I Tried Breakfast From Every State In America 

Josh is smart, he chose a topic that would guarantee a bunch of comments from people arguing over their state's results. Well played Josh, well played, the algorithm shall reward you.

0:34 Tennessee 1:07 Hawaii 2:28 Mississippi 3:06 South Carolina 3:45 Wisconsin 4:18 Iowa 4:55 Montana 5:27 Indiana 6:12 Nevada 7:14 North Dakota 7:44 Maine 8:02 Nebraska 8:33 Kansas 8:54 Maryland 9:41 West Virginia 10:03 Rhode Island 10:44 Idaho 11:24 Connecticut 11:59 Alaska 12:24 Arkansas 12:57 Delaware 13:43 Oregon 14:23 Wyoming 14:43 Massachusetts 15:45 Minnesota 16:10 New Mexico 16:46 Michigan 17:33 Arizona 18:42 Kentucky 19:16 Missouri 19:58 Oklahoma 20:38 Georgia 21:09 Virginia 21:50 Louisiana 22:43 Alabama 23:17 Illinois 23:43 Vermont 24:21 New Hampshire 24:55 Utah 25:42 Pennsylvania 26:21 Washington 27:02 Colorado 27:50 South Dakota 28:13 North Carolina 29:22 Ohio 30:22 New York 31:19 Florida 31:55 Texas 32:41 New Jersey 33:16 California 34:04 S Tier Showdown 36:14 Overall Winner

The Floridians that put just Cuban bread (not even buttered & pressed) over pastelitos, croquetas, or any traditional southern dish disappoint me, they set us up for failure😂

Makes the worlds worst Egg Bake: That’s mid Makes the most luxurious Chilaquiles ever created: That’s great

You don’t make breakfast pizza at home. You acquire breakfast pizza at Casey’s.

Michigander here. I have no idea why we would have chosen pasties (Pah-sties, like the A sound in cat) as a breakfast food. They were lunch foods for miners in the UP because they were dry and easy to hold. I can't think of a breakfast food that is obviously "Michigan", but we definitely do apple cider donuts and cider during fall.

As a MA resident. I am genuinely disappointed that the viewer base here chose Dunkin Donuts as our "top" breakfast, when literally any local donut place in the state is 20x better than them. Should also note that Dunkin doesn't even freshly fry their donuts anymore. They're all factory produced now. It actually blows.

Everyone from Wisconsin knows our signature breakfast is a Bloody Mary not a Kringle. Kringles are reserved for the holiday season and elementary school fundraisers.

Re: Hawaii, tourists eat loco moco for breakfast, locals eat it for lunch or dinner. Breakfast is spam/eggs/rice or Portuguese sausage/eggs/rice.

Maryland native here. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, you can pretty much guarantee, crab cakes are going to being involved when it comes to voting for a number one dish. Johsua thanks for the shout out. Your friend Hanes, needs help.

Lived in Colorado my whole life... Breakfast burritos are not typically smoothed in queso. In fact I'd argue the most common way to eat breakfast burritos here is to-go wrapped in foil.

the random “stop saying ‘chill-ah-quill-lays’” caught me off guard and i ugly laughed 🤣🤣 love when youtubers are naturally funny and don’t have to try that hard!

Utahn here, what we call "scones" is really just Navajo fry bread (I have no idea when calling it "scone" became a thing). We roll it out really flat, fry it, and then top it with honeybutter. I don't know why the recipe you used calls for powdered sugar, which I agree just makes it a worse beignet. But with honey butter it is divine. When my family would go camping, we would make a huge batch of fry bread and have it with chili and salsa (Navajo tacos) for dinner and then have more fry bread with honeybutter as a dessert. Edit: after some quick googling, it seems that Mormon settlers who came from Britain imitated Native fry bread while traveling west and took to calling it "scone" since it was the closest equivalent they could think of.

Florida got done dirty. That is not how pan cubano is served. The bread is buttered and then pressed in a panini press until toasty on the outside. So you get a crispy outside and soft buttery inside. I'm not saying it's high art but serving it correctly might have given it at least a C.

I grew up on biscuits and gravy. You absolutely do not put the top of the biscuit over the bottom. You halve the biscuit, pour the gravy over both halves. And btw, you fry up the bacon, or sausage, or streak of lean, or salted pork and put it on the side, then make up the white or brown gravy in the grease.

Honestly lots of southern states could all claim biscuits and sausage gravy. And it’s CRIMINAL that you didn’t put it in S tier

Being from the south it's crazy to me that people have never had biscuits and gravy before. I just thought it wasn't as regional as it is. Glad to see it getting some love and recognition from RU-vid foodies lately.

50 states in 37 minutes -Appreciation for the huge amount of effort that goes into these videos.

I've lived in Kentucky my entire life and I have never seen a hot brown that looks like that. Whoever did the research on this did y'all dirty!!

"Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberries" *puts regular blueberries* nononono

Dunkin Donuts, with the exception of one store, does not fry their donuts daily. They are delievered to the stores frozen, where they are defrosted and then glazed, usually, in the very early morning. They are best eaten in the early morning, because by noon they are unsalvagably nasty. Support your local donut shop. Not dunkin. You don't need a 700 calorie drink that bad

Just to note, the salmon needed to be smoked for the washington breakfast, not lox, its a subtle difference but its all textural so I'm sure you would appreciate it.

Giving a cinnamon roll (a quintessential dessert) a S and then docking a donut for being too desserty is an insane take imo

It's criminal that South Carolina Shrimp n' Grits didn't get S-tier overall. It's up there as one of the most unique breakfasts out there.

Lifelong Minnesotan here, and in 50+ years, I've never seen anyone put bread in their egg bake. Oh, and we don't call it casserole -- it's a hot dish! 😂

Nah. Wisconsinites are not eating kringle for fricken breakfast, wtf. I dont know a single person eating kringle outside of december lmao.

It’s safe to say I think Florida got done dirty. The Cuban breakfast of Cuban bread with butter was misinterpreted. The Cuban toast with butter is the Cuban bread smothered with butter then toasted in a panini press. And then the coffee is a cafe con leche which is sweetened and milky so that you can dump the toast in it.

23:31 I don't usually laugh at Josh's humor but for some reason him telling an apple pie "you're gettin' a kiss on the lips for that" got me.

As an avid breakfast pizza advocate, NEVER use Nacho cheese as the sauce, ALWAYS use sausage gravy as the pizza sauce. Thank you, please try again.

former dunkin employee here: basically we'd get a certain amount of donuts around 4-5 am that stay on the display case until they get sold or we have to close the store, then we would have to trash the majority that didn't sell. sometimes some items like the bagels or muffins would stay on the shelfs till the next day. and yes i have seen numerous flys/bugs on donuts

As a British person, my heart shattered into a thousand pieces on the pronunciation of "Cornish Pasty".

I’m from the UK (heritage from Cornwall) - couldn’t help but mention this - a Cornish pasty is from Cornwall (England); it was traditionally a popular lunch option for the miners - a real Cornish pasty has a very specific crimp (which is nothing like in the video) the miners would hold the pasty by the crimp because they’re hands were covered in toxic particles from the explosives and ore, they would then throw the crimp to the rats (killing them). So in summary; that was not a CORNISH PASTY! And it is DEFINITELY NOT A BREAKFAST FOOD. …Should call it a Michigan Pasty…

Josh I dont know if you'll ever see this. But a part 2 on this series might be insane for viewership. Everyone who has had grievances with prior videos will make sure they go to your IG and vote for a part 2. Giving them redemption and giving you more content🔥

As someone from NJ, the breakfast of choice is: pork roll, egg, cheese, pepper, salt, ketchup, on an everything bagel. A Kaiser roll does not cut it UNLESS you have more than 5 slices of pork roll.

Biscuits and gravy got robbed of an S tier finish. If you ain’t putting that in S tier, all I got to say is bless your heart.

For Maine you didn’t use wild blueberries-it makes a huge difference.

Nobody from Massachusetts would actually choose Dunkin as a good breakfast. They haven't made their donuts in house in years now, everything is baked in central bakeries and sent out to be glazed/filled in house, so you always getting a slightly stale donut.

For Maine~ you should have used low bush berries (the little ones), not the high bush (big berries). Low bush berries are tangy and have actual flavor.

Fried Mush? I've lived in a rural farming community in Indiana my whole life, & I've never even heard of it. I don't know how you conducted these polls, but I can guarantee you a vast majority of people from Indiana would says Biscuits & Gravy or a Farmers Skillet would best represent our breakfast.

28:04 The way they looked at each other has me dying 😂😂

There's a lot of things you can say about the Hot Brown, but "dry" is not one of them. The plate is usually loaded with Mornay sauce and cheese, which was noticeably missing from the dish.

Hoosier here. Lived there 19 years of my life never once have I had that fried mush. Our most popular breakfast by FAR is biscuits and gravy as well because who doesn’t love that

If your’re doing maine blueberry pancakes, you need to get the correct low ish blueberries (which are about 1/4 the size of those cultivated highbush Blueberries) and mix them into the batter. They’re small enough to suspend in the pancake

Rating Maine blueberry pancakes WITHOUT MAINE BLUEBERRIES is a disservice 😭 nothing compares to wild blueberries

As a fellow Josh, I can say without equivocation that you are one of my favorite chefs and one of my favorite RU-vidrs, but to not have biscuits and gravy as an S-Tier Breakfast is sacrilegious.

As a New Yorker, I couldn't tell you the amount of times I've eaten a bacon egg and cheese on a bagel for breakfast. But I can tell you I've had a bagel and lox 0 times.

Anytime someone brings Dunkin or Donut bank to work, my immediate reaction is "you know we have a Krispy Kreme right?"

Biscuits and gravy is forever an S tier in my heart.

As an Alaskan, I was shocked that reindeer sausage was not part of the lineup, it's practically in every breakfast restaurant and is our most unique item!

As a native Alabamian, number 1: "Cuh-Neck-Uh." Number 2: No one's eating Conecuh sausage by itself.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

As a Pennsylvanian, seeing the grilled sticky on here unlocked SOOOO many memories. I've only ever had it as a grilled sticky bun, but it was easily my favorite thing to get when going out for breakfast.

"I'm not a breakfast pastry guy" Proceeds to S-tier cinnamon rolls and monkey bread and shove steak and eggs down to A.

Maine: You put normal highbush blueberries ON TOP of plain pancakes. Put wild blueberries IN the pancake batter. Maybe try ployes (buckwheat pancake/crumpets) instead too.

I've lived in Colorado my ENTIRE LIFE and smothered breakfast burritos aren't a huge thing here. You made it wrong then judged it based off of your mistakes.

16:48 brother I have lived in Michigan for 37 years and I’ve NEVER heard anyone describe a pasty as “breakfast food”.

Hey! French Guy here, the « cuban breakfast » can also be an european breakfast if you add a marlboro to it

People really need to stop dissing biscuits and gravy. Seen way too many people lately judge it far too early and harshly when it's one of, if not the, best breakfast item.

I'm 36. Lived in Indiana my ENTIRE life. I have lived in the country and in the city and had breakfast with young and old. I have NEVER heard of "fried mush," not even once, until just now. I do not think this was well chosen.

As a real Tennesseean from birth, “Haynes” TN card is revoked for NEVER HAVING HAD BISCUITS AND GRAVY - WTF!

They do scrapple so dirty every time they try it. Cut it thinner, get it crispier, make it into a scrapple egg and cheese sandwich. Out here slapping a mushy slab of scrapple on a plate, lol

The fact that Dunks was outvoted over a Irish Benedict or Corned Beef Hash is felonious. I want a recount.

You guys have great chemistry. When dude tried to eat the food off your shirt and then again at 35:30..."you said it was a textural wonderland." Hilarious.

As someone born and raised in Az, only to move to Maryland in the last year. I can say, the food in both places are amazing and vastly different too. I’m glad they both got top 3

Also from this research department: a traditional Japanese breakfast consists of a raw bell pepper cut into circles, chewing gum. and two shots of Malört.

17:13 weird seeing a pasty for breakfast

I lived in Maine and owned a restaurant for eleven years. We made wicked blueberry pancakes but I hated them. A friend made me come to his house to pick fresh Maine blueberries. I cooked them in pancakes and my mind was blown. No other blueberries taste like Maine blueberries, swear to God. I have not eaten blueberries since I left Maine and probs never will again.

I've lived in Illinois my entire 49 years of existence and I've never even heard of an "apple pancake." Could have done corned beef hash, sausage biscuit sandwich, or some kind of skillet.

Seeing the praise for chilaquiles was awesome, especially as a Mexican because thats one of our tops

When they say breakfast pizza, they mean Casey’s breakfast pizza. Midwest staple 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

the best avocado toast = wheat toast, avocado, roasted campari tomatoes, two sunny up eggs, topped with arugula salad tossed with champagne vinaigrette and a balsamic glaze drizzle

Breakfast pizza has to be made right. And that crust wasn’t. 4:55 use and try different crusts and if all else fails, give it your own spin like your series.

The internet is flat out wrong about breakfast pizza. Use a better crust. I agree it's kinda dumb but I don't care. I love it.

Making "Maine blueberry pancakes" with supermarket blueberries is like making "Texas bbq brisket" with turkey breast.

Lived in Michigan my whole life and I have never seen a pasty as a breakfast item. They were lunch items for the Cornish men who worked in the mines.😊

Who in the world said only Conecuh sausage for AL breakfast? No grits? No eggs? No bacon? No biscuits and gravy? Somebody misrepresented us and it's almost offensive. Bless their darling little heart😔

Apple cider donuts need to be fresh and eaten on a cold morning in the fall. S tier.

Alabama resident here. Conecuh sausage (CUH-neck-UH) absolutely deserves to be our state breakfast. I always buy the spicy Conecuh sausage. Maybe that would give Josh more of that flavor he was wanting. I like to butterfly cut them in half and have it on a sausage egg and cheese biscuit, but they’re also just good in a hotdog bun or put in anything that you’d add smoked sausage as an ingredient. It’s still an S-tier for us!!!

@2:40. The guy just claimed to be from Tennessee and says something that dumb. Clearly a California transplant.

Being a mainer , I know you can not compare something made with bland, big blueberries , to something made with actual wild maine blueberries. Completely different . If you’ve never had Maine blueberries , add it to the bucket list ! 😁

I've lived in PA my entire 35 year life and I have never once heard of "Grilled Stickys".

As a mexican in Mexico, I was kinda surprised to see huevos rancheros and chilaquiles in an American Breakfast tier list. They're frikin good, though

17:05 You can get breakfast pasties, just swap the beef for breakfast sausage. Also for those saying it's dry, that's why it's usually served with a cup of gravy to dip in or pour over the pasty.

I’m from Missouri, and I’ve literally never seen that dish before. My brain is now fried.

I’ve lived in Indiana my entire life and have never heard of “fried mush.” Lmao

FYI. Nova is not lox. Nova is smoked, Lox is cured in a salt brine. Real lox , often called belly lox, is so salty it burns your tongue, hence the cream cheese to cut the saltiness.

As a South Carolinian, shrimp and grits deserved that A Tier. There's definitely better stuff out there but it's such a great comfort food. And if there's anything that we've perfected other than hunting and fishing, it's comfort food.

For clarification, a Utah scone is usually topped with honey butter, not honey and powdered sugar. They're also generally much larger in size than the ones Josh made. If anyone is ever in Northern Utah, you should visit a restaurant named Sills. They have amazing Utah scones as well as a plethora of other amazing dishes. Everything is delicious.

I'm wondering who did your research because that's not what we eat for breakfast in Florida.

As a native Czech person, I can guarantee the actual kolaches you can get in Czechia look, and probably taste, very little like those you get in Nebraska. If you ever stop by our homeland, do not hesitate to try an authentic Czech "koláč"!

As a Massachusetts representative we probably should’ve picked a Portuguese omelet . Don’t know if that only the Fall River area but they’re fire

Justice for CT! 😂 to be fair, apple cider doughnuts for breakfast isn’t usually my go to- BUT if you get a freshly fried donut from an orchard, with a hot apple cider or coffee as a mid day snack- THAT is when it becomes S tier!!

As an Oregonian, I mostly agree. Marionberries are just a bunch of seeds. That said, a tough part about some of our signature ingredients is how they don't transport well. For example, Oregon strawberries are hands down the best strawberries I've ever had, but they are quite fragile and turn to mush within like 2-3 days, so you're only going to find them at local farmer's markets

You don't eat scones with syrup. You eat them with honey butter, if you really want the best experience. If you look up the history of them, they go back quite a long way. This is the same dough that makes Navajo tacos.... We tend to forget that a lot of our food was created by native Americans. 💜

The guy on the left attacks his food like it owes him money. 😂😂

Delaware: Josh if you make scrapple more like the ‘fried’ mush it will be more pleasant experience. My grandmother grew up with that and passed the recipe to me. Basically equal parts of boiling pork drippings/broth, shredded pork leftovers and cornmeal (season with Bell Seasoning and Black Pepper). Cook on a stove until bubbling and then cool in a breadpan. Slice and fry. I usually top with syrup.

Florida should’ve been Cuban TOAST. A loaf of Cuban bread cut in half with an ungodly amount of butter in between. Panini press until butter is melted and outside is crispy. If you wanna be really crazy, add fried sweet plantains to the buttered bread and panini it. Serve with a side of Cuban coffee. Would’ve easily been at least B tier.

Maine here: The blueberries are supposed to be IN THE DAMN PANCAKE BATTER, not served on top. Try again, Joshua.

As I Pennsylvanian, I feel so happy, especially after you did us dirty by placing the Philly cheesesteak in B tier

Timestamps for states! Tennessee, chicken and waffles 0:35 Hawaii Loco Moco 1:05 Mississippi biscuits and gravy 2:28 South Carolina Shrimps and Grits 3:06 Wisconsin Kringle 3:44 Iowa Breakfast Pizza 4:17 Montana Cinnamon Roll 4:56 Nevada Graveyard Steak and Eggs 6:12 North Dakota Monkey Bread 7:14 Maine Blueberry Pancakes 7:44 Nebraska Kolache 8:01 Kansas Donuts 8:32 Maryland Crab Cake Eggs Benedict 8:53 West Virginia Buckwheat Pancakes 9:40 Rhode Island Johnnycakes 10:02 Idaho Loaded Hash Browns 10:42 Connecticut Apple Cider Donuts 11:22 Alaska Sourdough Pancakes 11:58 Arkansas Biscuits with Chocolate Gravy 12:22 Delaware Scrapple 12:56 Oregon Marionberry Pancakes 13:43 Wyoming Chokeberry Preserves 12:22 Massachusetts Dunkin Donuts 14:42 Minnesota Egg Bake 15:44 New Mexico Huevos Rancheros 16:09 Michigan Cornish Pasty 16:45 Arizona Chilaquiles 17:33 Kentucky Hot Brown 18:41 Missouri The Slinger 19:14 Oklahoma Chicken Fried Steak 19:57 Georgia Chicken Biscuit 20:36 Virginia Country Ham Biscuit 21:08 Louisiana Beignets 21:50 Alabama Conecuh Sausage 22:42 Illinois German Apple Pancake 23:17 Vermont Pancakes with Vermont Maple Syrup 23:42 New Hampshire Pancakes with New Hampshire Maple Syrup 24:21 Utah Scones 24:54 Pennsylvania grilled sticky 25:45 Washington Salmon Eggs Benedict 26:22 Colorado Green Chile Breakfast Burrito 27:01 South Dakota Fry Bread 27:49 North Carolina Krispy Kreme 28:14 Ohio Goetta 29:22 New York Bagel and Lox 30:23 Florida Cuban Breakfast 31:20 Texas Breakfast Taco 31:55 New Jersey Pork Roll Breakfast Sandwich 32:40 California Avocado Toast 33:15