The Halls
Only what he called the best, first or worst he's ever had.
Hall of Fame
- One of the best garlic shrimp of his lifeCoco China Buffet · Bluffton, IN · Day 107
- First buffet where the Chinese food didn't taste like every other buffet'sCoco China Buffet · Bluffton, IN · Day 107
- His first proper egg foo youngGreat Wall Chinese Restaurant · Huntington, IN · Day 104
- Probably one of the biggest buffets he's ever seenIchiban Buffet & Grill · Kokomo, IN · Day 101
- The first buffet he's seen log every dish and when it comes out on a clipboardIchiban Buffet & Grill · Kokomo, IN · Day 101
- The cleanest slice of pizza he's ever pulled from a Chinese buffetDong's China Buffet · Mooresville, IN · Day 96
- Probably one of the best mac and cheeses he's had on the channelGolden Oak Grill Buffet · Oak Ridge, TN · Day 89
- The first buffet he's been to with both pizza and chicken nuggetsGrand Buffet · Knoxville, TN · Day 87
- His first hamburger at a Chinese buffet everGrand Buffet · Knoxville, TN · Day 87
- Golden Corral-style mac and cheese that made him feel like never beforeGrand Buffet · Knoxville, TN · Day 87
- Probably one of the best crab rangoons he's hadYao Buffet Sushi Grill · Asheville, NC · Day 83
- The first buffet he's seen with a checklist of when it gets cleanedChina Buffet · Charleston, WV · Day 75
- The first stuffed shrimp he's had that was actually goodDragon Garden Buffet · St. Albans, WV · Day 74
- Finally a seafood biscuit that wasn't awful or covered in mayonnaiseDragon Garden Buffet · St. Albans, WV · Day 74
- The first buffet he's seen with a fridge for every dressingChina City Buffet · Perrysburg, OH · Day 70
- Like the best peanut butter chicken he's ever hadGolden Bowl Buffet · Troy, OH · Day 62
- One of the biggest Chinese buffets he's been toKumo Japanese Seafood Buffet · Cleveland, OH · Day 58
- The first buffet he's been to with chicken nuggetsKumo Japanese Seafood Buffet · Cleveland, OH · Day 58
- The first time he'd seen sweet rice cooked right into a pineappleTian Fu Buffet · Delaware, OH · Day 53
- Probably the coolest setup of any buffet he'd seen so far, with an intricate wheel displayDaily Buffet & Grill · Indianapolis, IN · Day 48
- Probably one of the best garlic breads of his buffet careerQueen Buffet · Indianapolis, IN · Day 46
- Probably the most original thing he'd seen so far: a buffet that covers its foodNew China Buffet · Batesville, IN · Day 45
- A huge koi pond you can feed: probably the coolest thing he'd seen so far, better than the Newport AquariumNew Ichiban Buffet · Nicholasville, KY · Day 41
- The best thing he's ever had at a Chinese buffet in his lifeHappy Dragon · Dry Ridge, KY · Day 39
- Probably one of the best egg rolls he's ever hadHappy Dragon · Dry Ridge, KY · Day 39
- Probably the best-looking frog legs of his Chinese buffet careerHappy Dragon · Dry Ridge, KY · Day 39
- The best pizza-bagel-looking cheese mushroom he's ever had in his lifeGolden Blossom Buffet · Jeffersonville, IN · Day 35
- Store-bought donuts cut in half: the most magical thing he's ever seen in his lifeJumbo Buffet · Louisville, KY · Day 33
- The best garlic bread he's ever had in his lifeBright Moon Buffet · Kettering, OH · Day 29
- The first buffet of the challenge with popcornSuper Seafood Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 22
- Probably the best mac and cheese he's seen at any Chinese buffetThe Feast Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 20
- The most upscale Chinese buffet of his entire careerThe City Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 18
- One of the best mac and cheeses he's had at a Chinese buffet, everThe City Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 18
- The best pizza he'd had at a Chinese buffet so farNew China Buffet · Newport, KY · Day 14
- The first plate he ever finished on the challengeGrand Buffet · Lawrenceburg, IN · Day 11
- Probably the best coconut shrimp he's ever had in his lifeGrand Buffet · Cincinnati, OH · Day 8
- One of the best goons he's ever hadHappy Garden Buffet · Harrison, OH · Day 7
- His first Mexican food at a Chinese buffet: tacos on the barGolden Dragon Buffet & Grill · Hamilton, OH · Day 4
- It might be his favorite buffet so farGolden Dragon Buffet & Grill · Hamilton, OH · Day 4
Hall of Shame
- The world's sloppiest sushi (though it ain't bad)Great Wall Buffet · Fort Wayne, IN · Day 105
- The toughest chicken he's ever eatenOsaka Grill and Sushi Buffet · Knoxville, TN · Day 85
- The stickiest table he's ever touchedMoon Buffet · Eleanor, WV · Day 73
- The goopiest, most sauce-drowned coconut shrimp he's ever seenRoyal Buffet · Findlay, OH · Day 65
- Absolutely the driest chicken he's ever seenKatana Buffet · Canton, OH · Day 61
- More expensive than any other buffet he'd been toRoyal Buffet & Grill · Akron, OH · Day 60
- Probably the soggiest crab rangoon he's ever picked upKumo Japanese Seafood Buffet · Cleveland, OH · Day 58
- The driest chicken he's ever seen on planet earthFu Yuan Hibachi Buffet · Plainfield, IN · Day 50
- A pizza in a color he'd never seen before, with brown pepperoniFu Yuan Hibachi Buffet · Plainfield, IN · Day 50
- Some of the wettest mac and cheese he's ever seenSuper China Buffet · Indianapolis, IN · Day 47
- The driest-looking mac and cheese of his lifeNew China Buffet · Batesville, IN · Day 45
- Probably one of the saddest ribs he's ever seen in his lifeNo 1 China Buffet · Lexington, KY · Day 40
- Probably the greasiest thing he's ever laid hands onChina Garden Buffet · Dayton, OH · Day 30
- He's never had a hard-boiled egg that tasted like thatChina King Buffet · Middletown, OH · Day 10
- Probably the most expensive Chinese buffet he'd been to so far ($41)King Buffet · Beechmont, OH · Day 9
- Probably the saddest-looking pizza he's ever seenKing Buffet · Beechmont, OH · Day 9
- The driest French fries he's ever seen, and the coldest on earthAsian Buffet · Fairfield, OH · Day 6