Welcome to a special edition of The
Balancing Act.
Hi everyone I'm Olga Villaverde
and co-hosting with me today is our resident chef, actually he's
the best chef in the world, Ralph Pagano.
It's so good to be here, Olga Villaverde.
We're so good together.
Today, a very special day isn't
It?
Yes it is we are honoring dads and
grads this month.
It's a super convenient
because I happen to be both a dad and a
grad and you've got the cutest twins.
Yeah Vinnie and Charlie they're tiny,
They're little, they're so cute.
You know today we're having a backyard
barbecue bash with our cute little grads
and their dads, I'll be grilling up
juicy burgers for everyone basically
exactly what I did last year on Father's
day.
Let me ask you a question why is it that on
Father's Day dads always do the grilling?
Well because you have to do the work you're
good at it and we have to take care of
the kids, how's that?
Good enough for me.
Besides once a chef always.
Indeed that is true.
Always a chef and he's the best.
Dow do I like my hamburger?
You like it often
medium-rare.
My god, he has my heart but you know
it's not all work and no play.
You took a great field trip to one of my
favorite places in the world the island
of Bimini.
It is absolutely fantastic.
Ugh, love it!
It's like this untouched little
island of perfectness.
Hmm.
You know what else I'm
super excited about?
What?
Tires.
Oh!
This man, is the best idea for dads
and grads ever for gifts.
It's perfect.
Another thing that you guys take care of
right?
I could change a wheel.
I get a
flat tire he comes right?
That's it.
I come, it's like I'm like the
AAA.
You know what?
Hey who wants to party?
(crowd cheering) Stay tuned we got a great show today!
(music.)
What better way to thank our dads and to
congratulate our grads than with an
awesome backyard barbecue?
It's a party
here at The Balancing Act and we've got
a lot to celebrate.
Joining the shindig is
my buddy Evan Wexler owner of Steak House
elite who's brought with him the most delicious burgers on the
planet and we're going to show you how to
grill them to perfection.
Welcome Evan!
Hi Ralph, how you doing?
Good to see you man how's everything?
Thanks everything's good.
Excellent, let's face
it man we could build the most amazing
burger with all the fixings if you don't
got the right beef there's nothing to it
right?
Absolutely.
So tell me about it.
Everybody wants a
better burger, at Steakhouse Elite we
just make a burger better.
Oh that's
awesome.
How do you do?
It's about the
grinding process, it's the quality of the
meat that we use.
We use Kobe beef for
American Wagyu beef.
Now you also
have grass fed burgers don't you?
We do have grass-fed beef.
Some people think that
you sacrifice in flavor when you do in
grass-fed it that's the truth?
Not when it comes to Steakhouse Elite.
You guys really do build a better burger.
We do a better burger absolutely.
But both you
and I have tons of experience around the
grill tell me what's one of your tips
for making a better burger?
Well one, you
want to keep your burger nice and cold
you know it'll stop it from sticking
when it hits the grill.
Nice I like that,
that's a great tip you know for me I
really like to turn my burgers once I
like to fool around with my meat I put
it on the grill turn it over once maybe
swipe a piece of cheese on it boom
diggity it's all done.
Tell me what else?
What's another secret?
Another secret, never
press on your burger you press on the
burger all your juices are gonna seep
Out.
Flip only.
Only flip it and then no
Pressing.
I like that.
You know me I
always like the burger to rest after a
little bit right?
So you know I cook the
burger two minutes aside three minutes a
side four minutes a side depending on
rare medium, rare medium, well, well done.
But no matter what I like it to rest for
about half the time I cook it so all the
juices with all meat can just get to
where it goes, to take a nice big bite of
a nice big beefy burger.
There you go.
Now listen you've got other products
right?
Um we do a brisket burger, we do sliders,
we do meatloaf, we do meatballs and we have an awesome hot dog.
Awesome I love it, all right here's my
favorite part I think it's time for us to
start dressing our burgers up a little
bit.
You want to dress a burger with me?
Sure!
Let's see we got here, I got a bun you got
a bun?
I'm going to give you a burger you
want one hot off the grill?
Look at
this.
This one, medium, I like mine juicy.
This one, look at that juicy for you
right there.
Tt's juicy Lucy for you my friend.
This one right over here for me.
What, you got a little cheese on yours?
White or yellow?
I'll take the yellow give me the yellow.
What about me?
Wait wait a second, wait a second.
I want to eat.
I've got a friend over here.
How ya doing sweetheart?
I got a burger with your name all over it.
How do I like it?
Medium rare sweetheart.
I love this man.
Okay.
By the way are you guys ready for a
Break?
Yeah for sure.
Are you ready for a break?
I'm ready for
a break.
Okay so am I because you deserve
an island getaway right and that's
coming up, but first something else you
deserve or maybe I deserve, a set of new
wheels and tips from the pros all right.
Hold on a second, take this, okay we got a
party going on.
Hmm.
Hey who's ready for a burger?
(crow shouting.)
For more information about these burgers
and more go to steakhouse elite dot com or
The balancing act dot com.
It's that time of year, summer road trips a
great present for Dad or possibly your
recent high school or college grad.
Take a ride with Cuomo tires as they
share tire safety and buying tips that
will help you find the perfect tire
for your car.
(music.)
Before hitting the open road it's time
to prepare for your summer road trip and
to make sure your car's tires are in
tip-top shape.
It's absolutely critical
as you maintain the tire pressure in
your spare most modern vehicles have
space saver spares that take at least 60
pounds of air pressure which is well
beyond normal to prevent your car from
becoming an expensive paperweight on the
side of the road you've got to get into
your spare tire compartment and check
the air pressure and make sure it's up
to the maximum recommended air pressure.
Only 17% of the people know how to check
their tire pressure it's unbelievable to
me.
It's so simple let me show you how to
do it.
Remove your cap, put it somewhere
safe so you don't lose it, take your
Gauge, this is my personal gauge and it
reflects in this case 35 pounds of air
pressure, which is exactly what this
vehicle should have fully loaded and I
know that because there's a placard that
the manufacturer put inside the driver's
side door in this vehicle that shows the
specifications of the tire, all aspects
of it thread width, sidewall, speed rating,
etc.
What they consider to be a fully
loaded vehicle and the tire pressure
that they recommend for a fully loaded
vehicle which in this case, on this
vehicle is 35 pounds per square inch
which is exactly what we have in this
tire.
It's important that you rotate your
tires on regular schedule modern tires
are so well designed and the treads are
so well put together that they typically
last a minimum of twenty thousand miles
if not thirty or forty thousand miles so
to get the maximum tread life out of your set of tires
you want to rotate all four on a regular basis.
If you have a truck you need to buy a tire that your
manufacturer has specified for your
truck.
If you have a crossover SUV
same thing, if you have a sports car you
want to definitely use the tire specified for your vehicle.
You need to replace your tires when the
tread wear bar built into every tire
soul in the U.S. reaches its limit which
is two thirty-sixth of an inch you can get
your fingers dirty and put your finger
in and find a wear bar they run horizontally across the tread
and feel for it or you can take a simple
coin like this penny stick it in the
deepest trade you can find put your
thumb across it pull it out and check the
tread depth this way if you're a two
thirty-sixth of an inch your tire is
effectively bald and it should definitely
be replaced.
It's critically important that you take
care of your tires because if you don't
take care of them they certainly will
not take care of you.
The only thing supporting your expensive
beautiful vehicle off the pavement are
those four black donuts at the corners
of your car so if you don't take care of
Them, your car won't perform the way you
wish it would when you drove it off the
showroom floor.
So this time of year show
someone you love how you feel about them
with a new set of tires.
For more
information go to the balancing act dot com
or Kumho Tire usa dot com.
(music.)
So Ralph you've been barbecuing all day.
I have been.
Are you tired?
Oh yeah.
Okay how about for a little break.
I'm in need of one.
You know what I'm not when I'm
not grilling I'm chillin at Resorts
World Bimini.
It's just 50 miles right
here in South Florida and it's the
newest luxury playground to the Bahamas.
Fun for the whole family.
So you're ready
for some Bimini blitz?
Oh I'm ready for
This.
All right let's do it and let's go to Bimini.
(Island music.)
Welcome to Resorts World Bimini my
home away from home today's menu I'm serving up
relaxation, sightseeing and a generous dose
of Indulgence.
I'm gonna show you my
tropical island paradise.
Cheers.
(Island music.)
Only seven miles long, but home to beautiful beaches, a
world class property and activities galore, Bimini is
just minutes away from Miami.
Direct flights get you here in no time.
All work and no play makes Ralph a dull
boy.
I'm taking a break up here on the
rooftop which is just one of the great
features of this top-notch resort.
What a view.
Beautiful rooms with floor to ceiling views.
An exciting casino.
A lazy river pool with swim up bar.
(music.)
Today's whether report for the pool, scatter champagne corks
and 100 percent chance of Bahama Mama.
(island music.)
Olga, I wish you were here baby.
(music.)
Tranquility awaits.
At the Serenity Salon and Spa.
Need a little serenity?
They've got a first-class spa here now I
need a little me time.
(music.)
Enough resting, let's explore!
Time for a little sightseeing my friends at Bimini
Undersea hooked me up with a ride and now the rubber hits the
road.
Clear skies, blue waters this is Bimini Blitz.
haha I'm gonna take a ride around,
see some of my friends, stop by Stuart's
and get come conch salad.
Go to Eden's and get some lobster
pizza.
Then take a long walk on the beach.
(music.)
Alright so what we got going on right now is the
fruit of the seed, the conch coming out
of the water.
We're at Stuart's which is right here in
Bimini it's absolutely amazing these
guys of legit, these are the real-deal conch
Masters.
I'm gonna go take a lesson.
What's up guys?
What's going on?
What do you got over here?
coughing nice plate stamp it yeah that's
good stuff.
What's your name man?
I'm Johnny man.
Johnny?
Yeah I'm Ralph
Nice to meet you.
What's your name?
Wayne.
Wayne?
Yeah what's up Wayne?
Blue Marline Bill.
Blue Marline Bill?
Yeah.
Well you're official Blue Marline Bill.
Oh yeah you must be the OG.
Yeah you guys
bring this in today?
Yes sir.
You catch it by net by hook?
By traps.
By traps?
Yeah.
Alright, that's hook, that's like hook and crook.
Yeah you're gonna, you got any conch
over here you could show the folks at home
how to bring one out?
Yeah.
Yeah I got one
in the boat.
That would be most awesome.
I would love to be able to see it
experience the conch removal first hand.
Now I heard there's like a magic piece
of conch that gives a certain vibrancy
of blood that's something that's true?
See that?
Never in a million years did you think that came out of here.
Now look so now I've been told that this
piece that right there what does that
do?
Oh just good for the body.
You gotta another one
of those?
I'll go get another one you wanna try it?
Fore sure I want to try it.
I ain't scared.
Where it it?
That nose right there, pull it out.
Strong like bull baby.
This is how
you skin the conch.
Just take off all of
the brown just leave that white flesh
Right?
Yep.
Just the white meat.
This is it.
This is the sweetest sugar coming by the
ocean.
The seagulls want to get a bite, you want
to get a bite, I'm definitely going to
get a bite.
haha island time my conch.
(Island music.)
You ever wonder what happens to all
those conch shells?
Let me show you.
(music.)
Hello?
Hello how you doing?
I'm doing
great Olga how you doing?
Great, we're
missing you here.
Listen I miss you too but I have to tell you I
might not come back anytime soon the
weather is perfect that conch is
sumptuous and the water is crystal clear.
Fabulous.
Hashtag?
Bimini Bliss baby.
Ha!
(music.)
I'm a Brooklyn boy that lives in Miami
so I know a thing or two about pizza but
this chef goes to Bimini to get his
lobster pie.
How long you been here?
Um about nine years.
Nine years, awesome.
What's your secret?
My secret?
Yeah.
I can't tell you a
secret.
Are you from Bimini or are you from Italy?
No I'm from Bimini.
Oh how are you baby?
Excellent.
Thank you now this is exactly
what I'm talking about perfectly cooked crust, gooey
cheese and Bahamian lobster, only in Bimini
baby.
Mm-hmm come to Papa.
(Island music.)
I hope you found your Bimini bliss and
satisfied your need for an island
getaway this ship's got to get back to
the mainland but for now I leave you at
the beach.
(Island music.)
(Music) I am so jealous next time I'm
going to Bimini with you.
You know everybody's invited,
the hotel is amazing, and my newest
restaurant Naked Taco is there so it's
all good.
And the food is awesome?
Ugh fantastic the best taco you've
ever had.
I've had the best time with you today.
This has been the
most perfect morning for me, in fact the only way to
make it better if I take a dip in the pool.
I'm gonna go slip into my trunks and get
in there.
Nah that's okay you're good.
I love you.
(music.)
Does this fish make me look fat?
Cut!
(Music)