Why do all these fries look like they were cooked for 10 minutes less than their recommended cooking time. If there soggy and bendy cook them longer. Am I missing something here?!
Thought of the same thing. It’s like they put it the fries into a cold oven, no pre-heating, and went with the lowest cooking time (“15-25 minutes? 15 minutes it is!”). I’m surprised they were even warm.
Because you have to make it somewhat equal. If the text says x to xy mins. You have to go with either x or xy with each bag to get somewhat of a even playing field, also same method of cooking etc. Of course you can just bake/fry everything longer but if one needs 10mins and the other 30 mins that's nowhere to be a fair comparison
We eat a LOT of frozen Ore-Ida fries in this house (just last night in fact) and those were vastly undercooked. There's no way they even followed the package instructions.
Cooking times are somewhat just suggestions, many aspects may result in fries looking different while cooked at the same length of time. Mainly elevation and type of oven used.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
@@__-fl5rnfrozen fries are cooked by most people just being dumped onto baking trays straight up. I would’ve just tossed them in a little oil before doing that, so that the oil and frozen water content could make them crispy and fluffy. I would also use an appliance with an air fryer option or convection oven option too.
@@ArtofcarissaPackage instructions for a lot of those say a single layer, and those dump piles don’t exactly look single-layer. Also seems like if the package said something like “15-25 minutes” they definitely went with the lowest number. None of those fries cooked properly.
@@rlace356Exactly. The manufacturer's recommended times are always going to be less because they do not want complaints of burnt products following package instructions. Cooking times are the same as ingredients, you can always add more but once you do, you can't subtract.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
@@VentusTheSox Cooking instructions are formulated under very rigid control standards because companies do not want complaints that require financial settlement. Their results are always going to err on the side of caution. If most people’s fries do not cook, it is most likely their ovens that are not calibrated like the food manufacturers and they are not using the same temperature controls, such as thermometers.
Lots of people in the comments are forgetting how often they look in the oven when the timer goes off and say 'A few more minutes'. They were cooked according to the package times and I find they rarely are timed well on labelling.
The packages also typically say "or until golden brown" or some similar wording. Instructions are a starting point. Altitude, ovens and other conditions vary way to wildly to blindly follow to this degree. Point being, this is a cooking fail in their kitchen.
@@BlackSmokeDMax I was with you until the last bit. They are following the instructions for consistency. A requirement of testing and its basic scientific method.
I call bs! Different ovens differ on times. When you see it's light yellow & still serve it, so you would serve it cold or a little frozen bc of the timing on the package? That just common sense ppl!
Why didn't they say how these were cooked? Air frying, oven-baking, pan-frying in shallow oil and deep frying all produced very different results! Further, the size and shape of the fries also effects the final results. Over the years I've personally tried four of the brands tested here and when deep fried none of them came out the way they did in this test. All were crispy and evenly golden after 3-4 minutes at 375-degrees. but for my money, the Lamb Weston were the best for flavor and crispiness!
Literally in the first sentence of the video description: **"all prepared according to the recommended cooking instructions."** They didn't use one single method because that's not what the products themselves recommend.
Every single one of these except Oreida and Arbys is something I've never heard of or seen in any grocery store. Where is the real stuff? Oreida fast food fries, great value seasoned fries, Checkers seasoned fries. Those are the three I got and cook in an Air Fryer.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
Cook time varies on climate. If your fries come out soggy for a dozen separate brands that's on you being clueless, not on the manufacturers. Especially if (as I suspect) the bag gives you a range of time and you pick the lowest cook time. And twice again if the bag also says "cook until golden brown" and you take them out before that point. There are fairly mindless people who will just go with the faster number every time but the people watching a cooking channel probably are aware enough about food to at least go with the bigger number when the fries clearly aren't cooked after the smaller one. The reviews for these products aren't productive for viewers who put this effort in because most of these fries aren't being evaluated after proper preparation.
It’s disappointing when a food channel cooks something poorly and 90% of the comments suggest cooking it differently. If the criteria is a set of guidelines not mentioned in the beginning of the video, including it next time will help.
@@kareninalabamaI don’t think Brits pronounce it that way (think of the Robin in The Secret Garden, heck, even Robin Hood), though there could be a regional accent I don’t know about that does it. I suspect AI.
No way this is making a fair comparison when the worst fries appear undercooked. I wish to resonate what others have chimed in with: Some of these appear to not even have been cooked in accordance with instructions.
@@rlace356Exactly. Manufacturers do not want complaints of burnt products following their instructions. Cooking times are like ingredients, you can always add but once you do, you can't subtract.
Everyone talking about undercooking in ovens and suggesting air "fryers" (which are rebranded convection ovens), but the only way to get authentic results is to deep FRY them. This is like the pizza roll argument... those need to be deep fried too.
Will attest to Lamb Western knocks it out of the park. half the time I've looked for them they've been sold out while other brands are still stocked full.
@@Iluvpaws_1 THey have them in FL. Once I Tried them (I"m not a frozen FF guy) I never looked back. Tried others on sale, but they were bleh. These are better than most restaurants.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
So the real lesson in this video is the method and time counts when cooking fries. Unfortunately, the viewers learned nothing about the fries themselves because they were all poorly prepared.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
@@VentusTheSox except all the instructions say cook for X minutes or until Y condition. You are in fact not following manufacturers instructions going by the time, because time is one of the two choices by the manufacturer. The other being usually cook until golden and crispy.
I saw a long time ago on the show "unwrapped" that Lamb Weston manufactured McDonald's fries. I used to be able to get them in a grocery store, but I have not found them for a long time. While they are my favorite, Ore Ida is my go-to of what I can get.
@@davidlelacheur3217 J. R. Simplot, McCain's, and Lamb Weston make about 70% of the fries for McDonald's. Simplot was the original supplier of frozen fries (until 1967, McDonald's used only fresh fries) and has five US plants dedicated to making fries for McDonald's.
I will be sure not to buy Lamb Weston then. Have you seen the documentary "Super size me"? McDonald's fries can not be characterized as food because they don't break down naturally. All of their "foods" are so full of preservatives that your body can not process them. It's all about the almighty dollar!
I've never heard of that brand or seen them in a store where I live. A lot of products are sold in specific regions. That's part of what makes food reviews like this interesting.
Baked fries can taste great and have a great texture. It's just that whoever baked these fries way undercooked all of them. Also fyi frozen fries are already deep fried before being frozen.
I just discovered these tasting panels and I really enjoy the concept. I've taken the advice offered in this for a frozen fry and picked up a bottle of the second most recommended marinara sauce. I've never tried either and am looking forward to giving the recommendations a go. Great series. I hope it continues--particularly in regard to the budget brand recommendations. I appreciate hearing the reviews and then checking against Goods Unite Us for the products that don't get involved with draconian politics.
I appreciate that they didn't use a deep fryer because many people don't have one. However, we all know how to add 5-10 minutes to the bake time to actually get a desirable level of crisp.
Everyone talking about the fries being underdone, I'm surprised no one is talking about that Jess Tom, a Food Network Star, and Madison Cowan, a Chopped Grand Champion are here.
And there is a third guy. Claiming Belgian potatoes aren't the proper potatoes for french fries. Which I find kind of hard to believe, since the Belgians actually invented the french fries🤣
Ok I have a burning question about sweet potato fries. I like sweet potatoes, I like fries. I've never found a sweet potato fry I've *loved*, though. Some have clearly been cooked to a point they are very crispy and thus, I surmise, lose a lot of the "sweet" in sweet potato. Others have been less cooked, and like these chefs noted, were more squishy, floppy, etc. Also, how do you season a sweet potato fry correctly? And what about dipping sauces?
I’ve tried most of them and usually prefer steak cut fries. But Nathan’s crinkle cuts ended up being my favorite. Really surprised me because I don’t (usually) enjoy waffle style or crinkle style fries.
The crispness issues were more due to how they were cooked than the actual brand. And it looked like they were cooking them all on a sheetpan in the oven than actually frying them
I’ll have to check to see if I can get the red Robin fries in my area where Robin used to be one of my favorite restaurants but we don’t have them here anymore
Air fried? And, how crystallized did they become in the freezer? If they were iced up, either for too much moisture in the packaging process, or because of how long they were kept in freezer, makes a huge difference in feel and flavour. (Also shortens the oil life in your deepfryer...should you choose that cooking style).😊
Haven't even watched the video yet but I'm telling you the Alexia brand fries are TOP TIER. I particularly love the rosemary or housecut string fries. So great in an air fryer.
Accordion... LOL: I did a 3 Weston brand with different cuts, put on sheet in a preheated air circulated oven, taste test: steak cut vs crinkle and vs waffle. My brother and I preferred steak bc the skin made it more flavorful and crispy.
They litterally state in the description that it was prepared as per package instructions. If following instructions result in undercooked product then its a fail on the instructions.
@@VentusTheSoxOr they have an oven issue. But honestly I almost always leave frozen fries in the oven a little longer than instructions say for this reason. It could be they cooked all of them to the lower end of the range. Like 15 minutes on instructions that say 15-20.
I don’t much eat French fries, but I picked up a bag at the dollar store and they tasted great. As someone else commented, it could be because I fried them in lard.
@@bodyofhope I think they leave out most supermarket brands because they are not available nationwide. In Florida, Kroger's presence is extremely limited (they don't have a store, only a delivery service, and in Washington, we had QFC-- a Kroger sibling, but not Publix.) They had one of the eight or so Great Value varieties (Wal-Mart's store brand); I'm not sure why they only chose one (it's not even the best one, IMO), and I have no idea why they don't include Kirkland, because Costco is everywhere.
unless you’re buying a bag of fries with a particular seasoning, like Red Robin or Arby’s,I think it’s commonly expected for them to be plain with no seasoning because that will be added by the person making them so the chick CONSTANTLY mentioning the lack of seasoning is driving me insane!!!
I LOVE French fries! I like the Alexia sweet potato fries. I also like the curly and crinkle cut fries. You can always cook them too your own standard too. I like using the air fryer. It gets then more crispy.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions. If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time. Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
As a native Idahoan, we know our way around a potato. If you happen to appreciate other Idaho potato products, check out 44 North vodka. The Huckleberry stuff is great
If there's one thing I've noticed about this series, is whoever cooks the foods cooks the food for about 10 mins less than recommended. Every single time. Abysmal.
I never knew those ‘made in idaho’ fries were called ‘Lamb Weston’. I been eatin these fries for at least 25 years.. n i always thought they were called ‘idaho potatoes’ smh i clearly dont pay attention..
The name of the brand is actually “Grown in Idaho”, Lamb Weston is the name of the supplier. They supply frozen fries to many other frozen brands and restaurants.
One thing that needs to be considered is that a lot of these frozen fry bags also have deep frying instructions. That would be the actual test to see each fry at its best since deep fried is superior for flavor...not so much for overall health but in moderation it's fine
The checker's ones are EASILY the best frozen fries I've had. The one chef said too much seasoning, but as someone that doesn't like potatoes very much I say there's no such thing.
couldnt bare watching this bc of the underbaked fries i literally had one of these today, followed the instructions and they came out way crispier and better looking than here
Why do all these fries look like they were cooked for 10 minutes less than their recommended cooking time. If there soggy and bendy cook them longer. Am I missing something here?!
Thought of the same thing. It’s like they put it the fries into a cold oven, no pre-heating, and went with the lowest cooking time (“15-25 minutes? 15 minutes it is!”). I’m surprised they were even warm.
And the Nathan's look overcooked.
They do look undercooked.
Exactly. These were baked badly.
Because you have to make it somewhat equal. If the text says x to xy mins. You have to go with either x or xy with each bag to get somewhat of a even playing field, also same method of cooking etc. Of course you can just bake/fry everything longer but if one needs 10mins and the other 30 mins that's nowhere to be a fair comparison
Jack Logue is the goat of recognizing brands. What a legend.
Autism ftw!
We eat a LOT of frozen Ore-Ida fries in this house (just last night in fact) and those were vastly undercooked. There's no way they even followed the package instructions.
I can also vouch for Ore-Ida. I also dabbled in McCains too. Hopefully I can get them both again sometime when I get an apartment.
Cooking times are somewhat just suggestions, many aspects may result in fries looking different while cooked at the same length of time. Mainly elevation and type of oven used.
why are yall eating frozen fries
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
@@VentusTheSox Not necessarily, time to cook can be affected by humidity and what elevation you live in.
Who is cooking these fries😂
Why in the oven? Why not use an air fryer?
@@aarons5689
*deep fryer
I love ORE IDA and Arby's fries in AIR FRYER!!!
Someone who has never done this before, and if they just followed directions, that's just as ridiculous.
I mean they have to be fair for every brand so they have to use the specific instructions for each one.
How did you cook the fries? They look undercooked.
They dumped them on a baking sheet in the video. So apparently they didn't deep fry them.
Probably according to package instructions
@@__-fl5rnfrozen fries are cooked by most people just being dumped onto baking trays straight up. I would’ve just tossed them in a little oil before doing that, so that the oil and frozen water content could make them crispy and fluffy. I would also use an appliance with an air fryer option or convection oven option too.
@@ArtofcarissaPackage instructions for a lot of those say a single layer, and those dump piles don’t exactly look single-layer. Also seems like if the package said something like “15-25 minutes” they definitely went with the lowest number. None of those fries cooked properly.
@@__-fl5rnDeep Frying makes a world of difference
"It takes a bit for me to break that and I actually trained this morning" Love this guy
I love seeing jack on the lineup. He's clearly extremely knowledgeable and it's amazing how well he predicts the brands every time
Next up: Chefs rate frozen pizzas that have been microwaved for 30 seconds
💀💀💀
😂
they just made one for frozen pizzas!
I just watched the pizza one and.. there IS a microwave pizza, 😂😂😂.
you predicted the future
if all the fries are soggy then it's your cooks problem, not the fries
Exactly. Same as the brownies and cakes they made.
I suspect they are strictly following the manufacturer's directions...which are often underestimated!
@@rlace356Exactly. The manufacturer's recommended times are always going to be less because they do not want complaints of burnt products following package instructions. Cooking times are the same as ingredients, you can always add more but once you do, you can't subtract.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
@@VentusTheSox Cooking instructions are formulated under very rigid control standards because companies do not want complaints that require financial settlement. Their results are always going to err on the side of caution. If most people’s fries do not cook, it is most likely their ovens that are not calibrated like the food manufacturers and they are not using the same temperature controls, such as thermometers.
Lots of people in the comments are forgetting how often they look in the oven when the timer goes off and say 'A few more minutes'. They were cooked according to the package times and I find they rarely are timed well on labelling.
The packages also typically say "or until golden brown" or some similar wording. Instructions are a starting point. Altitude, ovens and other conditions vary way to wildly to blindly follow to this degree.
Point being, this is a cooking fail in their kitchen.
EXACTLY!
@@BlackSmokeDMax I was with you until the last bit. They are following the instructions for consistency. A requirement of testing and its basic scientific method.
@@rcisneros8567 yes i agree
I call bs! Different ovens differ on times. When you see it's light yellow & still serve it, so you would serve it cold or a little frozen bc of the timing on the package? That just common sense ppl!
bring these chefs back! they're so knowledgable and fun
Why didn't they say how these were cooked? Air frying, oven-baking, pan-frying in shallow oil and deep frying all produced very different results! Further, the size and shape of the fries also effects the final results. Over the years I've personally tried four of the brands tested here and when deep fried none of them came out the way they did in this test. All were crispy and evenly golden after 3-4 minutes at 375-degrees. but for my money, the Lamb Weston were the best for flavor and crispiness!
Literally in the first sentence of the video description: **"all prepared according to the recommended cooking instructions."**
They didn't use one single method because that's not what the products themselves recommend.
@@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers most fries have multiple cooking recommendations depending on method, so yes they should have said.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
Every single one of these except Oreida and Arbys is something I've never heard of or seen in any grocery store. Where is the real stuff? Oreida fast food fries, great value seasoned fries, Checkers seasoned fries. Those are the three I got and cook in an Air Fryer.
@@rcisneros8567 So they baked them AND they fried them?
Maybe you should finish cooking the fries next time!
Hahahaha
And add salt after cooking like the instructions explained
Yes! No wonder they were all soggy and bent like rubber
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
Cook time varies on climate. If your fries come out soggy for a dozen separate brands that's on you being clueless, not on the manufacturers. Especially if (as I suspect) the bag gives you a range of time and you pick the lowest cook time. And twice again if the bag also says "cook until golden brown" and you take them out before that point.
There are fairly mindless people who will just go with the faster number every time but the people watching a cooking channel probably are aware enough about food to at least go with the bigger number when the fries clearly aren't cooked after the smaller one. The reviews for these products aren't productive for viewers who put this effort in because most of these fries aren't being evaluated after proper preparation.
It's wild how bad Whole Foods products are on these blind taste test while still being defended, even by the testers, themselves.
It’s disappointing when a food channel cooks something poorly and 90% of the comments suggest cooking it differently. If the criteria is a set of guidelines not mentioned in the beginning of the video, including it next time will help.
Red ROW-BEEN???
Could be AI, wouldn't surprise me
Came here to say this. 😂
She's British.
I heard it as Robein
@@kareninalabamaI don’t think Brits pronounce it that way (think of the Robin in The Secret Garden, heck, even Robin Hood), though there could be a regional accent I don’t know about that does it. I suspect AI.
To me, the biggest mystery of this episode is how they managed to get the British Chef through the entire session without saying "chips."
" More than a bit... you can actually choke a donkey" 🤣 Love it!
No way this is making a fair comparison when the worst fries appear undercooked. I wish to resonate what others have chimed in with: Some of these appear to not even have been cooked in accordance with instructions.
Or perhaps the problem is that the directions were exactly followed... I often find directions are inaccurate and possibly modified by advertisers.
@@rlace356Exactly. Manufacturers do not want complaints of burnt products following their instructions. Cooking times are like ingredients, you can always add but once you do, you can't subtract.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
Everyone talking about undercooking in ovens and suggesting air "fryers" (which are rebranded convection ovens), but the only way to get authentic results is to deep FRY them.
This is like the pizza roll argument... those need to be deep fried too.
Will attest to Lamb Western knocks it out of the park.
half the time I've looked for them they've been sold out while other brands are still stocked full.
I’ve never seen that brand. Guess you gotta live in Idaho
@@Iluvpaws_1 it’s usually sold in Food Lion, Acme , Stop & Shop and Kroger. It’s not as widespread.
10/10 best frozen french fries I've ever had.
@@Iluvpaws_1 THey have them in FL. Once I Tried them (I"m not a frozen FF guy) I never looked back. Tried others on sale, but they were bleh. These are better than most restaurants.
When you like your french fries raw, soggy, and cold, this channel has your back.
Bro the fries are sooooo undercooked!
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
when he said "these are a little more anemic" LMAOO
The chefs were really cool and seemed very fair in their comments. I do wonder how much better the fries would have been had they been deep fried.
Me too. I personally prefer deep fried to oven baked. Oven cooked french fried tend to be dry, and way too crunchy. Almost hard, even on the inside...
or even cooked properly lol..
Or even air-fried
They hired interns to cook the fries and paid chefs to try them!
Lamb Weston shoestring fries are miles ahead of the others. Air fry perfectly. Truly excellent taste. Just had some in fact.
So the real lesson in this video is the method and time counts when cooking fries. Unfortunately, the viewers learned nothing about the fries themselves because they were all poorly prepared.
The viewers learned that most instructions for cooking the fries are wrong.
Epicurious should consider firing the person who cooked these fries, they all looked more like blanched potatoes
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
This video should be remade. Clearly almost all of these fries were wrongly cooked.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
@@VentusTheSox except all the instructions say cook for X minutes or until Y condition. You are in fact not following manufacturers instructions going by the time, because time is one of the two choices by the manufacturer. The other being usually cook until golden and crispy.
I saw a long time ago on the show "unwrapped" that Lamb Weston manufactured McDonald's fries. I used to be able to get them in a grocery store, but I have not found them for a long time. While they are my favorite, Ore Ida is my go-to of what I can get.
Mcdonalds serves soggy fries. I remember some people would request to under cook them.
McCain makes all MacDonalds fries world wide!
@@davidlelacheur3217 J. R. Simplot, McCain's, and Lamb Weston make about 70% of the fries for McDonald's. Simplot was the original supplier of frozen fries (until 1967, McDonald's used only fresh fries) and has five US plants dedicated to making fries for McDonald's.
I will be sure not to buy Lamb Weston then. Have you seen the documentary "Super size me"? McDonald's fries can not be characterized as food because they don't break down naturally. All of their "foods" are so full of preservatives that your body can not process them. It's all about the almighty dollar!
Dollar General sells lamb weston
Jack is my favorite and like and respect his insight the most
You folks need to visit Nathan's in Coney Island, NY for what fries are all about.
I feel justified now for always preferring Lamb Weston fries. Specifically their waffle fries. My all time favorites! 😅
I've never heard of that brand or seen them in a store where I live. A lot of products are sold in specific regions. That's part of what makes food reviews like this interesting.
@floydbanks173 They're sold in KVAT food stores, like Food City and Food Lion.
@@floydbanks173 Publix has them
Were these all baked, not deep fried? That'll make a HUGE difference!
I think they were baked, which I'm not a fan of...
Baked fries can taste great and have a great texture. It's just that whoever baked these fries way undercooked all of them.
Also fyi frozen fries are already deep fried before being frozen.
I just discovered these tasting panels and I really enjoy the concept. I've taken the advice offered in this for a frozen fry and picked up a bottle of the second most recommended marinara sauce. I've never tried either and am looking forward to giving the recommendations a go. Great series. I hope it continues--particularly in regard to the budget brand recommendations. I appreciate hearing the reviews and then checking against Goods Unite Us for the products that don't get involved with draconian politics.
Jack really knows his fries lol. Also wtf is up with his posture? dude needs to relax, he's sitting there like he's being held at gunpoint.
This is hilarous to me cuz the Nathans Fries are my favorite freezer fry are all time 😂
Do it again with a deep fryer you donuts! (Gordon Ramsay voice)
I appreciate that they didn't use a deep fryer because many people don't have one. However, we all know how to add 5-10 minutes to the bake time to actually get a desirable level of crisp.
Or an air fryer. I think they come out amazing in the air fryer.
That one guy knows his fries!
Everyone talking about the fries being underdone, I'm surprised no one is talking about that Jess Tom, a Food Network Star, and Madison Cowan, a Chopped Grand Champion are here.
And there is a third guy. Claiming Belgian potatoes aren't the proper potatoes for french fries. Which I find kind of hard to believe, since the Belgians actually invented the french fries🤣
Idaho potatoes dummy@@jac540
Ok I have a burning question about sweet potato fries. I like sweet potatoes, I like fries. I've never found a sweet potato fry I've *loved*, though. Some have clearly been cooked to a point they are very crispy and thus, I surmise, lose a lot of the "sweet" in sweet potato. Others have been less cooked, and like these chefs noted, were more squishy, floppy, etc. Also, how do you season a sweet potato fry correctly? And what about dipping sauces?
Please keep these chef tasting videos coming! They are so dope!
Arbys and Rallys fries are the true champs.
I’ve tried most of them and usually prefer steak cut fries. But Nathan’s crinkle cuts ended up being my favorite. Really surprised me because I don’t (usually) enjoy waffle style or crinkle style fries.
Oh, I love the way the chefs talk about the curly fries. It's adorable. 💕
I love this series!! these are great!
I don't know if there would be enough brands but if there is you guys should do hard pretzels next
The crispness issues were more due to how they were cooked than the actual brand. And it looked like they were cooking them all on a sheetpan in the oven than actually frying them
We always cook them on a sheetpan in the oven and they are NEVER this undercooked. This took special skill.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
I’ll have to check to see if I can get the red Robin fries in my area where Robin used to be one of my favorite restaurants but we don’t have them here anymore
The 365 ones gave me a flashback to the first time I choked on any food, dry steak fries.
Air fried?
And, how crystallized did they become in the freezer?
If they were iced up, either for too much moisture in the packaging process, or because of how long they were kept in freezer, makes a huge difference in feel and flavour.
(Also shortens the oil life in your deepfryer...should you choose that cooking style).😊
Haven't even watched the video yet but I'm telling you the Alexia brand fries are TOP TIER. I particularly love the rosemary or housecut string fries. So great in an air fryer.
their onion rings are great too.
Alexia is affordable and delicious
Oh the rosemary; yummy.
Accordion... LOL: I did a 3 Weston brand with different cuts, put on sheet in a preheated air circulated oven, taste test: steak cut vs crinkle and vs waffle. My brother and I preferred steak bc the skin made it more flavorful and crispy.
No fry was cooked according to packaging that day
How do you say "no animal was hurt during the filming of this video" without saying "no animal was hurt during the filming of this video"
They litterally state in the description that it was prepared as per package instructions. If following instructions result in undercooked product then its a fail on the instructions.
@@VentusTheSoxOr they have an oven issue. But honestly I almost always leave frozen fries in the oven a little longer than instructions say for this reason. It could be they cooked all of them to the lower end of the range. Like 15 minutes on instructions that say 15-20.
As an Idahoan who also loves Red Robin and Arby's curly fries, I agree with all of your conclusions.
Ok the way those Nathan’s fries were cooked were abysmal, they’re supposed to be golden, not burnt
They are always that dark, they must have an additive. Even in the bag they are dark
@@jlo9381 I think it’s because they changed potato suppliers this past year, normally there not that dark of a color
I don’t much eat French fries, but I picked up a bag at the dollar store and they tasted great. As someone else commented, it could be because I fried them in lard.
Lard makes everything better
Just don't call the doctor
It looked like these were baked. Except for the microwave fries of course...
10:50 That's offensive 😂😂
I am very curious how various market brands (Lidl, Aldi, big chain supermarkets…) compare to these.
Agree! I'll add Kroger's 2 in-store brands, Walmart's Great Value, Publix, and Costco's Kirkland brand.
@@bodyofhope I think they leave out most supermarket brands because they are not available nationwide. In Florida, Kroger's presence is extremely limited (they don't have a store, only a delivery service, and in Washington, we had QFC-- a Kroger sibling, but not Publix.)
They had one of the eight or so Great Value varieties (Wal-Mart's store brand); I'm not sure why they only chose one (it's not even the best one, IMO), and I have no idea why they don't include Kirkland, because Costco is everywhere.
Please do more of these, this is your best series.
this whole video is basically chefs roasting the people cooking the fries 😂
Did you cook them in a steamer??
This video needs a redo
5:59 I'm sorry. Red Roe-bin?
Yeah, wtf was that??
I came here looking for this comment.
Nathan's are by far the best frozen fry on the market
I totally agree
Jack gets so many brands perfectly correct in his videos that I'd trust him to deliver my baby.
Lamb Weston shoestrings are my go to
i love this video because i bought idaho once and forgot what brand it was. they were amazing thank you
I love watching experts on something so basic. Great video.
Epicurious: we cook to the exact directions, as if every oven and sheet tray was just like the next.
The way she put Whole Foods on BLAST
unless you’re buying a bag of fries with a particular seasoning, like Red Robin or Arby’s,I think it’s commonly expected for them to be plain with no seasoning because that will be added by the person making them so the chick CONSTANTLY mentioning the lack of seasoning is driving me insane!!!
Agreed!
Are the air fried or oil fried? cause they look way undercooked
I LOVE French fries! I like the Alexia sweet potato fries. I also like the curly and crinkle cut fries. You can always cook them too your own standard too. I like using the air fryer. It gets then more crispy.
Were these fries boiled in water?
The Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries are my favorite Fries to buy at Store
I love how my own informal tastings agree. I buy the Lam Weston ones for my own French fry nights , and the Arby’s ones.
Did you try cooking them first?
Chef Jess carried this, such positive and fun energy for me! ❤
This makes no sense. Cook them longer if you want them crisper.
The description says that they are prepared as per cooking instructions.
If your cooking instructions tell you to bake them for 20 mins and they are still undercooked then it is a failure of the cooking instructions to give the product adequate cooking time.
Of course in the real world everyone would put it back in and cook it longer.
they are following whatEVER the instructions say.
I love the way the lady says the name of the fries while plating them.
As a native Idahoan, we know our way around a potato. If you happen to appreciate other Idaho potato products, check out 44 North vodka. The Huckleberry stuff is great
6:01 Red Rowbin 💀
Makes me wonder if this is just a roboreader.
😂
Where do you get Arby’s frozen French fries 0_0? And can you get them in Canada? I miss them so much!
@epicurious Who cooked those fries? They look pretty undercooked.
Madison!
I was just watching a bit of one of your Chopped episodes.
Always a pleasure to see you. :)
If there's one thing I've noticed about this series, is whoever cooks the foods cooks the food for about 10 mins less than recommended. Every single time. Abysmal.
They are following the manufacturer's instructions
@@Mikey-od1xd There is no chance they are cooking this stuff 100% to the package's instructions without how some of it comes out.
Whoa. I didn't know chefs knew so much food science!! Awesome!!
I learned something new about potatoes for french fries!! Who knew??? 🤓
I agree! You should watch the boxed mac and cheese one, quite fascinating actually!
I never knew those ‘made in idaho’ fries were called ‘Lamb Weston’. I been eatin these fries for at least 25 years.. n i always thought they were called ‘idaho potatoes’ smh i clearly dont pay attention..
The name of the brand is actually “Grown in Idaho”, Lamb Weston is the name of the supplier. They supply frozen fries to many other frozen brands and restaurants.
One thing that needs to be considered is that a lot of these frozen fry bags also have deep frying instructions. That would be the actual test to see each fry at its best since deep fried is superior for flavor...not so much for overall health but in moderation it's fine
Were these baked vs fried? That makes a big difference
wait... you can buy frozen Arby's curlies???
Yea you can find them in most grocery stores and places like Walmart and Target grocery side if you are in the US.
@@Sindri27 well dang. I'm gonna have to look next time I go to Walmart!
The checker's ones are EASILY the best frozen fries I've had. The one chef said too much seasoning, but as someone that doesn't like potatoes very much I say there's no such thing.
great collection of chefs!
12:51 Waitaminute, it’s a fourth set of hands! (Nobody was wearing nail polish.)
Oop
I love alexias sweet potato fries. I'm down with soggy fries.
Yes they are amazing! The waffle ones specifically
I learned everything I needed to know about these chefs after they tried Checkers😂
couldnt bare watching this bc of the underbaked fries
i literally had one of these today, followed the instructions and they came out way crispier and better looking than here
i wish they would prepare them two ways - baked and fried. it makes a world of difference!