, teammate introduced me to cheese curds, and now their my favorite food

As a born and raised New Hampshirite, Apple Cider Donuts slap when you're walking outside during a festival and you eat them hot. The crispy edge, the aroma of apples fills the air, and then sugar and cinnamon falling everywhere. This is a food item meant in making memories.

As an Alaskan I am SO HAPPY to see the salmon dip made it and was an S. It is pretty incredible I can’t lie

I've never had cheese curds but I've heard they're great. Thanks for sharing, I should try something like this for my channel.

I’m a 4th generation Idahoan and I’ve never even heard of fried steak fingers! I asked my mom and grandma too and they’ve never heard of it. But when I looked it up, it does seem to be pretty popular. When I think of an Idaho food, the first thing that pops in my head is French fries with fry sauce!

As an Alaskan, I appreciate the salmon love. We often get associated with hush puppies and baked alaska up here, but salmon is ubiquitous here.

A Mainer here, you tried a connecticut roll. A Maine lobster roll is served with the lobster meat chilled and dressed in mayo with some crunchy greens like chives, celery, and/or scallions. A Connecticut lobster roll is served warm, dunked in butter, on a toasted bun.

The California burrito is goated. It's original and creative. My family is from Mexico so I'm not allowed to eat California burritos but I'll sneak one in from time to time 🤫

... I very much agree that the Oklahoma fried onion burger is S+ tier. Burgers are my favorite food and thanks to George Motz the burger scholar and owner of Hamburger America who popularized this age old burger I was able to cook one up myself and all i can say is chefs kiss. You know a burger is good when you dont need to add any sauce or additions to it. This burger taught me that less is more.

As a Georgian, I was originally wondering why lemon pepper wings were chosen to represent us. They're so common. Then I realized I think they're just common here, but they aren't as common in other parts of the US. You can go to pretty much any restaurant that serves chicken in Georgia and find some variation of lemon pepper chicken wings.

In defense of Connecticut, New Haven pizza is so hard to replicate at home. When it comes out of a 100 year old wood fired oven it hits different.

SUPRISINGLY green chile in Colorado is pretty big. I’m glad we made the s tier list . GO BOX STAAAATTEEEE

Hi im from texas and Oklahoma (lived in both for ten years) and completely agree with the choices but i recently moved to Indiana and i havent seen a single pork cutlet sandwich any local recommendations to go try?🤔