- To fast food and beyond.
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- These days there are more vegetarian burger options
than you can shake a stick at, which is interesting
'cause most of them taste just like an actual stick.
But one company has created a truly tasty plant-based burger
that is slowly taking over an industry near
and dear to our hearts, fast food,
and the burger I'm talking about is the Beyond Burger.
- Yes and for months now, select Del Tacos
have been offering Beyond Meat tacos and even more recently,
Carl's Jr. Unveiled the Beyond Famous Star burger.
It looks better in the commercial. (chuckles)
At over 1000 Carl's Jr. locations across the U.S.
And we're gonna be trying both of these
in Good Mythical More.
- But at this very moment,
we're faced with the obvious question:
what are the next fast food items that you get Beyondified,
and which ones shouldn't?
It's time for Stuff We Try That You Can't Buy:
Beyond Fast Food Edition.
Mythical Chef Josh has picked up some fast food items
and then surgically removed the beef by putting it
in his mouth and eating it and then replaced it
with Beyond beef which he cooked and prepared accordingly.
- And we're gonna taste each Beyond dish
and then decide, use that fake meat, or,
no thanks, Pete.
- Who's Pete? - Don't know.
- Okay. - Okay,
now tampering with the Big Mac in any way may be considered
by some to be sacrilegious but maybe it's time
for us to convert. - Mm-hmm.
Here we have-- - I've got the original
which we'll save for a second.
- Yeah I don't wanna taste that first because--
- We're gonna taste the Beyond one first
'cause we don't wanna have that, you know,
you want the idea of the Big Mac to be in your mind,
not the actual taste of the Big Mac.
- Right, 'cause that's really not how you would do it.
You'd order this and you'd think you love it.
Let's see if we think we love it, and sink it.
With everything else the same--
- I would think I was eating a Big Mac.
- A setup for success.
- The Beyond Meat doesn't have quite the pop,
not pop, but like, you move through it a lot more easily
than you do real beef.
- Open that up, now, if we were to compare the two
in terms of calories, given our calculations,
it's 270 calories versus 368 and in terms of fat
we've got 20 grams versus 33.6 grams.
- [Rhett] And there's actually more protein
in the Beyond Burger patty, 20 versus 16, so, okay.
- So let's just see if we don't pick up on the meat
and we just thought we did.
- It's better.
- It's definitely better.
- But hold on.
But it's not, I was enjoying myself--
- Yeah definitely. - Thoroughly
until I started eating that,
and then I was enjoying myself thoroughly thoroughly.
I don't know, especially because of the taste
of the Big Mac, the essence of the Big Mac is retained.
- Yeah. - 'Cause it's really in
the sauce and the lettuce and the cheese and the bun.
- I taste a little bit of that Beyond Meat
which is, there is a distinct taste, you finally get to it.
But I'm not complaining about that.
I definitely think it's worth it.
- Yeah so I think this one really holds up.
So we're saying Big Mac--
- [Rhett and Link] Use that fake meat.
- In addition to Frosties and french fries
that are best enjoyed when dipped in Frosties,
Wendy's also has some low-key delicious beef chili.
But should they offer Beyond chili?
- [Rhett] Hmm, it looks like chili that I've enjoyed before
from Wendy's. - Yeah.
Good work Josh.
How many beans do I wanna get?
- I've got four.
- Do you get the chili a lot
because you're a bean-lovin' man?
- No 'cause it makes me feel fancy when I get chili
at a fast food restaurant and put it on a baked potato.
Have you done that?
- Oh so you don't do it for the beans but you do do it.
- I do do it and the beans are great.
The beans make it even better.
- This tastes good, again, having not had this--
- The texture, the texture's a little bit different
but I don't think I would know that.
I would just think maybe i'm in a different region
of the country where the beef has a different texture.
- Did you know that when Dave Thomas opened Wendy's in 1969,
chili was-- - One of the original--
- [Both] Menu Items.
- Don't read my notes and try to take credit for it.
(Rhett laughs)
- Also, you know that there was a 2016 fake news article
that said that a Wendy's employee had pooped in the chili?
- But, that story wasn't true
because of Snopes. - Snopes proved it wrong.
Right.
- Yes.
- I love having information.
- [Link] You said that you think
that the consistency is different
but I actually disagree. - Oh you disagree.
- Mm-hmm.
It's actually, well, it's heartier.
And I thought you meant that it was mushier.
- I don't know about that, man.
I feel like the original
is surprisingly significantly better.
They're both really good though.
- That's not the original, you're pointing to that.
I just wanna make sure.
- The original in the Wendy's thing.
- Yes this? - I'm not confused.
Don't confuse me. - Could I be confused?
- There's something about the way that beef stews
and kinda releases its fat in a soupy way
that is not replicated in a chili.
Like a stock kind of feel.
I'm not getting it with this at all
and the more I eat 'em side by side,
the more I realize that-- - I'm taking Beyond Meat
floating in the chili.
- I don't think that it works, man.
- Okay so there you have it.
Wendy's chili.
- [Rhett and Link] No thanks, Pete.
- In 2014, Taco Bell introduced the Beefy Fritos Burrito,
a beef burrito stuffed with rice, nacho cheese,
and, wait for it.
Now stop waiting, Fritos, and guess how much it cost?
Wait for it.
Now stop waiting again, $1.
- $1. - People absolutely loved
this burrito but could the Beefy Fritos Burrito
be just as popular without the titular beef?
- (sputters) Without the what? - Titular beef.
- The what? - Titular beef.
- There is no, what? - Titular beef.
- In this, this is Beyond what?
Titular beef.
- No, no, that's not what they call it.
Don't call 'em beef.
I don't wanna do false advertising here.
- Now this right here, I'm not gonna eat this first,
I'm just gonna, oh my goodness.
- [Rhett] We got a lot more beef.
- [Link] Josh, you're stacking the deck a little bit.
- [Josh] You know, I gotta do what I gotta do.
- Are you being paid under the table by Beyond beef?
- [Josh] Not yes.
(Rhett laughs)
- [Both] Not yes.
- Okay so let's try the Beyond version.
Definitely a lot more beef.
You can afford it when it's fake.
- Hey you should work at Taco Bell.
- [Josh] Can you give me an interview?
(Link laughs)
- No.
- Hmm, a lot of beef in here. (chuckles)
- Where's the Frito?
- I think it's being overpowered by all the Beyond beef
that Josh decided to put in there.
- [Josh] The Fritos melt after about three minutes.
- The Fritos get kinda soft and just become part
of the overarching experience but I do taste
the essence of Frito. - Okay, all right.
- Again, not bad.
- I don't know. - I'm not leaping for joy.
- I feel like the Beyond flavoring is doing the wrong thing
to the Taco Bell mix 'cause everything at Taco Bell
is supposed to taste exactly like Taco Bell
no matter what I even get.
- I bit a part that just had a little bit of beef
and it just sings.
- [Rhett] Mm.
- It's not even that much beef.
- Mm-mm.
- And it's like a
soloist in a choral ensemble
of ingredients that they sing a bunch
of different songs but it's really all the same song.
You see what I'm saying? - And then they drop out
and it's just the guy in the back hitting the big drum
and then a woman in the front singing very high.
- Yeah and the lettuce is soggy.
- I don't know there's just something about the Beyond beef
that is kinda throwing off the overall Taco Bell essence.
- Plus the beef at Taco Bell is titular.
- Oh yes it is so I think we're saying Beefy Frito Burrito--
- [Rhett and Link] No thanks, Pete.
- When it comes to famous papas you've got Papa Smurf,
Papa Roach, and paparazzi, but Papa John's is trying
to claw its way back on the list.
And if they replace the cheeseburger
on their Double Cheeseburger Pizza with Beyond Burger,
could that help repair its public image?
- Okay so Josh basically took a cheeseburger pizza
from Papa John's, ordered it without beef
and then added his own Beyond beef.
And what'd you say the price difference was here?
- [Josh] Okay so the Double Cheeseburger Pizza was $17,
but when I removed the beef, it was only $7.
It might have been a glitch in the website
or Papa might be a terrible business person.
- Okay maybe it's a glitch, we don't know.
- That's a hack though, just add it yourself.
- I've never had the nads to order this pizza.
- I've never, I've got lots of nads but
I don't use them to order pizza.
- It just feels...
Like you're already ordering pizza,
why you gotta make it a cheeseburger pizza?
- I'm losing some of the Beyond beef.
I wanna get it on there.
What's this sauce?
- [Josh] They call it burger sauce.
- Big Mac sauce basically. - Pretty much, yeah.
- Mm.
Dang. - That's good.
- That's a good pizza, Pete.
And then it you go with the original Papa.
- Make sure you get some beef.
- I don't know. - I think there's
a similar thing happening here
that happened with the Big Mac.
- Yeah well-- - Cheese does so much
for something. - This pizza is imitating
a Big Mac in many ways.
- I think I might like this better.
- It definitely has more meat than Papa chooses to put on.
So we'd have to tell Papa to up his game
in his distribution.
- I mean, I definitely think that they should move
in this direction because I think
it might actually be better.
Okay so, the Double Cheeseburger Pizza.
- [Rhett and Link] Use that fake meat.
- For our final round we thought why limit these
Beyond Meat opportunities to just fast food?
Why don't we find out if fancier restaurants
should start offering Beyond Meat options as well.
So we turned to the fanciest restaurant we know.
- It's time for Stuff We Try That You Can't Buy:
Beyond Olive Garden Edition.
- Okay so Olive Garden restaurants don't actually have
checkered tablecloths or romantic candlelight.
This is just a representation of how fancy we feel
when we eat there and we're gonna find out if
their classic spaghetti and meatballs would work
as spaghetti and Beyond balls.
- (chuckles) Good name, let's try it.
- [Rhett] So you've got the Beyond balls.
- [Link] It's a big one too.
A little bigger than that.
See, Josh is really wanting this to work.
You're a Beyond fan.
I think you're being paid under the tabe.
- Mm.
I don't know, man.
When you put that much Beyond Meat together in a ball form,
it kinda begins to get exposed.
You know what I'm saying?
- It needs salt.
- Well tell it to your man over there about that.
- [Link] Let's try this.
- There's just something about the ball form.
Oh.
What is wrong, I mean--
- Well you didn't want me to throw it.
I didn't wanna throw it over my shoulder, that's--
- But why's it in your hand to begin with?
- I didn't want it to hit this and taint it.
- But why is it-- - This is a test, man.
- But why's it in your hand?
I mean there's no spaghetti in my palm.
I'm just using the fork. - I didn't wanna eat it
'cause that's not the point.
- Then don't pick it up.
- You know what, I accept your apology.
- So I'm really enjoying myself over here.
- Yeah but not over here.
- No. - Again,
you're exactly right, I mean, it's too much meat
that's Beyond concentrated into one place.
I hoped it would work, it looks great,
but it's just not happening, man.
- I wanted them to be able to go Beyond balls,
but I think balls is the limit.
- [Link] Spaghetti and meatballs.
- [Rhett and Link] No thanks, Pete.
- So with much plant-based humility,
McDonald's and Papa John's, please consider adding
Beyond Meat creations to your menus.
The rest of you, you just keep doing you.
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- I'm Jennifer.
- I'm Mark.
- [Both] From Sedgefield, South Africa.
And we're freaking out right now.
- Thanks for making our day, guys.
And. - It's time--
- [Both] To spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
- So Jennifer and Mark are not that Jennifer and Mark
and that's why they're
freaking out in South Africa. - Freaking out right now.
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