About this episode
The episode discusses BBQ week on Top Chef, including debates on BBQ styles and power rankings.
It was BBQ week at Top Chef! This week we debate western vs. eastern Carolina BBQ (seriously, who hates ketchup?), what we thought of the s'mores challenge and a discussion on how to score it, and dove into how well people's power rankings did this week. As always, enter your scores each week before the episode airs on find-topchef.com and become a subscriber on packyourknives.com to get additional data-driven insights on Top Chef. 00:00 Hello and welcome! 04:33 Episode thoughts 09:23 Carly and Kendra’s power rankings 14:00 Bonus question 16:09 Power Rankings analysis 28:16 Thoughts on next week's episode 30:00 Fantasy leagues 37:29 Reminder to submit rankingsSubscribe to the PYK Substack! https://www.packyourknives.com/ Rate PYK 5 Stars on Apple or Spotify, or watch PYK on YouTube! Follow PYK on Twitter: @packknives & Instagram: @packyourknives COUNT THE DINGS MERCH STORE - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guests: Carly, Kendra
Topics covered
- BBQ
- Top Chef
- power rankings
- s'mores challenge
- fantasy leagues
Keywords
- BBQ
- Top Chef
- s'mores
- power rankings
- fantasy leagues
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Organizations: Top Chef, find-topchef.com, packyourknives.com, PYK Substack, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, COUNT THE DINGS MERCH STORE
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