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Language | English |
Updates | Weekly |
Length | 90–160 minutes |
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Theme music composed by | Michael Daniel Cassady [1] |
Audio format | MP3 |
No. of episodes | 435 (as of March 1, 2024) |
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Original release | May 20, 2015 |
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Website | headgum |
Doughboys is an audio podcast hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger focused on reviewing chain restaurants, including fast food restaurants, fast casual restaurants, and sit-down restaurants. [2] The podcast started in May 2015, and began offering bonus episodes for Patreon supporters in March 2017 under the name Doughboys Double. [3] The theme music for both Doughboys and Doughboys Double were composed and produced by Michael Cassady. Doughboys joined the Headgum network in April 2018, after having previously been members of the Feral Audio network until its disbandment. [4]
The podcast episodes feature a weekly guest, including notable people from the comedy world such as Scott Aukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Silverman, Ike Barinholtz, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Matt Besser, Rob Lowe, Matt Kowalick, Haley Joel Osment, Samoa Joe, Heather Anne Campbell, Lauren Lapkus, Bill Oakley, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins, Jesse Farrar, Chris Pratt, Kumail Nanjiani, Stephanie Beatriz, and D'Arcy Carden. Mitchell and Wiger have also performed live shows across the United States and in Canada. [5] [6]
As of March 2023 [update] , Doughboys is the 22nd most popular podcast on Patreon and the 56th most popular Patreon page overall, with over 14,900 subscribers. [7]
Each episode begins with an introduction by Wiger, who gives some background information about the restaurant chain they are reviewing that week. [1] [8] Together with a guest, the hosts then discuss their recent visit to the restaurant as well as chain restaurants in general. Following this conversation about the food and their experience, they rate the chain on a scale from 0 to 5 "forks". [9] [10] If a person wants to specify their rating, they can also use "tines" as a way to give out .25, .50, .75 scores. If a restaurant gets above a 4.0 fork rating from each person on the episode, they become part of the "Golden Plate Club". If the restaurant gets 5 forks from every person they are in the "Platinum Plate Club". [1] [8] However, a restaurant's place in these clubs is not final and a chain can lose this distinction if it is reviewed again and receives lower ratings.
In addition to reviewing a chain restaurant each episode, the podcast includes recurring segments such as "Snack or Wack", in which the hosts and their guests determine if a food is worth eating, [1] [8] or "Drank or Stank", in which the hosts and their guests taste a beverage to determine if it is worth drinking. [10] At the end of each episode, the hosts and guests respond to a question submitted by a listener. [1] [8]
Doughboys has received recognition as both a comedy and a food podcast on best-of lists by Paste , [11] Mashable, [12] [13] Uproxx, [14] and Reader's Digest , [15] among others. [16] [17] Paste named it the 12th best podcast of the 2010s. [11]
Doughboys has also been covered extensively on Vulture and The A.V. Club . It appeared on Vulture's year-end list "The Year in Comedy Podcasts" in 2016, [18] 2017, [19] 2018 [20] and 2019, [21] and has been featured in its weekly series "This Week in Comedy Podcasts" several times. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Vulture also named Doughboys "the one food podcast to start with". [28] The A.V. Club included the podcast in its year-end podcasts list in 2015 [29] and 2016, [30] and has recommended multiple episodes in its weekly podcast column "Podmass". [31]
The podcast [32] won "Best Food Podcast" at the 4th iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in 2022, [33] and was previously nominated in the same category at the 2nd iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in 2020. [34]
No. | Episode title | Release date |
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1 | "Chili's with Eva Anderson" | May 20 |
2 | "Taco Bell with Jack Allison" | May 25 |
3 | "IHOP with Alison Agosti" | May 28 |
4 | "Outback Steakhouse with Jon Gabrus" | June 4 |
5 | "Long John Silver's with Mary Holland" | June 11 |
6 | "TGI Fridays with Jordan Morris" | June 17 |
7 | "Chipotle with Mike Hanford" | June 25 |
8 | "Umami Burger with Heather Anne Campbell" | July 2 |
9 | "Carl's Jr./Hardee's with Ben Axelrad" | July 7 |
10 | "Domino's with Matt Kowalick" | July 15 |
11 | "Carrows with Erin Whitehead" | July 24 |
12 | "Chick-Fil-A with Betsy Sodaro" | July 30 |
13 | "Denny's with Farley Elliott" | August 6 |
14 | "Original Tommy's with Jim Woods" | August 13 |
15 | "Boston Market with Annie Mebane" | August 19 |
16 | "In-N-Out Burger with Armen Weitzman" | August 27 |
17 | "Subway with Fran Gillespie" | September 2 |
18 | "Steak 'n Shake with Evan Susser" | September 9 |
19 | "Buffalo Wild Wings with Matt Selman" | September 18 |
20 | "Starbucks with Joe Saunders" | September 24 |
21 | "L&L Hawaiian Barbecue with Eugene Cordero" | October 1 |
22 | "Rockdoughberfest: Cabo Wabo Cantina with Julie Brister" | October 8 |
23 | "Rockdoughberfest: Margaritaville with Mike Carlson" | October 15 |
24 | "Rockdoughberfest: Hard Rock Cafe with Scott Gairdner" | October 21 |
25 | "Rockdoughberfest: Rock & Brews with Zoe Jarman" | October 28 |
26 | "Burger King with John Roy" | November 4 |
27 | "Fuddruckers with Ryan Perez" | November 11 |
28 | "Del Taco with Alan Yang" | November 19 |
29 | "Wingstop with Emmy Blotnick" | December 3 |
30 | "Arby's with Vanessa Ramos" | December 9 |
31 | "Steak 'n Shake 2 with Evan Susser" | December 17 |
No. | Episode title | Release date |
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32 | "Pizza Hut with Neil Campbell" | January 7 |
33 | "Five Guys with Jefferson Dutton" | January 14 |
34 | "California Pizza Kitchen with Eva Anderson" | January 21 |
35 | "Krispy Kreme with Matt Besser" | January 28 |
36 | "Togo's with Matty Smith" | February 4 |
37 | "Panda Express with Tricia McAlpin" | February 11 |
38 | "Mimi's Cafe with Georgia Hardstark" | February 18 |
39 | "Panda Wendy's with Paul Rust" | February 25 |
40 | "Tournament of Chompions: Carl's Jr/Hardee's vs. Fuddruckers with Jess McKenna" | March 3 |
41 | "Tournament of Chompions: Eat-In Minisode" | March 9 |
42 | "Tournament of Chompions: Steak n' Shake vs. Five Guys vs. Burger King with Michael Cassady" | March 10 |
43 | "Tournament of Chompions: Carl's Jr/Hardee's vs. In-N-Out Burger with John Gemberling" | March 17 |
44 | "Tournament of Chompions: Five Guys vs. Shake Shack (Minisode) with Evan Susser & Matty Smith" | March 23 |
45 | "Tournament of Chompions: Wendy's vs. Shake Shack with Nicole Byer" | March 24 |
46 | "Tournament of Chompions Finale: In-N-Out Burger vs. Shake Shack with Evan Susser" | March 31 |
47 | "Veggie Grill with Nathan Barnatt" | April 7 |
48 | "Chuck E. Cheese's with Erin McGathy" | April 14 |
49 | "Sweetgreen with Siobhan Thompson" | April 21 |
50 | "Hillstone with David Phillips" | April 28 |
51 | "Olive Garden with Christine Nangle" | May 5 |
52 | "Morton's The Steakhouse with Tim Kalpakis" | May 12 |
53 | "Yoshinoya with Jensen Karp" | May 19 |
54 | "Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen with Lesley Arfin" | May 26 |
55 | "Baja Fresh with Claudia O'Doherty" | June 2 |
56 | "Jollibee with Jonah Ray" | June 9 |
57 | "Hokkaido Ramen Santouka with Jeff Kenji Sloniker" | June 16 |
58 | "Pinkberry with Lauren Lapkus" | June 23 |
59 | "Islands with Nick Mundy" | June 23 |
60 | "Bubba Gump Shrimp with Paul Scheer" | July 7 |
61 | "Bob's Big Boy with Dave Ferguson" | July 14 |
62 | "Fatburger with Yamara Taylor" | July 20 |
63 | "7-Eleven with Fran Gillespie (Live from UCB Sunset)" | July 28 |
64 | "Doughlympics: Domino's vs. Papa John's vs. Pizza Hut with Michael "Mookie" Blaiklock" | August 4 |
65 | "Doughlympics: Chipotle vs. Del Taco vs. Taco Bell with Courtney Davis" | August 7 |
66 | "Doughlympics: Dunkin' Donuts vs. McDonalds vs. Starbucks with Sean O'Connor" | August 18 |
67 | "The Cheesecake Factory with Beck Bennett" | August 25 |
68 | "Red Robin with D'Arcy Carden" | September 1 |
69 | "Yogurtland with Van Robichaux" | September 8 |
70 | "Dave & Buster's with Allan McLeod" | September 15 |
71 | "Baskin-Robbins with Dave King" | September 22 |
72 | "Dairy Queen with Christine Nangle & Matt Selman (Live at LA Podfest 2016)" | September 29 |
73 | "Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 1 with Jess McKenna" | October 6 |
74 | "Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 2 with Ross Kimball" | October 13 |
75 | "Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 3 with Nicole Byer" | October 20 |
76 | "Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 4 with Sean Clements & Hayes Davenport" | October 27 |
77 | "Cold Stone Creamery with Kevin T. Porter" | November 2 |
78 | "Wood Ranch with Esther Povitsky" | November 10 |
79 | "Church's Chicken with Demi Adejuyigbe" | November 17 |
80 | "Hooters with Kulap Vilaysack" | November 30 |
81 | "Jack In The Box with Spencer Crittenden" | December 8 |
82 | "Steak N' Shake 3 with Evan Susser" | December 15 |
83 | "Rogueboys: Rogue One with Drew McWeeny" | December 22 |
No. | Episode title | Release date |
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84 | "Tender Greens with Ryan Stanger" | January 6 |
85 | "Buca di Beppo with Drew McWeeny" | January 12 |
85 | "Tony Roma's with Bug Mane" | January 19 |
86 | "Taco Bell (LIVE) with Jon Gabrus" | January 26 |
87 | "Taco Bell 3 with Bobby Lee" | February 2 |
88 | "BJ's with Sean Clements & Hayes Davenport" | February 9 |
89 | "Mac To-Fight with Evan Susser & Van Robichaux" | February 15 |
90 | "In-N-Out Burger 2 with ???" | February 23 |
91 | "Tournament of Chompions: McDonald's v. Panda Express with Fran Gillespie" | March 2 |
92 | "Tournament of Chompions: Chick-fil-a v. Wendy's with Ryan Perez" | March 6 |
93 | "Tournament of Chompions: Full Bird Region with Eugene Cordero" | March 9 |
94 | "Tournament of Chompions: Buffalo Wild Wings v. Wingstop with Nicole Byer" | March 13 |
95 | "Tournament of Chompions: McDonald's v. Popeyes with Armen Weitzman" | March 16 |
96 | "Tournament of Chompions: Wendy's v. Wingstop with Matt Selman" | March 23 |
97 | "Tournament of Chompions: FINALS with Paul Rust" | March 30 |
98 | "Jamba Juice with Dylan Gelula" | April 6 |
99 | "Jimmy John's with Lauren Lapkus" | April 13 |
100 | "Nugget Power Hour with Nicole Byer & Jon Gabrus" | April 20 |
101 | "Wetzel's Pretzels with Jon Daly" | April 27 |
102 | "Mr. Pizza with Jesse Thorn" | May 4 |
103 | "Carl's Jr./Hardee's 2 with Chris VanArtsdalen" | May 11 |
104 | "Sharky's with Erin McGathy" | May 18 |
105 | "IKEA with Dave Thomason" | May 25 |
106 | "The Coffee Bean with Hannah Kasulka" | May 31 |
107 | "Jersey Mike's with Drew Tarver" | June 7 |
108 | "Sizzler with Marisa Pinson" | June 15 |
109 | "Burger King 2 with Jordan Morris (LIVE)" | June 22 |
110 | "Claim Jumper with Heather Anne Campbell" | June 29 |
111 | "Shake Shack with Jason Concepcion" | July 6 |
112 | "Umami Burger 2 with David Neher" | July 12 |
113 | "Golden Corral with Stoney Sharp" | July 20 |
114 | "Dunkin' Donuts with Joe Mande" | July 27 |
115 | "IHOP 2 with Danny Jelinek" | August 3 |
116 | "Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles with Carl Tart" | August 10 |
117 | "Daphne's with Jessica Jean Jardine" | August 17 |
118 | "Chipotle 2 with Chelsea Davison" | August 24 |
119 | "KFC with Paul F. Tompkins" | August 31 |
120 | "HomeTown Buffet with Toni Charline" | September 7 |
121 | "Shakey's Pizza with Kyle Mooney" | September 14 |
122 | "El Pollo Loco with Lamar Woods" | September 21 |
123 | "Guy's American Kitchen with Christine Nangle (LIVE)" | September 28 |
124 | "Yard House with Matt Besser" | October 5 |
125 | "ESPN Zone with Neil Campbell" | October 12 |
126 | "Medieval Times with Mary Holland and Matt Newell" | October 19 |
127 | "The Great Shrimp Off with Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport" | October 26 |
128 | "Arby's 2 with John Hodgman" | November 2 |
129 | "Wienerschnitzel with Rob Huebel" | November 9 |
130 | "Dick's Drive-In with Evan Susser (LIVE)" | November 16 |
131 | "Chick-fil-A with Noël Wells" | November 29 |
132 | "Fosters Freeze with Holly Prazoff" | December 7 |
133 | "Torchy's Tacos with Jon Gabrus (LIVE in Austin)" | December 14 |
134 | "Cinnabon with Nicole Byer" | December 21 |
No. | Episode title | Release date |
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135 | "Shipley Do-Nuts with Jon Gabrus (LIVE)" | January 11 |
136 | "Carl's Jr./Hardee's 3 with Alana Johnston" | January 18 |
137 | "Whataburger with Jon Gabrus (LIVE)" | January 25 |
138 | "The Halal Guys with Dave Schilling" | February 1 |
139 | "Checkers and Rally's with Neil Punsalan" | February 8 |
140 | "Sugarfish with Jason Mantzoukas" | February 15 |
141 | "Ike's with Spencer Grittenden (LIVE)" | February 22 |
142 | "Munch Madness: Domino's vs. Pizza Hut with Claudia O'Doherty" | March 1 |
143 | "Munch Madness: Little Caesars vs. Papa John's with John Gemberling" | March 8 |
144 | "Munch Madness: Semifinals Match 1 with Carl Tart" | March 15 |
145 | "Munch Madness: Semifinals Match 2 with Michael Daniel Cassady" | March 22 |
146 | "Munch Madness: Finals with Paul Scheer" | March 29 |
147 | "Coco's with Alison Rosen" | April 5 |
148 | "The Pie Hole with Marcy Jarreau" | April 12 |
149 | "The Dopeboys 4/20 Smokestackular with Jon Gabrus" | April 19 |
150 | "Farmer Boys with Nick Rutherford" | April 26 |
151 | "Live Garden 2 with Joel Kim Booster" | May 3 |
152 | "Ruth's Chris Steak House with Andrew Secunda" | May 10 |
153 | "TGI Friday's 2 with The Sklar Brothers" | May 17 |
154 | "Mr. Denny's Solo Menu with Matt Mira" | May 24 |
155 | "Taco Bell 4 with Gillian Jacobs" | May 31 |
156 | "Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken with Ben Gruber" | June 7 |
157 | "Quizno's with Haley Joel Osment" | June 14 |
158 | "Firehouse Subs with Mary Sohn" | June 21 |
159 | "Norms with Jordan Morris" | June 28 |
160 | "IHOb with Bug Mane" | July 5 |
161 | "Panda Express 2 with Cristela Alonzo" | July 12 |
162 | "Mel's Drive-In with Jon Gabrus (LIVE)" | July 19 |
163 | "Panera Bread with Bill Oakley" | July 26 |
164 | "Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes with Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai" | July 12 |
165 | "Pink's Hot Dogs with Alana Johnston (LIVE)" | August 9 |
166 | "The Evan Susser Summer Ice Cream Invitational Finals with Evan Susser" | August 16 |
167 | "P.F. Chang's with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino" | August 23 |
168 | "Johnny Rockets with Esther Povitsky" | August 30 |
169 | "Wahoo's Fish Taco with Eliza Skinner" | September 6 |
170 | "Outback Steakhouse 2 with Leann Bowen" | September 13 |
171 | "Menchie's with Jackie Johnson" | September 20 |
172 | "Benihana with D'Arcy Carden" | September 27 |
173 | "Octdoughberblessed: In-N-Out vs Chick-Fil-A with Scott Auckerman" | October 4 |
174 | "Octdoughberblessed: Canter's Deli with Evan Susser and David Phillips" | October 11 |
175 | "Loving Hut with Raj Desai" | October 18 |
176 | "Octdoughberblessed: Cracker Barrel with Betsy Sodaro" | October 25 |
177 | "Maggiano's Little Italy with Kevin Pollak" | November 1 |
176 | "Top Round Roast Beef" | November 8 |
177 | "El Torito with Jack Allison" | November 15 |
178 | "Dairy Queen 2 with Don't Stop or We'll Die" | November 29 |
179 | "Rubio's with Mary Holland (LIVE)" | December 6 |
180 | "Papa John's with Lamar Woods" | December 13 |
181 | "McDonald's with Sarah Silverman" | December 20 |
182 | "Doughboys Double 42 - A Very Doughboys Christmas" | December 27 |
No. | Episode title | Release date |
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185 | Poquito Mas with Dan Goor | January 3 |
186 | Delta Sky Club with John Hodgman | January 17 |
187 | The Hat with Betsy Sodaro and Mano Agapion (LIVE) | January 24 |
188 | Cheba Hut with Jon Gabrus (LIVE) | January 31 |
189 | Super Duper Burgers with Eliza Skinner & Jordan Morris (LIVE) | February 7 |
190 | Smoke's Poutinerie with Alana Johnston (LIVE) | February 14 |
191 | Little Caesars with John Ross Bowie | February 21 |
192 | Native Foods with Tawny Newsome & Alex Kliner | February 28 |
193 | Munch Madness: Chipotle vs. Qdoba with Toni Charline | March 7 |
194 | Munch Madness: Poquito Mas vs. Taco Bell with Mike Hanford | March 14 |
195 | Munch Madness: Qdoba vs Del Taco with Matt Apodaca | March 21 |
196 | Munch Madness: Poquito Mas vs. Qdoba vs. Taco Bell with Nicole Byer | March 28 |
197 | Sizzle Pie with Bill Oakley (LIVE) | April 4 |
198 | Portillo's with Jon Gabrus & Christine Nagle (LIVE) | April 11 |
199 | Lou Malnati's with Jon Gabrus & Christine Nagle (LIVE) | April 18 |
200 | Episode 200 - Chili's Too with Eva Anderson | April 25 |
201 | AMC Dine-In with Kevin Pollak and Jamie Fox | May 2 |
202 | Sweetfin Poke with Payman Benz | May 9 |
203 | Waffle House with Carl Tart (LIVE) | May 16 |
204 | HAttie B's with Carl Tart (LIVE) | May 23 |
205 | P. F. Chang's 2 with Kulap Vilaysack | May 30 |
206 | Fogo de Chao with Candice King & Kayla Ewell | June 6 |
207 | Ben & Jerry's with The Sloppy Boys | June 13 |
208 | Al's Beef with Megan Batoon & Amir Blumenfeld (LIVE) | June 20 |
209 | Which Wich? with Josh Gondelman | June 27 |
210 | Starbucks Reserve with Jessica Chaffin | July 4 |
211 | Papa Gino's with John Hodgman, Jean Grae, and Jeff Tweedy | July 11 |
212 | Le Pain Quotidien with Johnny Pemberton | July 18 |
213 | SHAQ WEEK: Shaquille's with Josh Weiner | July 25 |
214 | Subway 2 with R. J. Fried | August 1 |
215 | Del Taco 2 with Kevin Bartelt & Yusong Liu | August 8 |
216 | Lee's Sandwiches with Ify Nwadiwe | August 15 |
217 | Burger King 3 with Haley Mancini | August 22 |
218 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 2 with Andrew Ti | August 29 |
219 | Ben's Chili Bowl with Christine Nangle & Carl Tart (LIVE) | September 5 |
220 | CAVA with Jamelle Bouie, Carl Tart, and Libby Watson (LIVE) | September 12 |
221 | Marie Callender's with Scott Aukerman | September 19 |
222 | Rita's Italian Ice with Carl Tart & Christine Nangle (LIVE) | September 26 |
223 | The Ate-TL: The Flying Biscuit Cafe with Steve Agee | October 3 |
224 | The Ate-TL: Moe's Southwest Grill with Mary Lynn Rajskub | October 10 |
225 | The Ate-TL: The Varsity with Joe Saunders | October 17 |
226 | The Ate-TL: Krystal with Sam Richardson | October 24 |
227 | The Ate-TL: Cook Out with Jesse Farrar & Mike Hale | October 31 |
228 | White Castle with Mike Hanford, Paul Rust, and Fran Gillespie (LIVE) | November 7 |
229 | Regina Pizzeria with John Hodgman & Nicole Byer (LIVE) | November 14 |
230 | 99 Restaurant with Nicole Byer & Dano (LIVE) | November 21 |
231 | Noah's New York Bagels with Jennie Pierson | December 5 |
232 | Ample Hills Creamery with Jason Sheridan | December 12 |
233 | Steak 'n Shake 4 with Even Susser | December 19 |
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