I Tested EVERYONES Egg McMuffin - Joshua Weissman, Sam the Cooking Guy, Inside Edition, Sauce Stache 

Fun fact: when you get a real mcmuffin, it's not supposed to have a runny yolk. It's probably more common right now, with stores being desperately understaffed and many of the experienced staff leaving, but mcdonald's policy calls for the egg to be fully cooked all the way through.

Dude!!! I'm just seeing this!!! hahaha man I'll never forgot that panel! 100% the reason behind my success!!

Everyone is taking about Josh but honestly, congrats Sam the Cooking Guy for busing out such a creative and relatively easy recipe

Honestly -- I'm a fan of both you and Joshua. My problem with his content isn't that he's snooty, but I feel like his "But Cheaper" is very, VERY misleading. It's done by weight per serving. Since I can't go to Market Basket and just get 0.012 lbs of kale, I end up spending/wasting more if I don't use up all the ingredients he uses. That's where I feel like your content shines through, you're incredibly blunt and honest with the recipes you test. Since I'm a big visual learner, seeing you put out everything you use at the beginning of a recipe gives me a lot of perspective.

Chicken McNuggets debuted in 1981 Egg McMuffin debuted in 1972 The egg came first. End of story

Josh Weissman be like: “So first we’re gonna make our own salt.”

Honestly with Josh, I always kinda felt like he was doing a bit when he's acting all snooty over food. Like it's one part - "yeah I could do so much better, ha fast food", and one part - "it's good for what it is so I respect it, but let's do it better". I highly doubt he goes through all the effort that he does for the food in his videos every time he gets hungry and if he does, then well, good for him! He likes quality food and likes going through the effort to get it.

The best breakfast sandwich I’ve ever had was when I worked at McD’s in HS and an AM shift cook had a super sus crush on me (he was like 40). But I’d I showed up during breakfast he’d make a fresh batch biscuits then fry me an egg and melt the cheese while on the grill. He’d use extra cheese and put extra butter on a fresh hot biscuit. Then bring it straight out to me, fresh and piping hot. It was perfect. Dude almost won me over with that sandwich. But he was still like 40 and I was 16 so no.

Josh’s problem is his fans. His discord is down right obnoxious and they complain when he tries to change the tone to anything slightly serious. His cookbook is great though.

You really stayed true to the McDonald’s recipe by adding that hair in the first sandwich, very creative!

Hey David, Just wanted to say that I think you are killing it lately! I’ve been a subscriber for about 3 years now and your content has improved greatly since then(not that it was bad to begin with lol). Not just your cooking skills but also the editing, narrative and the way you critique the food. I remember the times you didn’t even have a cast iron skillet. Now look at you. :’)

For the vegan one, I'd skip the "egg" and go for topping it with sauteed mushrooms, onions and spinach with a sprinkling of brewers yeast for umami. And possibly some soy sauce chucked in with the mushrooms.

Still waiting on SortedFood to be covered in a future video

One more observation is that homemade is never the same with many take away / fast food items as we don’t let them sit and sweat in the wrapper … that’s the step that makes the difference. 😉 sounds gross but is actually the forgotten finishing step!

I like watching Josh Weissman, but I would never make one of his recipes - too extra. I'm ok with the actual Egg McMuffin. The whole point is I don't have to do any of the work. That makes it taste better 😃

Omg Sauche Stache!!! Thanks for including a vegan one!

I still feel like Josh needs to, as a rule, limit the ingredient cost to the price of the competition. The bougie version can be a follow up or addon recipe.

Big difference with Sams cooking is he makes things that anyone can cook and it comes out great.

Some predictions: Inside Edition will take either second or third for being a very faithful recreation, Josh and Sam will be tied for first, but Josh's culinary complexity will eek out over Sam's, and Sauce Stache will be very good but lets be real, we crave egg mcmcuffins for cheap semi-meat, not good healthy-er food. Edit 1: Holy crap, I FORGOT how genuinely creative sauce stache's was. that's wildly smart

Personally not vegan, but I love seeing a Sauce Stache recipe representation!

Did anyone else catch that he used sweet Italian sausage on the first one? That has quite a different flavor profile than standard pork breakfast sausage...not that it would be "bad" but it would definitely taste a little off.

Thank you for including Sauce Stache, because I really question a lot of the vegan alternative recipes. It's good to see them compared.

I was impressed by the way David said "kala namak".. Black salt, his pronunciation was on point!

Yeah, sometimes Joshua got the fame into its head... I thought it was only me that feel that way.

True story: I am a chef at a 5 star authentic Spanish restaurant, and I will absolutely destroy a pack of pizza rolls. I’m not boujee in any way shape or form.

I think David you can try Ramen next! There are some pretty intriguing and interesting options out there, I guess you can try Uncle Roger, duh, Nigela Lawson, Ethan Chelbowski, etc.

Don't get me wrong, Joshua's great, but it's also lovely to see him lose one of these - doesn't seem to happen often haha

i think your instant yeast might be inactive David! that might be why Josh's english muffin turned out dense

I like Joshua Weissman, I think he is a very talented chef and his recipes that I've recreated have always been fantastic but I do have to agree in that he does come off as a bit of a snob.

I don't doubt that everything Josh makes is fantastic, but I'll never know because I can't afford basically any of his ingredients. Even "but cheaper" only takes the individual portion costs into account, and I'm cooking for just two people, so it never works out that I can get my costs as low as him. I lack many of the tools he has access to. I'm also way too busy to do things like bake my own bread or butcher meats in complicated ways. I don't hold that against him, but it does make his content less useful to me. To me, his channel is like, branded for home cooks but structured with content that only works in small to medium sized restaurant kitchens. Controlling costs is also important for small businesses, but can actually be accomplished through scale in a way that just doesn't work for home cooks. He can also sound like a bit of a prick, but I think at least some of that is a deliberate affectation for the camera. I guess if you know you're the kind of person to add truffles to things no sane person adds truffles to, you might as well lean in?

Jesus! I just thought of looking for a video of someone trying one of Joshuas dishes... I don't know how many videos from this channel I've looked at today, but they´re alot! Good job with making these videos to see how these foods taste, since it's pretty hard not be biased in a video about your own food. Thank you!

since it’s fall, david should try people’s pumpkin pie and see who’s the best :)

I love Josh and his videos. But everything is going to taste good if you spend $100 to buy the ingredients and spend 3 days making it. He makes the absolute best version of everything. Most of his videos are for entertainment and not for the casual home-cook.

I've been watching Josh for around 2 years. I've definitely seen a significant personality shift from this nerdy chef showing us the recipes he creates in his past time to a snobby, arrogant RU-vidr. The entire snob situation started because of the 'But Better' Krispy Kreme episode where his donuts were utterly different, textually and visually. However, he still said it was better and similar to the Krispy Kreme ones. When viewers pointed out that it wasn't similar and that Krispy Kreme won, he corrected himself but said his donuts were better "textually." It kinda sucks that he said that because the one thing that Krispy Kreme is known for is their light and airy texture, while Josh's was a lot denser and had bigger holes. A lot of the more dedicated viewers say that the Krispy Kreme video was the video that started the beginning of the end. As 'But Better' progressed, it felt like Josh's snooty behavior was becoming more apparent, and more and more JW stans left. I still watch his content because I appreciate the effort and love that he puts into his videos, and his ethos of everything from scratch is really inspiring, but it sucks that we don't get to see his nerdy side as much as his snobby side nowadays.

I do wish Joshua would tone down the arrogance a tad, like I'm sure what he makes is indeed better then fast food but the way he pretends that the fast food is so unpalatable is a little much.

Pumpkin spice month lesss gooooo

David can you make a video about sheet pan pizzas? I recommend Brian Langerstrom and Ethan Chlebowski! They both have a tone of great pizza recipes

Helix beds are awesome! I love mine! Thanks David!

damn i love this channel. it feels like watching something on PBS. it is just wholesome.

When you make these, for each one, do you make a serving for everyone in your family? Or do they have to die of jealousy?

Really cool what Sauce Stache can do. I was really excited to see him in one of these.

out of curiosity because I had a life changing experience with this last week, but have you made sam's chicken bacon ranch sandwich? I swear I have never had a better sandwich in my life

i love watching these while i eat

Everyone has their own persona for their youtube channel. Josh has a very funny and entertaining one! I especially love the confidence he emmits whenever he cooks as he does his best to beat other people's foods or his "But cheaper". You can feel genuine emotion out of it. Love the man. Sad to see him get hate

I personally dont like josh because he manages to be a snob and act like hes too good for a lot of food, while managing to act childish with his humor

Enjoyed the time watching this video 👍 appreciate that you included vegan recipe from saucestache!

That's the main reason for the success of his content, making everything better. The testing gets less notoriety

So happy youv included a vegan recipe ! :) Tip: you want to add the black salt at the last point of cooking. Iv found that the eggy/sulphur flavour cooks out quite easily

How long do you spend shooting videos like this? I appreciate all the work you put into your content, you’re one of my favorite channels ❤️

Thanks for including mark

I think Weissman is pretty spot on about most of the stuff he "But Betters". He's just a little bratty about it. Entertaining IMO. Any fast foodies know this and which franchise stores to avoid and which ones are more reliable.

Egg McMurphy! Love it!

Sam is the casual cooking king!

McDonald's capitalized on our childhoods to their advantage and it worked and I'm glad they did It really is a McDonald's world and we all live in it

I absolutely love watching you and the time you take to make all the different recipes. Huge respect. But you did not try mine? Could you do an episode of trying random recipes from online?

I have my own version - it's a lot simpler than most of these and probably closer to what the fallen arches do. I do the egg over-hard in the ring, OK, that's the same - then I put it with a slice of Canadian bacon and a slice of either Cheddar or Gouda on an English muffin then put it in a toaster-oven. I also sometimes *scramble* the egg, and put everything on a *bagel* (sometimes also with a sausage patty, couple slices of beef bacon, and one of those hash brown patties if I'm really feeling extra).

0:40 Wow, David! I really appreciate this vegan segment of the video - have been watching your channel for several years and being plant-based for the last three... I still enjoyed your content but sometimes felt a little excluded, you know :D Hence, this made me smile a lot - especially considering I really love Sauce Stache's creations and approach! . Anyways, thanks a lot David for consistently entertaining us! Have a great week ahead!

Wow i thought i was alone on the joshua weissman hate train, its not hate hate but his views on fast food are so filled with anger and elitism, like, of course the food is half assed they make hundreds of those, they dont have time and care for each sandwich. I do watch his videos but not for him personally, i just enjoy people cooking. I have also tried one of his recipes and it was good, my only complain was the white pepper, if he ever says to use white pepper in his recipes don’t, it smells like a bad pepper and overpowers the whole dish!

Just when I was thinking when you would upload your next video

Josh of course :)....I"m excited!!!!

I like Weismann's cooking, but I find his video style to be irritating. I know lots of people disagree with me.

As a former McD employee (I'm not proud!) I know that the secret to the Egg McMuffin is that they break the yolk as soon as the white starts to set. You never get a runny yolk at Micky D's!

I take inspiration from Joshua, but I never make his recipes because most of them require you to have equipment that I don't have or he has you make homemade components of things that are so easily (and cheaply) picked up at the super market. Case in point: on his recent monkey bread episode, he made homemade dough. I would probably recreate and just buy the biscuit dough portioned out because it's 10x easier to do.

Yeah, I worked in a kitchen for a while, I cook myself easy meals like packet pasta and frozen foods, for myself I go for easy stuff over cooking all out, focus on taste over presentation and a lot of the easy stuff actually doesn't taste that bad, I usually just add a few spices and things but it's mostly just what it comes with

Josh used to be pretty overweight in large part to fast food. I think that's a big reason why he looks down on it a bit

I cant watch Joshua purely on that basis. I retreat back to you and Sam for the good vibes

Yessss excited for pumpkin spice month will probably be my third or fourth one

First video of yours I've seen and I love it. Also to the peeps in the comment section hating on Josh and his style, I see you and respect you

Hairs lookin great btw my man

I recommend you to try bigger bolder baking's no knead english muffins. I tried them and they're delicious.

Josh Weissman is a cross between Johnny Depp and Julia Child - entertaining, oddly compelling and sometimes just silly. It's a fascinating combo. His recipes are usually too complicated for me to bother replicating but I enjoy watching him, and I'm also oddly proud of him; he had a tough childhood but never waivered from his original love - cooking. Guy's done very well for himself, and he's also put together a stellar group of editors and videographers. It's amazing what people have been able to do with RU-vid, making their own 'jobs'; wish this medium had been available when I was a LOT younger.

Please, do a "I tested everyones Pancakes"

Thank you for including a vegan recipe 💚

Should've done the olive garden mcmuffin from mythical kitchen ;)

Sam's looks wonderful, except that I'm allergic to mushrooms. I'd love to try out making homemade English Muffins tho!!

“Just noticed the hair on there” We love the _attention to detail._

Joshua wiessman does do some questionably extreme steps but his point is that you can make food that's far better at home. You don't need processed foods for them to be tasty!

sam getting a win isn’t exactly fair when it’s a egg McMuffin with like 4 other toppings that don’t go on them. Adding extra stuff instead of what others did makes it not fair

I made English muffins for the first time recently. The dough should be nearly batter to get the right texture. I was sure Weissman's would be too heavy as you were comfortably kneading it like bread. It needs to be kneaded with a stand mixer or a wooden spoon and a strong arm.

Pls test Alvin's 100 hour tiramasu and I love u and u are amazing and u put soo much effort in the video

Cooking youtuber: *cooks something* David Seymour: I'll fuckin' do it again

15:05 was your yeast good? Also According to temp doesn't it take more or less time

I know it's pumpkin season but I'd love to see you try everyone's banana bread recipes! :)

all of them pls

Hey David!, how are you?. Have you gone insane from stress yet 😂

I'd like to see you cover Thee Burger Guy!

I def had to take a break from Josh's But Betters because i cannot handle the draaaaaama he does when tasting food. I guess some people think its funny or else he wouldnt do it, i just avoid those videos cause his other ones are always so good looking!

wait david i was literally just trying to remember the mattress you liked!

Here’s a fact I refuse to call fun: All day breakfast DID end, because of the pandemic. Or at least, app support ended, however at least at my location you can still order breakfast items anytime. I’m sure there are many other locations that are just as lenient and compassionate.

I don’t even know how I haven’t seen this video yet.

Okay ... admittingly I would like to see Tasting History on one of these vs. episodes mainly just to see how well some of these odd historical recipes hold up against modern recipes. Like his very recent apple pie episode vs a lot of modern apple pies.

Uploaded 1 minute ago? Yes!

You gotta do Tiramisu next because Alvin uploaded.

That vegan sandwich looks like it slaps. And you gave me an idea for a meatless sausage. Thank you :)

Damn those look wonderful. I agree with Sam winning that round. I do love the idea of the spicy Mayo instead of the teriyaki sauce

Well, it's not too surprising that Joshua Weissman wins a lot given how involved his recipes are.

Before I watch, I’m calling Weismann Edit: heck. Still looked amazing though!

The thing is Joshua is so familiar with junk food and fast food and you can hear it when he makes comparisons, I mean you can tell when someone's just tried something for the first time in their life vs someone who knows it's flaws from eating it normally and that's why they chose to make a recipe for it. So yeah his "character" is to promote the idea we should all take the time out to cook but it's obvious that he is very familiar with all the normal foods everyone else eats--- it's very likely he grew up eating them too.

McRib is coming back in November… you know what to do!

11:27, David completely disrespects thyme and doesn't list it in the ingredients read out. ... ... ... or maybe he just didn't have the THYME for it. Lol