Can I Beat Brooklyn's Best Meatball Sub? (Blind Taste Test)

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Today, we're tasked with the challenge of making a meatball sub more delicious than the two highest-rated renditions Brooklyn has to offer. Can the Babish Culinary Universe employees figure out which sub is which? And which sub will rank supreme?
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@sdahlstrom144 Месяц назад

I like this format. It's like what Weissman does, but with, you know, humanity.

@atostclair7787 Месяц назад

That is hilarious 😂. I honestly like Josh's vids, but Bab's passionate and heartfelt reaction as compared to Josh's bravado honestly puts him over the top, for me. Josh is But Better and Babish is like hopefully better 😂? Like i absolutely wanna see more of this.

@jesukxd8494 Месяц назад

@@atostclair7787 You nailed it

@gamerhex7335 Месяц назад

"humanity"?

@ChordxClient Месяц назад

@@gamerhex7335I think he meant humility

@FatAlbertFanClub Месяц назад

@@gamerhex7335 yeah his content has become soulless, honestly why I eventually unsubbed.

@Colethulhu Месяц назад

Call this series “Bested by Babish”

@ChairmanChico Месяц назад

Beaten by Babish

@Adamulos Месяц назад

Blinded by Babish

@blueskull7898 Месяц назад

Put a question mark at the end for the case where he doesn’t beat it

@terrorofdeath3280 Месяц назад

Bashed by Babish is the title of his diss track album series.

@marmalar Месяц назад

Battled with Babish?

@RadioactiveLobster Месяц назад

Love the episode. Shame about Kendall being fired though.

@garrettboomerbender Месяц назад

Really? Why?

@pikapuffin368 Месяц назад

@@garrettboomerbenderit’s joke

@joshp8535 Месяц назад

@@garrettboomerbenderlol she liked Andrew's sandwich least. He isn't gonna fire her, haha.

@RykaStar 26 дней назад

😂😂😂

@gweebara 23 дня назад

Not an acceptable joke... Joke about firing Alvin fine Kendall never

@thunderejjim Месяц назад

Man, his reaction at the end is so relatable. Cooking for others is such a personal thing and so much pride and passion can go into it that when you find out that people genuinely enjoy what you make for them it can be an almost overwhelming amount of emotions. Multiply that by a factor of ten if you're comparing your cooking to somebody's (or company's) that you personally think is superior to your own, but people choose yours over it.

@Cookie_Comment Месяц назад

yeah… that was really sweet :)

@bryankovach8209 28 дней назад

Very well said

@anwarabdullah6723 18 дней назад

That thing at the top of your mouth in which you were pointing is called the incisive papilla.

@swit1905 Месяц назад

"The father, the son, and the holy... S***" was just too perfect 🤣

@Douglas-bg1qt Месяц назад

Probably scripted though

@kidkazma5118 Месяц назад

But still, a tshirt would be great.

@seaborgium919 Месяц назад

@@Douglas-bg1qt So? Majority of the funny and inspirational quotes that you know were scripted.

@Eli_G 29 дней назад

@@kidkazma5118 was thinking the exact the same thing

@andrewpappas9311 28 дней назад

I love that line, I'm definitely gonna use it at some point

@maikeruchen Месяц назад

We demand a follow-up video of Andrew's reaction to Kendall's scoring of his sandwich! 🤣

@m00nh34d Месяц назад

Kendall who? No Kendall here (anymore)

@Strategiain Месяц назад

"Heya folks, welcome to the first episode of Hannibal Week"

@toneart1623 Месяц назад

seeing his reaction to the rankings was actually so sweet

@s15cbow Месяц назад

I think it's especially adorable that Sawyer picked his as a favorite. They've been friends the longest, so that's gotta hit home in a warm, fuzzy way.

@patrickmcgowan696 Месяц назад

Sawyer and Nico need a "Wayne's World" type food review show. Love the energy they brought.

@morrisahj 29 дней назад

Super funny how Nico kept echoing Sawyer lol Genuine guy best friend energy

@LauraSweet99 16 дней назад

YES, their dynamic is delightful!

@RIPMrAlwaysFirst Месяц назад

“I gotta go…” Cut “Well Brad I’m a little tipsy”

@Nomadmandude Месяц назад

You should have thrown in a Subway meatball sub in there on that blind taste test would have been hilarious.

@dialga4688 25 дней назад

It'd be even more hilarious if it managed to get first place too.

@jefreykoenig6774 Месяц назад

A missed Babish opportunity: “oil of olives… Egg of chicken”

@MooSaDoFamily Месяц назад

I had the exact same thought!

@airrider-jk9ik Месяц назад

meat of......ball

@wesleythomas7125 Месяц назад

Flour of wheat and yeast of... Um... Yeast...

@wintermute4544 Месяц назад

i glanced at this while he said that hah

@johnsimon8457 Месяц назад

Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog… ball of pork and sauce of tomato shred of cheese and bread of ..... potato?

@aerynparty Месяц назад

This is legitimately the perfect pilot to a series. Please make more

@cookiedoughdynamo2747 Месяц назад

Inject this type of video straight into my veins. There's so much actual cooking going on in the planning stages, the cooking process itself and in the critique. The reviewers who weren't foodies were just as valuable as the ones that were, because it tells you so much about the experience and not just the analysis. There's also no pretentiousness of doing "better" like some other youtube cooks, the fact Andrew is just as happy existing alongside the others shows so much character.

@user-gp5yz5yz4x 23 дня назад

yeah like no offense but you making food better than mcdonalds is not a compliment its just clickbait

@chrilborn4138 Месяц назад

This is "But Better" but better

@mr_wut Месяц назад

When you said you can't work a normal job, that really resonated with me. I'm slowly dieing in a grossly missmanaged hospital kitchen! I wish I could work for you Babish!

@BROWNMIST44 Месяц назад

Warehouse worker here. I’m also ridiculously envious of anyone who gets to have a career this rewarding and enjoyable. Can’t imagine what it must feel like to wake up excited for the day.

@LauraSweet99 16 дней назад

I am a part of this thread, I manage a storage facility. Property management is necessary, but some days are painfully tragic.

@OriginalMomo Месяц назад

Kendall with the saucy “joker smile” was hilarious 🤣😂🤣

@freemanfgteevty6438 Месяц назад

I really like how you are mellowing out. The bread might have risen too much, but you keep going. The meatballs might be a bit over done, but you keep going. Congratulations on your victory.

@TheMillennialGardener 20 дней назад

“Owns an espresso press. Actually uses it.” is the best subheadline descriptor for an interviewee to date.

@Jkizzle4996 Месяц назад

Bested by Babish is the clear series title

@andy56duky Месяц назад

Banging by Babish

@EricLeafericson 27 дней назад

Battle by Babish

@rondahiller8541 Месяц назад

I'm guessing they hollowed out the loaf in the second sandwich to get it to look like that

@astragorgon3257 Месяц назад

All the best meatball subs have the bread hollowed out (imo)

@James-dv9do Месяц назад

You'll make detective

@LObo6156 Месяц назад

I think they also don't necessarily toast the inside of the bread. That's always way more yielding than a toasted bread, which maintains its structure a lot more aggressively.

@manoflead643 Месяц назад

He mentions scooping bread at like, 20:25 or so

@FriggyEsq Месяц назад

@@manoflead643 To me, OP up top was meaning the Carmentas, not Babish' second take on his own - with how the bread seems to wrap around the giant whole meatball, I thought the same thing to start. either pulled out or kept super soft.

@ryanscott4043 29 дней назад

Andrew, I wrote and re-wrote a bunch of comments I intended to post. But it all boiled down to one thing in the end. Your work to create this content led me to cooking nearly a decade ago. I had just come back from war and had begun my disconnection from everyone and everything. I continued that, but I also found your videos, and started cooking (I previously couldn't boil an egg). I ended up losing everyone because that's how trauma be. But I kept cooking. I kept watching you. I kept learning. As you've had your ups and downs, so have I. But we both kept cooking. I'm far from repaired, but I'm repairing. And I am cooking. It's thanks, in so many ways, to you, and what you've created with Babish. Keep cooking, my online stranger-friend.

@ravibabu1441 21 день назад

Thank you for your service. Please keep cooking, reparing, and growing. All the best my internet stranger friend!

@LauraSweet99 16 дней назад

❤

@WafflesOWNz Месяц назад

Kendall seems like such a sweetheart until you realize she was planning on Andrew's downfall the entire time

@Adaephonable 26 дней назад

Planning on his downfall or planning his downfall?

@RayneAngelus 29 дней назад

The biggest issue I have with most meatball subs is that round meatballs don't do especially well in a roll made soggy by sauce. That is to say, they tend not to stay in the roll until you eat them. So ideally, I like to see a big, honking meatball sliced and layered onto a sub with cheese and sauce like it's thick cut deli meat instead of a prepared, seasoned beef sphere.

@xyzpdq1122 25 дней назад

You can also do torpedoes, like Lebanese kefta

@Joe___R Месяц назад

If Andrew hollowed out his bread, it would likely have scored higher since everyone would have been able to get a full bite. But it definitely looks delicious.

@gweebara 23 дня назад

More normal size balls would've helped too

@Sniperboy5551 3 дня назад

He could’ve also halve the meatballs, that would help a bit

@Draukagrissah Месяц назад

Carrot really is an underappreciated soup/broth/stock vegetable. Try eating a chicken noodle soup with carrots and without carrots and you'll understand why they are CRITICAL in many applications, even when you don't always see them in the final product!

@maluse227 Месяц назад

plus they have that lovely little bit of pepperyness to them that is essential to so many foods.

@ravibabu1441 21 день назад

@@maluse227 Celery accentuates that, which is why mirepoix in anything is going to equal tons of flavor!!

@philoctetes_wordsworth Месяц назад

4:58 You have just explained why egg bagels are my favorite. The egg allows them to remain tender, even after toasting.😋😋😋😋😋😋😋Also: I bet the restaurants dug out the bread’s guts. It seems the only way such large, round hunks of meat will fit, and also fit into a human mouth.🤗

@bierbrauer11 27 дней назад

Also they can use the dug-out portion for the meatballs :)

@gabrielwong182 Месяц назад

I don't normally leave comments, but I felt so compelled to this time. The humility and humanity of this episode was just so moving. Loved every second of it.

@blake1771 Месяц назад

i like the idea of scooping the bread out and cutting the meatballs in half. makes it MUCH easier to eat

@ProfJimbles Месяц назад

I’m glad Brad gets to hang out with Babish while he has a breakdown.

@DaaanG73 Месяц назад

$22 for a meatball sub is NY robbery

@aviatorengineer3491 Месяц назад

I'm so glad somebody finally said the word "calzone" in reference to the Brooklyn DOP sub

@abbazabba58 Месяц назад

As an Oregonian, I was thrilled to see you using Tillamook provolone. You have chosen wisely!

@bionda470 Месяц назад

The rind of the parmigiano is 100% edible and delicious! Its mine, my sons and my dog's favorite snacks

@nollypolly Месяц назад

Right?! I'm like, "not an edible thing?". Sure it takes a bit to get through but it's so flavour packed!

@stax6092 Месяц назад

Yes, I don't know why he'd say such a thing. My Dad and I both eat that part. Not so much him anymore as he's getting up there in age though.

@paulwagner688 Месяц назад

@@nollypolly If you put it in a braise for a long time, it gets nice and tender with a nice texture. Like paneer or halloumi.

@SairynadeX3 Месяц назад

my dog loves the yak cheese rinds ^-^ plus theyre hilariously massive cheese poofs when you microwave em

@Staniii2360 20 дней назад

I put it in Rissotto like others and take it out at some point to eat it.

@Son_of_Mandalore Месяц назад

This was an awesome idea, superbly presented and delivered. I would happily watch more like this, because we all want to. Great job Andrew, loved this episode.

@TheVerucAssault Месяц назад

The "and we're doin it, doin it, and doin it well' got me lol😂

@redcroft308 Месяц назад

Those canned tomatoes you used are infamously NOT San Marzanos. Look close at the label, it says San Merica Tomatoes. Not only are they not legit protected origin San Marzanos, they aren't even the same cultivar.

@nolanbaker2360 Месяц назад

He's such a poser I kid lol

@AlistairGale Месяц назад

@@SimuLordEthan has nearly an hour about coffee that boiled down (never -pun intended- boil your -pun intended- coffee) to “I like what I like and you should too.”

@Arkouchie Месяц назад

@@AlistairGalesome times it's all down to preference, and there's not much more you can say.

@jeromethiel4323 Месяц назад

Ohhhhhhh! Babish is in trouble!!!! Would have been funny if he had said something along the lines of "These are san marzano tomatoes. But since those are retardedly (AKA stupidly) expensive, instead we use San Merica tomatoes!" /edited for the extremely sensitive people in the comment section.

@demarcorr Месяц назад

neeeerd

@doloran- Месяц назад

This was actually a super fun and creative video idea. Hopefully babish enjoyed making it so we can get some more of this "beat the best" type competitions.

@marcberm Месяц назад

4:23 the palate; hard palate (front) and soft palate (back).

@PeterReid1993 Месяц назад

I've had a bunch of issues with food (autism) and I started watching Basics with Babish way back when. I first discovered you watching your sauces video. Eventually I got comfortable enough in the kitchen making me-friendly type meals that don't wig me out and now I can actually make meals for people that they enjoy instead of just ordering out when I have guests.

@codyswanson6773 Месяц назад

Also Babish: those are your hard and soft palates. Hard palate close to your teeth and soft palate towards the back.

@MichaelHumbles Месяц назад

aka Cap'n Crunch attack zone

@katieweaver2999 Месяц назад

He could have also been referring the alveolar ridge just based on where he was pointing in his mouth.

@unitydev457 Месяц назад

im pretty sure that one restaurant scooped a bunch of bread out of the middle thats how they got the meatball to stay in there so nicely. I think you should've done the same with yours. The bread looked awesome but also it was just too much bread in an already heavy bite of food.

@z_abra Месяц назад

Bearding with babish

@Superb_0wl Месяц назад

🧔‍♂️

@yankee2238 Месяц назад

balding with babish

@SunnierVoyage97 Месяц назад

I can’t believe I read that as “breeding with babish” 💀💀💀💀💀💀

@drinfernodds Месяц назад

@SunnierVoyage97 im pretty sure there's fanfiction out there with that title.

@SunnierVoyage97 Месяц назад

@@drinfernodds searching for it right now

@CheshireGrumps Месяц назад

LOVED this format! Andrew really seemed invested too, which is awesome to see. Would love more!

@pyrodoll7137 26 дней назад

Sawyer is the clutch best friend though. He didn't reveal which one he thought was Andy's but he clearly knew what was up.

@hurtmasala Месяц назад

The "The father, the son, and holy s***!" bit was too perfectly timed to not be scripted. Amiright, Andrew? Come on? Amiright?

@julyenpinder6253 Месяц назад

Love this. Make this a series

@ahmedalkhiary8882 12 дней назад

I like this format, makes me feel like I'm just chilling with Andy. Chilling with my culinary father, my foodie daddy, my papa de cocinando.

@ricksturgis4451 Месяц назад

Andrew's reaction to the win was so awesome, and made the the whole video for me. I love it.

@ThatsDebatable110 Месяц назад

The title should be: Beating Brooklyn's Best Balls.

@shiftyslc Месяц назад

I love the real emotions at the end. So nice to see.

@dbecker33 23 дня назад

“A more herbaceous ball.” Such a hilariously beautiful description 🤣

@LeyenaZoey 29 дней назад

Ooh! The outro list's everyone who helped! That is a neat thing to do! Smartly edited too, going down a little to list them, going back up after! Well done Brad and Steve!

@johannfunn6962 Месяц назад

5:57 Not Andrew labeling the graph’s measurements after drawing the line 😂💀

@Matthew_Teague Месяц назад

Love what you do Babish, this was an absolute joy to watch!

@ambertheanxious 25 дней назад

His reaction was actually adorable, seriously

@soulslayer6817 29 дней назад

Love this new format!! New suggestions: cupcakes, cocktails, bahn mi, tomato soup and grilled cheese!

@RavenDravenek Месяц назад

The father, son, and holy s**t

@kidkazma5118 Месяц назад

My man, you can tear up or I can cry up for you. Your testers knew you best and at the end, you came out on top by a hair, but I think that's the best way to win. Fantastic job. If you're ever looking for a pleb from the streets on how local things taste, this Masshole will come for it. I mean it; have food, will travel. Great job.

@MightyRedHat Месяц назад

Can we get more of these episodes?!? This was great!

@lowesgameing2003 Месяц назад

Andrew ascending to max the meat guy levels of content

@Snappedsky Месяц назад

It’s so sweet how touched Andrew was ❤ I was actually really worried he wouldn’t win

@TheTomTracey Месяц назад

Love the format of this show. It was a ton of fun all thebway through. You could also do this with guest chefs

@juliebean1910 Месяц назад

“Literally just went down to a dark place.” “Doesn’t it always?“ “Yeah.” That smile though!

@andrewnatalizio6067 25 дней назад

Immediately at first bite, my initial reaction was "too much bread, gotta scoop some of it out"

@Plondysaurus Месяц назад

Andrew...listen to me....lean in...more of this. Thanks.

@miinyoo Месяц назад

Never ever be afraid of drawing eye rolls with the "awesome sauce". That is entirely their problem and you should be proud to have the magic of the awesome blossoming through your veins... with... extra awesome! There. See? It's fine.

@ItsJustLisa Месяц назад

I love your reasoning for the meatballs. However, currants aren’t just Sicilian. My great grandmother’s recipe calls for ground currants and warm spices like clove and a whiff of nutmeg. She and Great-grandpa immigrated separately from Piedmont (small town near Turino). She came with her parents and he with his brothers (leaving his sisters in Italy) to be miners. I have her recipes for gnocchi, meatballs and sauce, and ravioli.

@spaceshower9653 17 дней назад

the third group i love those two guys. very analytical and funny. commentary is extremely entertaining. vocabulary resonates. 10/10 should be in more videos

@Spartan3457 Месяц назад

Holy moly they were brutal with rating these subs.

@joshp8535 Месяц назад

This is what happens when people rate like real people. Channels where people rate things are always too nice. If im rating stuff I'm finding flaws, that's the point.

@brendanressler4359 Месяц назад

Steve? Steve? The random surrealist comedy page I showed all my friends in high school but who stopped posting and is impossible to google because his name is just Steve?!!!!!!!

@jo.comics 27 дней назад

This was an actual emotional rollercoaster, very very very fun! I'd love to see more of this series

@paulamorris4727 Месяц назад

Well done, Andrew! That totally looked amazing and I loved how invested you were in really knocking it out of the park.

@N8zAdventures Месяц назад

Cool episode, try and beat some of the pizza or bagel places next

@tomhorsley6566 Месяц назад

It may be heresy, but after finding how much easier they are to eat, I think meatballs in subs should be sliced so you can get your mouth around the slice and you don't eject a slippery round ball out the other end of the sub :-).

@misssabina235 Месяц назад

That how i make my meatball subs at my deli. Cut them in half layer the cheese and sauce but not too much. My focus is the meatballs not the sauce. I serve additional dipping sauce on side

@danitho Месяц назад

I second this opinion

@-RTC- Месяц назад

This is an awesome one! Really enjoyed the panelists as well. All great personalities.

@chloechartier2707 Месяц назад

congrats Babish! loved this episode, i hope you do more blind taste test videos

@mib6002 Месяц назад

Andrew I love this new content you’re doing man 🎉

@ctk4949 Месяц назад

Ironically the roof of your mouth is called the Palate, lol

@zerker08 Месяц назад

I was screaming

@AzureDragonZX Месяц назад

Live narration from Babish is SO much better than post.

@thealandude9146 29 дней назад

This better becomes a new series, love it

@benlouw7009 Месяц назад

$22 for a sandwich is a joke.

@Jkizzle4996 Месяц назад

I’ve got a sandwich shop by me that does $22 specials but they’re genuinely 13 inches long and 4 inches high so I treat it as 2 meals. That meatball sub looked like a normal foot long so I’m just assuming Brooklyn prices

@KairuHakubi Месяц назад

and the joke's on us.

@THE-X-Force Месяц назад

Criminal.

@kr1886 Месяц назад

I don't even go for a subway once a year but when I do it's a meatball sub for me. On my last visit, they had no meatballs...i left hungry! Edit to add: Congratulations Andrew!

@andy56duky Месяц назад

Last time I went to subway, Jared Fogle was still a spokesman. Weeks prior to finding out he was kiddy toucher.

@HustleofFalcon Месяц назад

They should have partnered with Drake

@15oClock Месяц назад

I had that sandwich. I dislike it.

@wingracer1614 20 дней назад

@@SimuLord I used to live right behind a gas station that had the best hot dogs. I don't know what they were but they were way different from every other gas station hot dog I have ever had. Cheap too. I could take a short walk through the woods and grab two monster, fully loaded dogs for 3 bucks.

@scottg4352 Месяц назад

This was great! So much more human and emotive than other shows that attempt the same thing.

@chappyhall6682 Месяц назад

What an awesome video idea! I would love more of these!

@philoctetes_wordsworth Месяц назад

34:25 I apologize, but I cannot recall the name of the guy in the hat. I believe you guys did the math wrong. From what he explained, he liked Andrew’s the best, and therefore, Andrew’s sammich won! He misunderstood, and thought he was ranking from third place to first, rather than assigning point values. Andrew won. 36:45 Nevermind. It would seem Brad was paying attention. The three 10s under the sammiches was confusing.🤗