THE SHOW SHOES. BE FUN, JOHN. THANK YOU SO MUCH AWESOME. AS USUAL. JASON OVER TO YOU.
ALRIGHT THERE IS A FOOD THROW
DOWN HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AT
EASTERN MARKET AND THIS ONE IS
RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. IT IS THE
BURGER BATTLE DETROIT AT EASTERN
MARKET WHERE MORE THAN 15 A
LOCAL CHEFS WILL COMPETE TO BE
CROWNED THE BURGER CHAMP AND
JOINING ME THIS MORNING. ARE THE
REIGNING CHAMPIONS RETURNING TO
DEFEND THEIR TITLE. ROB AND
MICHELE HASKELL, THE OWNERS OF
COZY LOUNGE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU
BOTH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE
YOU. IT’S A COOL LOGO. I LIKE
THE HAT. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR
OUR BASEBALL TEAM. OH EXCELLENT
, JOE, YOU SPONSOR A TEAM. ALL
RIGHT, WHERE IS COZY LOUNGE? BY
THE WAY, WE ARE IN HAZEL PARK,
AND WE’RE LOCATED AND 10 MILE,
UM, IN BETWEEN JOHN, R. AND
COUSINS. EXCELLENT. GOOD PLACE
TO BE FIRST. LET’S TALK ABOUT
HOW BURGER BATTLE DETROIT WORKS.
SO IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND
YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE YOUR
TICKETS. WE DO SUGGEST THAT YOU
PURCHASED THEM BEFORE. UM AND
THEN YOU CAN GO RIGHT ONTO
BURGER BATTLE DETROIT .COM AND
ORDER THEM THEIR $25 APIECE. AND
IT’S ALL YOU CAN EAT. YOU COME
IN, AND YOU GET A TICKET VOUCHER
. AND THEN THAT GOES TOWARDS A
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE BURGER.
AND THEN FROM THERE ON IT GOES
TO A PANEL OF THE TOP THREE AND
THEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE
HERE FROM WDIV’S AND ALSO FROM
THE FREE PRESS, AND THEY’RE
GOING TO BE JUDGES, AND THEN
THEY GET TO PICK THE REIGNING
CHAMPION. OKAY, SO AS A PERSON
WORKS THE WAY AROUND 15 BURGERS
STATIONS ARE THEY LITERALLY
TRYING FULL SIZED BURGERS? ARE
THEY TRYING LITTLE BITES OR TRY
LITTLE BITES? BUT YOU CAN HAVE
AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, SO IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF
FIVE BURGERS AT ONE PLACE, OR AT
ALL OF THEM, YOU CAN EAT AS MUCH
AS AS YOUR HEART DESIRES. YOU
CAN DO THAT TOO. RIGHT? ALRIGHT
THE BURGER YOU’RE MAKING TODAY
YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED ROB
WHAT IS IN THE SKILLETS? SO THE
IMPORTANT PART IS OUR HAND
PRESSED PATTY. IT’S A SIX OUNCE
HIS HAND UP. PATTY THAT WE USE
FROM FAIRWAY PACKING. SOME OF
THE INGREDIENTS ARE GOING TO
INCLUDE JALAPENOS, FRESH
JALAPENOS, BACON AND FOR THIS
SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC BURGER, WE
USE A LITTLE BIT OF FRESH HONEY
LOCALLY GROWN, THAT’S GOING TO
GO ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUN. SO
WITH THAT BURGER DOES BECAUSE
IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF HOTNESS A
LITTLE BIT OF SWEETNESS A LITTLE
BIT A LOT OF FLAVOR RANGE THERE.
NEVER IN MY LIFE WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT OF PUTTING HONEY ON A
BUN, HONEY BUN, RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT. SO UM, THIS OBVIOUSLY
ISN’T GOING TO BE WHAT YOU MAKE
ON FOR THE BATTLE. OR IS IT A
BIG SECRET? OF COURSE YOU’RE NOT
GONNA NOW WE MENTIONED AT THE
TOP OF THE SHOW. I SAID THAT THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN A BURGER
THAT OFTEN GETS OVERLOOKED IS
THE BUN. AGREED WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT’S THE SECRET TO LIKE THE
KEEP TOGETHER OF ABILITY?
HONESTLY I THINK I’M IT’S THE
CHRISTMAS OF THE BUN. WE BROWN
THE BUN FIRST, AND IT KEEPS
EVERYTHING NICE AND CRISPY, AND
THAT KEEPS ALL YOUR FLAVOR IS
LOCKED IN. IF YOU GET A SOFT
BUN, IT’S ALL SLOPPY AND KIND OF
MOVES AROUND IN YOUR HANDS, BUT
ABUNDANT THAT FALLS APART BEFORE
YOU’RE DONE WITH THE BURGER.
THAT’S JUST THE BIGGEST PROGRAM.
MISTAKE. EVER SEE THAT WE HAVE
SOME, UH, LIBATIONS HERE? WHAT
WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? THE
LOUNGES, A BAR, SO FOOD, EVEN
THOUGH WE’RE GREAT AT IT, IT’S
SECONDARY. SO IF YOU WANT TO
COME IN AND HAVE A BEVERAGE, WE
HAVE TERRIFIC ARRAY OF BOURBONS
. TEQUILA SO OBVIOUSLY VODKAS
AND THE REST OF THE GOOD STUFF
OUT THERE, BUT AND I HOPE I
THINK I SPY SOME. WHAT IS THAT
KIND OF EGG ROLLS ARE UP THERE
ON THAT RECORD CORN BEEF EGG
ROLLS THAT WE HANDLE ALL OF OUR
EGG ROLLS IN HOUSE. UM AND IT’S
A WONDERFUL LITTLE TREAT IF YOU
WANT JUST A NICE LITTLE
APPETIZER. TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR
DRINK. ALRIGHT AND DO WE HAVE
ONE THAT I CAN TASTE THE PULL OF
THE SKELETON BUILD HERE ALREADY
MORE TIME WHILE ROB SERVING THAT
UP. TELL US HOW TO GET TICKETS.
WHERE IS JUST GOING TO GO
ONLINE? LIKE I SAID, WE DO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PURCHASE
TICKETS BEFOREHAND BECAUSE
THERE’S A LIMITED NUMBER. CAN GO
ONLINE TO DETROIT BURGER BATTLE
DOT COM AND GET YOUR TICKETS
THERE. EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK
YOU. AND IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT
TO BURGER BATTLE THIS SUNDAY, BE
SURE TO SAY HI TO OUR OWN
MICHELLE OLIVER. SHE’S GOING TO
BE ONE OF THE JUDGES OUT THERE.
PICKING THE WINNER. AND YOU KNOW
MICHELLE KNOWS HER FOOD FROM ALL
OF HER DYING THE D SEGMENTS
THAT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE
BETTER PART OF A DECADE. SO SHE
IS DEFINITELY JUDGE WORTH PAYING