Food Theory: How to BEAT the Buffet (Food Theory's Lost Episode)

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Theorists, what you are about to see is from the Food Theory vault. It is an episode that was almost never aired, due to the events of last year. Remember buffets? The all you can eat experience of piling your plate so high with crab legs, various meat, and desserts? I wanted to figure out how to get the best bang for your buck at ANY buffet. I did the research, live and in person before everything shut down. The buffet we went to does not even EXIST anymore! Yet,I knew the knowledge we gained was worth sharing so that you too could beat the buffet.
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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Luke Barats
Editors: Dan "Cybert" Seibert
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman
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[@octomanuno2700]

"There is a 41% chance that you are wearing sweatpants." Me, wearing sweatpants: *s o r c e r y*

[@justinbuergi9867]

Jokes on him…I’m not wearing pants at all

[@josethethinket9819]

@@justinbuergi9867 Jokes on you i'm not wearing anything

[@Wynner78]

@@justinbuergi9867 😳

[@HashknightGaming]

I am a civilised man I am wearing shorts as it's summertime here.

[@octomanuno2700]

@@HashknightGaming its summer here too....in the uk

[@ryanhiggins8869]

I ate so much crab leg at a Chinese buffet that they kick me out.. I said “but it’s all you can eat” and they told me “yes, and that is all you can eat”

[@thinhduong8552]

Wow, what a scam

[@leilaturner3749]

homer simpson-?

[@ohrats731]

So like 3 crab legs, right?

[@ryanhiggins8869]

@@ohrats731 like three of those buckets they put them out in

[@jordancruz6609]

"The sigh says all you can eat. And I can eat more"

[@LonelySandwich]

"its not about the food its about sending a message" -joker in a alternate universe probably

[@DubsBears]

Lol

[@aNubbr]

ok checkmark

[@maulaz612]

Im finally early to a verified comment I think...

[@tuburtle]

“It’s not about the block it’s about sending a message” -Grian (from hermitcraft)

[@barnabyjjones2348]

Five is a number ig

[@jadenbree2263]

My dad is a state trooper and one time he and a bunch of his work friends had a competition of who could eat the most at a Chinese buffet…the owner came out and said “it’s all you can eat, not eat til you die” 😭😭

[@april4657]

Honestly, I don't go to buffets for the "all you can eat" factor, I go for the variety

[@rapperbucks3203]

Then go to a diner

[@april4657]

@@rapperbucks3203 do I tell you what to do? Lol

[@zurrie7341]

@@rapperbucks3203 tell me the diners you go to that let you eat like 10 to 20 different items of food for the price of a buffet

[@sunshine-kb7rv]

​@rapperbucks3203 still not the same you have to pay for each dish vs a buffet where you pay 1 fee

[@ironman2885]

I agree, went to Golden Corral for breakfast last weekend and didn't leave stuffed, I just had a really nice variety of breakfast foods that would have cost $50 to order together anywhere else.

[@DarthArachnious]

If you want to hurt them, take a group of pre-teens. My nephew and his lacrosse team ate everything, including the fake parsley in the ice display. They ate all the expensive octopus trying to gross each other out. One kid ate a whole platter of dinner rolls and still had room for 3 whole chickens. They're animals.

[@Alex_Hernandez999]

I like you

[@m00n_th3_st4r]

I can confirm that. I myself am 13 and after 5 minutes of digesting, I'm up and ready to go again.

[@DarthArachnious]

One Way buffets recoup their money is through the soft drinks. Because it fills you up & cost like $.03 worth of syrup to make one drink. Each of these kids can drink a gallon of soda. And my girlfriend pounding Diet Coke like it's going out of style. Slowed them down not at all.

[@Isaac-hi2lh]

I’m literally going to a buffet tomorrow with 3 friends and we are all 13 or 14 I expect the restaurant will go under soon😂

[@XzTS-Roostro]

Chaotic Neutral

[@jonathanwang8547]

"Asian's don't eat till they're full, they eat until they recuperate the cost of the buffet" - Uncle Roger

[@ombricshalazar3869]

they also bring the closest few branches of the family tree to help

[@flameofmage1099]

I smacked that like button like my parents smack me

[@alicorn3924]

@@flameofmage1099 sadge

[@formalrabbit6020]

@@alicorn3924 sadge?

[@circa134]

You see if you drink water before eating after your full you can go to the bathroom and then you can eat more

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

I've had several occasions where the staff looked in disgust as I stacked my plate with 50-60 pieces of sushi (which I always finish) and have once had a hostess suggest other food options when she realized that I was only going to ask for sushi rolls, and I firmly declined and ate 11 rolls total.

[@cozyeden]

as you should

[@LeTtRrZ]

Sushi is super expensive and not very filling. Their mistake for putting it on an all you can eat buffet.

[@CaptainPikeachu]

Good for you

[@wobblysauce]

Some people stack the plates with seafood, but i avoid it

[@ParaplegicKeanuReeves]

​@wobblysauce Yeah I dint understand the obsession with sushi......I think something went wrong with kids in the mid 2000s

[@togas_nightcores]

Rewatching all my favorite theory videos right after Mats announcement is bittersweet nostalgia

[@UndercoverGCHACPSagent2177]

Same bro

[@Hiya1212]

Same 😔

[@OnlyFooty-Edits_Official]

Real

[@raychwagner3657]

Glad I’m not alone ❤

[@ChengTeoh]

I'm going to assume that the other 59% of people are just wearing no pants ... fight me on that!

[@VenomQuill]

PJ's! :3

[@courier-ec6zj]

Shorts

[@pyrotempestwing]

Jeans for me.

[@miriams.4341]

Can confirm!

[@rob.3143]

Shorts here too. It's hot outside.

[@Tavinhu6446]

“The plates are smaller to make them take less food” Me making a food pyramid in the plate : *i have no such weakness*

[@spillthetruth5898]

Me making a mountain of food bigger than mountain Everest...

[@honolex]

Me just putting mountains of spaghetti on my plate

[@davidgoldrock7264]

you need a reverse food pyramid with water and carbs at the top, and meats on the bottom

[@sansthememe5316]

@@davidgoldrock7264 ah yes, lemme just balance my glass on top of my chocolate fudge real quick, what could possibly go wrong😂

[@davidgoldrock7264]

@@sansthememe5316 XD

[@momentswithmccoy]

I usually eat beef alone at buffets, if the waiter complains or “suggests” I eat something else, I refer them to my extensive allergy list which keeps me from eating a lot of cheap foods. Which is both true and keeps them from “so far” kicking me out 😂

[@nata6025]

has this ever happened? I've never seen or heard of buffet staff discouraging certain foods.

[@JessicaPropagated]

I have worked with MANY professionals to help with my obesity, and they all said diet soda makes you gain weight. The way you explained the soda thing makes me realize WHY it makes me gain weight, it makes me hungry

[@IraessRanza]

How did things end up going? personally I never noticed an increase of hunger from diet soda I got ravenous for more soda, so essentially I went for more drink than food, and did they have any suggestions?

[@gelatinousandfree8133]

That’s interesting, for me diet coke helped me lose 40 pounds

[@nathanielmohr9622]

@@gelatinousandfree8133 Switching from regular soda TO diet soda, assuming you don't compensate elsewhere ("I'm drinking diet soda, so getting a 20-piece nugget instead of 12-piece would be fine"), you will lose weight over time. However, diet soda opens most people up to a lot of dieting traps, and people that drink diet soda that never really drank normal soda are much more likely to gain weight than people that don't drink soda at all.

[@kiktik2413]

No it makes u gain weight because it has the same amount of sugar

[@mr.someoneudontkno698]

I believe it being the same amount of sugar that is a false generalization of all 'zero sugar/diet' drinks. Its keeping note of ingredients and what it converts to in the body. A good amount of them do not have sugars in the sense of normal sodas. I have lost plenty weight substituting it from the high fructose loaded sodas I loaded on as a teen. At the end of the day everyone should be aware of whats in what they drink or eat.

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer.2984]

A not so subtle hint from a buffet that I had eaten enough: They cleaned off my table and gave it to another person while I was getting another plate of food.

[@Sunny-ot1vo]

That’s when you find an empty table and sit back down :)

[@MrShadic999]

I'd just sit down with that person and challenge him/her to keep up with me

[@somerandom8281]

a good idea is to go with another person. rotate getting food and eating between the group.

[@theweirdochannel8735]

@@MrShadic999 lol

[@meep7025]

What did you do after they did that?

[@annisaurus]

I read the title as "last episode" and my heart skipped a beat.

[@Overlord-cl9jw]

My dumbass also thought the same thing except I still thought it said last so I started looking for comments about it but no one was talking about it being the last episode then I found your comment.

[@thomashost272]

Turns out it was the opposite, being the first ever episode, it just went unreleased until now. (I get that everyone knows that, it's said in the episode, I just had to finish the sentence.

[@adityajindal49]

Lol you are not alone, I did the same thing 😂

[@bachtiarwardanaalwansyah6871]

Omg me too

[@lifeofafarmer1281]

Same

[@NorthernTigress]

My family went for Mother's Day Brunch Buffet every year, and we definitely had a system. The most important part was a scouting mission. That's when you went up for the first time, not to fill your plate, but to see what was there, and report your findings to the rest of the table. On that scout trip, you would also grab small portions of a lot of different things. Then, once you knew what was good, you could get bigger helpings of those specific things.

[@nabd341]

I know this comment is a year old, but I just want to say that that is the best way to do it, not only do you not miss out on anything but you also save food that you don’t like. So I salute you fellow internet commenter for your valuable advice 🫡

[@josephjackson4312]

Something about this theory, especually because of bringing up "the satiety index" makes me want to see Matpat tackle what should be the best diet to lose weight using foods that give plenty of nutrients and not feeling like you need to eat more. Along with finding the best, we would need variations baset on taste and budget.

[@katoscript7367]

that's an amazing idea!

[@destiniemartinez297]

He'll have his degree in nutrition by the time that video comes out

[@xo1ler152]

itd be so cool, i just think there would be issues with his younger impressionable audience so perhaps thats why they havent done it especially in 2024

[@josephjackson4312]

@@xo1ler152 I dont understand. I am talking about using research to find a meal plan that has you eat all that you need while keeping you from feeling like you need to eat excessively more. What issues could come from eating right according to science?

[@xo1ler152]

@@josephjackson4312 eating disorders and whatnot, since he addresses controversy on the internet once in a blue moon it could put in the controversy instead especially since he has a tiktok and twitter

[@andrewrobinson8542]

“ How to BEAT the Buffet“: Don’t eat there. Congratulations, a winner is you.

[@Sugondeeze]

True, the company will fail if no one goes there

[@hail_yeet462]

that how sizzler died

[@idiotsandwich7528]

you madlad, you just beat the system.

[@lukesites2457]

@@hail_yeet462 that's because sizzler sucked. Everytime I went there somebody in the group got sick

[@Galoric]

U fucking legend

[@sea3363]

Theory: best brand of bubble gum for blowing bubbles

[@mel-uy2lw]

Yessss

[@m_artroom]

Y eS S

[@late-start-vlogs]

That would be awesome

[@ithankfuldudes915]

Everyone comment this so MatPat can notice it and do it

[@Little_Hickory_Stump]

Hubba buba

[@jameskarrie298]

All these tactics had an opposite effect on me as a teenager. I took it as a challenge and people who worked there were confused where I was putting 10x the normal amount of steak at.

[@beatresca]

the plate size study is really interesting, when I moved out and had my own dishes, they were smaller than the ones my parents own and I kept losing weight just because of that

[@queenellie1104]

Matpat: Here is how to beat the buffet- Doofenshmirtz: I give you the “All-you-can-eat-inator”

[@atharvsharma2539]

YES!!!!!

[@mall9782]

I heard his voice in my brain

[@AnanimatorTheChannel]

So true

[@MTi-qc8oi]

@@mall9782 same

[@grayson9124]

Doofenshmirtz built a buffet designed to beat you.

[@lavendersage29]

"The meat bouncer is judging you for your gluttony" is the best sentence I've ever heard 😂

[@madisonmartinez8320]

Forget buffets, this is how I'm going to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner

[@HimeChan247]

I love you guys channels! Keep up the amazing work and make sure to give your editors a big bonus because they are amazing!

[@OfficialBurrow]

I was actually the "meat bouncer" (actually a specialty cook) for 4 years... There wasn't any boss telling me to do or don't do.. anything. You can come and get as much meat as you want, at the end of the day, we weren't thinking about you at all, also we weren't allowed to refuse the customer of another slice. I actually used to pre-slice them so anyone could have as much as they want. My boss never told me I wasn't allowed to do it. I worked at a local buffet though, this might not be the same elsewhere, but I actually enjoyed when people came to my specialty bar because I am the one who cooked the steaks and ribs and I always got compliments for my cooking which made me smile instead of being overbearingly grumpy like most of all my coworkers there.

[@thelonelywoodstock674]

My dad was a "meat bouncer" as well (carving station, cook 1) at a casino buffet. He was told give a person a certain amount initially but if they asked for more, then give them more. He'd also precut the meat and was only discouraged by a higher up who just didn't like him. My dad and his coworkers also didn't think much of people coming to the station. I only remember one time he mentioned a person getting a crap ton of food and he was just impressed by how much they could pack away. Other than that, people were mentioned cause they were rude.

[@freddykrueger8076]

The funniest thing is, based on how Restaurant Workers are treated by Management and Customers, that Management telling them to watch portions would probably backfire into “Meat Bouncers” serving larger portions more often.

[@candypower9988]

But that's why the boss puts them there, they obviously won't tell u

[@2ndpartycrasher954]

Ahhh! So what you are saying is compliment the meat bouncer so that they give you more meat. Nice...

[@incredibleflameboy]

As a meat bouncer do you play a special type of basketball where you use meatballs?

[@panzerfaust3828]

Golden Corral will probably send a hit squad to silence Matt after this

[@James-ne9gy]

Bruh😂😂

[@esanderyb4638]

Don’t give them ideas, don’t

[@brycelearmonth777]

Cramming breads a pasta down his throat, "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!!!"

[@charlesgline519]

Lol true

[@tommyraines8968]

Don't give my boss any ideas lol

[@matthewlinker7138]

I'm rewatching this 2 years after it was posted, and all that I'm thinking is I'm glad I didn't have this when I was younger, bc I could eat 7-8 plates of pastas and breads at golden corral and still be eating and my family was telling me I need to stop we need to go home. I use to have a "bottomless pit" for a stomach.

[@LifeWithMatthew]

20:13 - Speaking of psychological tricks, nicely done on the Merch pitch. Presenting both a "buying this makes you part of the community" and a limited time offer to get you buying it right now!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's an equivalent to an FBI's most wanted list for buffets and MatPat is their public enemy number 1.

[@turgutbababalm9981]

replying to you untill you reply me , day 1

[@godsnintendog]

FBI: Federal Buffet Investigators

[@VPZealouZ]

Finish 👏 watching 👏 the 👏 video 👏 then 👏 comment 👏

[@russiancat]

@@J3SWorld rlly?

[@strawberryseal1851]

eyyy its you!

[@juliana2379.]

Imagine just enjoying your meal and you see Matt measuring plates at a buffet restaurant

[@mentaya11]

I'd say hi and offer to help with the research.

[@Tristis_Nomani]

@@mentaya11 you probably wont be of much assistance

[@mentaya11]

@@Tristis_Nomani It's possible, but it seems strange to assume that of someone you don't know. I have an extensive scientific background and know how to conduct research and experimentation. Besides, I like to eat! I'd be enthusiastic if nothing else. I think it would be fun to work with them.

[@nbria4688]

@@mentaya11🤓

[@mentaya11]

@@nbria4688 Pretty much.

[@amardienfamily2923]

Once for my mom's eldest sisters birthday's we all went to a buffet and I legit only ate the chocolate mousse until we all left

[@JBabyLeather]

Love this video. Because I do love a Buffay. But also, I actually really liked green screen mat. I think it was a really cool experiment to have you in the video more. Not that the usual game theory editing isn’t wonderful, but it was really cool to actually see you talking to us more

[@ahmadpickett]

It's crazy to see matpat actual talking and moving his body

[@aceeduventures]

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[@thornsong_alchemist]

Beating the buffet did a number on his body just like he said, and that's the real reason the green screen idea got scrapped. 😂

[@flying5634]

@@thornsong_alchemist But look at him at the recent gtlive 👀

[@tomnadoyeet6225]

@@flying5634 it was a joke

[@Mantosasto]

That was a puppet.

[@KyrenShat]

When I was younger I went on a cruise ship and the buffet there had really good pancakes for breakfast, I remember having so many pancakes (like over 12 times going up for 3 pancakes per plate) the server just started calling me the pancake king and would refer to me as it whenever she served me food. That was pretty cool

[@papyrusskeleton2331]

All hail the pancake king ! May he eat pancakes by a dozen every morning 👑

[@brohuh]

All hail the Pancake King🙏

[@ACreative_name]

All hail the pancake King 👑

[@KyrenShat]

aint no way 😂 people hailing me thank you guys!

[@trolltoyourheart9051]

@@KyrenShat u shall be hailed. "ALL HAIL THE PANCAKE KING!"

[@michaelluu7469]

the trick is to eat a big meal in the morning, knowing that you're going to an all-you-can-eat at night. Apparently apparently it stretches out your stomach wall making you able to eat more food

[@KatR264]

Seeing stuff like this is really helpful for those starting-out on KZbin, thanks so much for sharing!

[@AyoDen]

My mom's way to beat the buffet: Stuff food in plastic bags and smuggle it out

[@EntyFu]

i remember having our pockets filled with pastries lol

[@captsige1140]

Asian way

[@KittAnimations]

As an Asian, I can confirm this

[@ShiestySki]

My mom just makes us pretend we are younger so we can eat for cheaper

[@Jen_TheSnail]

Yes

[@bonkville5766]

He looks like a 90's commercial Matpat, and I'm dying

[@Akshay9687]

Your funniest video that I've seen so far :) Good job!

[@ralexandra1058]

Golden Corral really knows what they’re doing with their sweet rolls.. those Hawaiian style rolls are unbelievably good… and hard to resist.

[@sepphoris8463]

Potential theory: What cereal is actually the best best cereal for an active day?

[@joshthomas1423]

I actually would LOVE THIS because I need this. I love cereal but I won’t know which ones best

[@jagerbluetooth43]

None. Eat fats and proteins. Eat sugar/carbs after activity, not sleeping for 8 hours.

[@LeileyWow]

Old fashioned oats with fresh fruit and nuts (I also like to add brown sugar & peanut butter to mine)

[@biancabrooks280]

Theory: Are Wheaties _actually_ the breakfast of champions??

[@jagerbluetooth43]

@@LeileyWow adding fiber lowers glycemic index. Why not limit glycemic load?

[@bearbee5438]

My mom would always joke how I would ironically (as an asian) never eat rice at a buffet. 7 year old me with 4 slabs of prime rib on my plate was apparently just way ahead of the game

[@HANKSANDY69420]

Lmao

[@aur9035]

Oh my god thats so cute to imagine, just a little 7 y.o with slabs of high end expensive meat on their mini plate 😭

[@HANKSANDY69420]

@@aur9035 yea

[@notnotalwen4891]

Yup you are asian all right

[@andyrew1670]

same here bc whenever she'd say "we have food at home" the food she meant was rice

[@gryphka]

This was quite possibly the most entertaining food theory video I've seen, i loved it lol

[@Squidwolf]

Is that gingerpale's "what did I do wrong?" in the background? Love it!

[@bushidobrown9857]

As someone who's buffet friend group is called the Buffet Mafia, we appreciate yall spreading the truth

[@adenhickman5780]

Where can I join this. My humming bird-like metabolism will make any buffet pay

[@electron2601]

Omg this had me laughing so hard that my wife made me leave the bedroom so she could watch her show in peace.

[@boiledbean]

Do they kick you out if you eat too much

[@connorparsons5523]

@@boiledbean, my uncle got kicked out of a restaurant because he ate too much when he was a kid.

[@miauBLEACH]

@@connorparsons5523 i mean, don't be greedy but they are supposed to feed us. We are the one who pay them to give us food, what else do they want?

[@mustachio2]

"Mom, why is that man measuring a plate?" "Oh don't worry about it, he's a youtuber."

[@octomanuno2700]

_covers childs eyes disgustedly and hastily speedwalks away_

[@Claude_from_cincinnati]

@@octomanuno2700 LOL!

[@milky9602]

@@octomanuno2700 LOL!

[@microwave911]

@@octomanuno2700 LOL!

[@turtlemine4613]

@@octomanuno2700 LOL!

[@texassweettea]

I loved this. The style (due to the age) was nice. It felt like looking back to one of my middle school year books from a few years ago. Or watching one of those old timey Disney cartoons I grew up with staring characters like the three little pigs or the big bad wolf or little red riding hood. Who else remembers those. In any case, this felt nostalgic, and I really enjoyed it.

[@intelligencecube6752]

That footage from Souplantation made me incredibly sad; I miss that buffet.

[@black97_0]

Meat bouncer: "dude, this is like the 10th time you're here. You still not full?" Me: "the implication, I'm suppose to care about what you think about me has been noted, and discarded. Now will you give me another round, or do I have to cut myself a slice?"

[@mounne13]

I've seen carving stations put limits on how many servings one can get per admission.

[@black97_0]

@@mounne13 ah. Well I'm sure to remember that next time I give a dam. Now would you stop looking at me and give me another round? I've been standing here for 5 minutes. Under food and safety act of 1990 page 47, article 14, subsection Z paragraph 2, row 7, I have the right to consume as much food as I can take.

[@altopheus8929]

And trust me that slice won't be one of the prime rib

[@endertobias1908]

Meat bouncer

[@lolgetrektnojutsu]

There’s Markiplier and Darkiplier There’s Jacksepticeye and Antisepticeye And then there’s MatPat and Pre Saint Judes Haircut Green Screen MatPat

[@vintage_night777]

So PSJHGSM

[@dominicmitchell4014]

@@vintage_night777 sounds like I'm beat boxing

[@fernyaicrag2745]

When I read the title I thought it said food theory's last episode and I was like noooooooo but then I re-read it and saw it said lost episode

[@legoqueen2445]

We've had an all you can eat Japanese chain open in our town. It's so good! But the plates are small, the portions are small and the food is brought out to you (though freshly cooked). I've not managed more than three plates but the food is so tasty , usually a few hours after finishing I'm already planning our next visit.

[@vince-zm8ds]

bold of you to assume im wearing anything at all

[@alicon852]

I've literally skipped the meat section because of my social anxiety and now I learn they're doing that ON PURPOSE?!

[@nguyenduyphuc3924]

That’s how they get you, lol

[@monhi64]

I mean it is a good idea, just to prevent massive waste. We just gotta get more bold lol

[@manatakamiya4589]

@@monhi64 Bring a friend and challenge yourselves to see which of you two can ask him for more. Sounds stupid, but the more of you there are, the more the group effect and peer influence will negate this kind of social pressure.

[@roystondaniel2849]

@@monhi64 yeah they want to prevent waste lol

[@chriswhite4408]

@@manatakamiya4589 lmao I love that your solution for peer pressure is just have more peer pressure in the other direction, honestly that's genius

[@samueltesta1558]

I find the whole “Bigger plate, the more you eat.” Stat to be hilarious considering that whenever I go to a buffet I just stack all the food up into a mountain.

[@comandercrypto1318]

same, for breakfast buffets my plate is an entire meal stacked 6 inches high

[@comandercrypto1318]

then 2 more plates after that(the 3-4 plates are main, extras, fruit/corned-beef hash, dessert, second plate of dessert)

[@Alex_Hernandez999]

I admire your actions

[@Santor-]

If you put a plate on top, like a burger, you can stack higher if you push down on the top plate to stabilize. Alternatively, you can do what I do, just bring a bag, cart or wheelbarrow.

[@kathoden135]

Veritasium's next video title: The Simplest Most Efficient Math Formula For Packing A Buffet Plate. Thumbnail: Buffet companies can't solve it! *shock face*

[@davidh0610]

18:38 Imagine how intimidating it must be to watch a video about eating as much as you can at a buffet, at a buffet.

[@eduardoquevedo7004]

Doing this right now at China

[@trolley7657]

It is actually interesting that they have calculated the amount they save by having a scary guy cutting the meat for you in order to make you eat less of it is enough to justify employing a whole extra person

[@Draiocht012]

MatPat: "How to Beat the Buffet." Me, after my 7th plate stacked 8 inches high: "You mean I can eat more?"

[@ethanworks9917]

😂😂🤢

[@trinitech6868]

Lol

[@bendy514]

Wait... You can get more than 1 plate of food in buffets? What have I done

[@malexthegreat]

well i mean one of my local buffets was permanently shut down because ONE PERSON ATE TOO MUCH IN ONE GO

[@malexthegreat]

@@bendy514 i have had 3 plates full since i was 10, and no that isn't an exaggeration..... unfortunately

[@DamonNomad82]

When my dad's brother was a kid, his parents didn't like taking him to buffets. The reason for this was that my uncle was a typical geek, complete with the thick-framed glasses with tape above the nose and dress shirts with ink stains on the pockets. He developed a formula to "make sure he got his money's worth" at the buffet, but overestimated the capacity of his own stomach. The result was that he would eat until he couldn't keep the food down. He also stubbornly refused to accept the fact that his "perfect equation" had this fatal flaw to it, and got sick every time he went to an all you can eat buffet.

[@Alex_Hernandez999]

Smart stupidity

[@KhangNguyen-qn4bh]

@@Alex_Hernandez999 ironic as it’s finest

[@Santor-]

Sounds like how most people do it.

[@pleaserespond3984]

That's adorable.

[@logandillard122]

His stupidity XD

[@peanutademacciatocappuccin3318]

i have a very difficult time falling asleep, but this man's voice puts me to sleep right away

[@PuppyLuv2504]

Thanks for sharing! Like all the other Food Theory episodes, it was awesome and informative

[@lewis.l2]

I know he's leaving it sad.😭

[@lewis.l2]

:(

[@meep7025]

"There are children dying of hunger" That isn't gonna make me feel bad about gluttony, the food isn't going to them anyways.

[@Rambo-lv9hu]

HAHAHA! Yes!! I just tell him hurry up and put it on my plate.

[@vinny9868]

They'd rather throw it away than try to donate it.

[@toonasag]

Ya true

[@dckrell]

i'd just say 'well fun fact you guys throw away food rather than donating it so even if I eat more there's still a lot of food in this restaurant which mean you are trying to guilt trip me over something that doesn't matter alright now where's my food'

[@birgio1363]

absolutely ruthless goddamn

[@sirdickkickerthefirst9611]

Me, in Asia, where the meat cutters give us literally half a duck per turn: “I have no such weaknesses.”

[@cringyhuman3210]

Also whenever I eat rice in a buffet my mom will beat me to death lol

[@nitsuga_but_not_really]

@@cringyhuman3210 I love how every mom on the line will, in perfect harmony, to advice every member of their group to not choose any rice or carbs amd go straight to the most expensive meats the table can offer. And also to throw out your shame through the window because she will beat us if we get full first before her.

[@kadlifal]

Me who Really know that Judging Thing feeling When getting the 6 cup ofcoffee in winters or 5 cups of Strawberry Ice cream while hershy Like dude i feel like that person will say You Are a Snorlax or what

[@stell4423]

Yes sir so true

[@kadlifal]

I have never been to a buffet lol

[@Sillyyyyyyyyya]

9: water so they never forget to stay hydrated

[@Nebula_o7]

when i went to a local buffet as a kid, they had fried noodles with broccoli (i fricking LOVE broccoli) and I would get as many servings as possible, they i would go and get ice cream when i was nearly full. I loved going to that buffet

[@jaxbell3326]

Golden Corral: Sir for the last time, you aren’t allowed to bring tape measures in here.

[@TheGreatRubix]

"Greenscreen MatPat isn't real, he can't hurt you." greenscreen MatPat:

[@shamilmurtazaa4391]

I was looking for this commnt lol

[@pilotmoo2449]

@@shamilmurtazaa4391 Same.

[@emilycrow8216]

lmaooooo

[@JanBebendorf]

Well here in germany we usually only have chinese all you can eat and it's often stuffed with 20 variants of rice and noodle dishes, veggy sushi and fried chicken waste. The expensive duck meat is very limited and the serving container is also stuffed with lots of bean sprouts and veggies. At the end you pay 15-40€ (depending on the restaurant and day/time) for essentially just really cheap food. When we go to our local asian gourmet temple I always try to only take a little of the noddles and lots of the expensive meats topped with some sauce so it goes down better. After those feasts it's usually enough of food for the next 2 days.

[@sebigrell]

Old KZbin is high tier KZbin. I miss the first days of game/food theory and this was a bit of a throwback to the good ol days

[@gojiboy69]

"Put food on smaller plates." Me: Stacks the food on top of each other and balances it to my table no problem.

[@paisleesheppard5629]

Efficiency is you

[@starplatinum2414]

Buffet employee: That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen. Buffet manager: So it would seem. You: *Balances a Tower-of-Babel-sized plate of food back to your table*

[@WorldinJeopardy]

People like me who do not like their food touching do not synergizer well with buffets lol

[@Egerit100]

@@WorldinJeopardy I don't care about that at all. In fact most of the time I prefer to cram it all together so it's easier to mix. Although every once in a while I grab things that I don't like to mix

[@XL.Pumpkaboo]

Sort of same. I don't pile it higher than I can easily balance.

[@sparkislost]

“Bouncer of meat” was something i didn’t want to hear matpat ever say

[@Alexander_Marin7]

Lol when I went to Vegas we stayed at the Wynn, and their buffet is awesome. We ate there at around 3:00 PM, and I remember not eating a single thing before so I could be super hungry. I also remember going to the steak and sausage section like 6 times lol cuz they were always giving out super small portions. I ended up eating like 3-4lbs of food in total and was feeling like I was gonna burst. Totally worth it though, and I saw exactly what you talked about in this video, like the breads and salads being on the edges.

[@aspendespain4606]

Me: eating lunch while watching this "Looks like I'm ahead of the game."

[@aceeduventures]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXK5dJqZqqqceKs

[@Idkmikeal2789]

Facts

[@Johoony17]

😂same

[@stellanovaluna]

@ik ur cool I’m a Christian myself but cool it down and don’t spam like what the freak is this

[@gasolinewhat]

Bro me too

[@quelorepario]

If you want to ruin a buffet, bring a bunch of friends into competitive eating. If you _really_ want to ruin a buffet, select competitive eaters that has the same birthday as you.

[@minecraftgamer2474]

Omg I'm doing with my friends when were older!!

[@ssheepps8199]

@@minecraftgamer2474 OMG YES I'LL PROBABLY DO THAT ONE DAY

[@mercster]

Why would you intentionally ruin a business offering a fair service. It's one thing to get the most for your money; it's another to think it's awesome to "game the system" and hurt innocent people.

[@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong]

@@mercster Oh boohoo.

[@abcxyz6606]

So you people want to ruin buffet, drive them out of business? U know all business need to cover their cost, right, so if people greedily and purposely only go for expensive stuff and being wasteful, buffet will either have to increase price for EVERYONE or go out of business. Is that what you people want? You people are so Smart 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@abbysworld05]

I always head straight to the back cuz of that, even tho I’m not a fan of steak and stuff, there might be something I like back there, I always go there first and then you back down and then desert is last

[@hardstarboardradio]

One time in 1986 at the now-defunct King's Table Buffet in Moscow, Idaho, I visibly ate so much (because instead of making endless trips, I would get all that I could eat at once, because i knew how much I could eat) that the restaurant manager actually came to my table and asked me to put some of the dishes back. As that sounded like a health code violation - and because I was, you know, hungry - I just stared at him incredulously until he sheepishly walked away. It's one of the highlights of my entire life.

[@kinsbeans]

Restaurants hate him! Eat the whole restaurant with his one simple trick.

[@jakelater596]

No

[@1NICK23]

golden corral brownies fill you up instantly and like 20 minutes later, you're hungry again

[@Exclusive1011111111]

U mean u are hungry.

[@knalb_]

Conspiracy theory

[@vilasyang]

16:20 Soda water. Great tips and knowledge here. Thank you for your video

[@Justheretowatchvids365]

Another tip: pick your buffet place wisely. I have been to really good (local Chinese restaurant) and really bad (golden corral ironically). The food quality and the environment really makes a difference. The cheaper and grosser the place, the less you are gonna eat (as you probably should for your own health haha).

[@luggilu7864]

As someone who works in retail: don't ever feel weird about going to a store several times. We don't remember. Sure if you speak to the cashier a lot, he'll possibly remember your face, but probably only if your a regular customer. Can't te you how many times i had people buy something to immediately notice they forgot something and be back at the register in 2 minutes and by the time they are back it's like I've never met them. Retail workers don't care.

[@wnxdafriz]

??? this confuses me... when i ran an electronics department my store manager was wondering why the store was getting calls for me personally.... honestly.... i felt pride if i kept seeing the same people.... meant i was doing things right.... too bad store gets bought out by some investment group and they ran the store franchise into the ground.... left when it was obvious where it was heading

[@ViolosD2I]

It's not really about the server remembering you, or caring. It's that you THINK he might.

[@Esterfox1987]

@@ViolosD2I IKR

[@musgodness]

But what if I'm handsome? 🙁

[@ami96984]

@@ViolosD2I and what would him seing you twice do?

[@JoNJoShY]

This is what goes in my head when in a buffet: “I paid to be here, and everyone else paid to be here, We all want to make the most of this, We won’t judge each other for going for fifths.”

[@lucethedoormat81]

mood

[@eclecticsoffy]

The perfect mindset to beat the business and get maximum profit

[@siege824s8]

I go with a u gon learn today mentality

[@blck4333]

Same

[@jennytaylor3986]

I DO however judge the people at my previous town's buffet who would hang around the shrimp like vultures before proceeding to pile their plates high as soon as it refilled so that unless I was also watching like a hawk I never got any.

[@joseyabner1584]

This reminds me of old school game theory. I loved it! So entertaining in so many ways 😊

[@shizedits7931]

I find this so funny cuz I went on holiday when I was younger and there was a buffet. I would stackkkkk food on my plate….. so that I didn’t have to go back 😂😂😂😂

[@memeboi27]

Matpat: how to beat buffets Audience: why? Matpat: cause f*ck them, that’s why!

[@shikoshiko1210]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWS1mJ2eg8qmpZo......

[@flying5634]

Want green screen matpat meme template? I got you (wait for Monday lol)

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Alright Mr popo

[@flying5634]

I was done making it just wait until Monday. Y'all redditors just wait.

[@rugbytimezone5480]

@@flying5634 just gonna reply as a reminder don't mind me

[@HenryCartaya]

Lets take a moment to realize THIS ICONIC MAN took a TAPE MEASURE to as Golden Corral🥴🤯

[@jazberrybear]

“Hey uh why do you have tape measurer?”

[@garrettbrunner8425]

To measure how longs they slept

[@WhateverIWantChannel]

I loved the transition with the thrown sweatpants!

[@mattiasmartens9972]

I hope everyone in this comment section can have the experience of the buffet at Rio Steakhouse. Flipping the script of the "meat bouncer", the staff there brings the meat to you. Each seating has a card that you can flip, revealing the red side, to indicate that you need a break from the meat. And the twist: if it's a reasonably quiet day, and you don't make use of that card, the staff will most likely serve you meat faster than you can eat it.

[@bagelman4963]

Fun fact: The Golden Corral in the city I live near was shut down because the owner was found guilty of murder

[@thekitmi9156]

Woah

[@markszakallas6677]

i guess they found that out piece by piece :)

[@Idkwhattoputttt]

Hopefully that was acctually steak

[@Kiev-en-3-jours]

Well. That's actually also the case for all other Golden Corrals shut down.

[@Lutefisk445]

My local one was finally shut down after years of back and forth health violations. Now it's an animal hospital, so I'd say things turned out for the better

[@the_roguelogue1491]

Still waiting on that “popcorn is the most valuable currency” theory

[@allofthepoints9636]

Never been to one of these, never even seen one, but this video was incredible.

[@phillipsfamily27]

I needed this

[@imstupid880]

The green screen actually wasn't a terrible idea, it's a good way to take up screen time when you don't have much to show. Also, it's fun seeing how you move when you talk.

[@kingslushie1018]

I agree!

[@daimianadrien2643]

“Like a modern day Oliver” and on that day of recording they discovered what to name their son

[@curlyboicyrus]

This is hilarious but also THAT PROFILE PIC!!! Barry’s one of my highest comfort characters!!

[@J3SWorld]

*"I'm ˢᵘᵇˢᶜʳⁱᵇⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵒⁿᵉ ʷʰᵒ ˢᵘᵇˢᶜʳⁱᵇᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗ".,

[@Wishy.]

@@curlyboicyrus I agree 100%

[@KittyNinjaYT]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL Is that Barry???

[@wolfiegames1572]

This was recorded in 2019, so Oli was already born

[@strikaaaa]

you definitely already posted this i remember it all

[@user-gm4vy3nw4v]

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

[@TruthBehindTheLies]

I miss Ponderosa, I actually completely forgot about that place but once I heard the name it flooded my mind with tons of great memories

[@Excalibur-Sonic]

Same

[@jFar920]

I didn’t realize they were a dying breed, there’s two near me (one in my hometown) that have been there my entire life

[@FrugalGarden]

Same

[@lisahenry20]

My family went to Florida when I was 6 and we went to Ponderosa so many times for breakfast over those two weeks.

[@arthurlam751]

My parents would always take me and my siblings there on the rare trip to an outlet mall.

[@Calebsnaz]

"There is a 41% chance you are wearing sweatpants" Me who isn't wearing pants: My power is beyond your comprehension.

[@herowither12354]

So.. You're wearing a skirt?

[@KlrKurt64]

no he wear short

[@greason]

Im english, u could just not be wearing pants and still be wearing sweatpants lol

[@herowither12354]

@@greason Sweatpants are a type of pants, tho.

[@ty21000]

@@herowither12354 i think they meant they arent wearing anything on their lower half of their body except maybe underwear.

[@heyitsryry54]

Omg I literally love Golden Corral! It got me into trying so many of the foods I love now but I havent had it in years because the one near me closed down ;( I hope I can go back there someday tho! I remember making myself like marshmallows just so I would have something to dip in the chocolate fountain

[@klashslash6919]

15:36 this is why i keep using the bathroom at buffets, its an acceptable way to pass time and it clears my mind and stomach