The Halls

Only what he called the best, first or worst he's ever had.

Hall of Fame

The first buffet he's been to that does tater totsShiki Buffet & Hibachi Grill - Tinley Park · Tinley Park, IL · Day 145
Lift-up lids that seem more sanitary than anything he's ever seenShiki Buffet & Hibachi Grill - Tinley Park · Tinley Park, IL · Day 145
His first nachos at a Chinese buffetTwo Volcano Seafood Boil Buffet · Burbank, IL · Day 143
Like the first fountain he's seen filled with nothing but turtlesShiki Buffet - Glendale Heights · Glendale Heights, IL · Day 140
Never really seen pizza presented like this, sliced individuallyRoyal Sushi & Seafood Buffet · Hoffman Estates, IL · Day 138
A new kind of yellow crab rangoon he's never seen beforeHibachi Grill Asian Buffet · Elk Grove Village, IL · Day 137
The first crab-and-cheese salad he's had that wasn't disgustingNuevo China Buffet · Northlake, IL · Day 136
Never seen rangoons all puffed up like thisPanda Buffet · Ebensburg, PA · Day 132
First cinnamon rolls he recalls finding at these buffets.Oriental Super Buffet · Zanesville, OH · Day 125
One of the best little smokies in a blanket he says he has seen.Oriental Super Buffet · Zanesville, OH · Day 125
First buffet he recalls serving individual pie slices already on plates.Asian Star China Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 124
Calls the garlic bread pizza the most amazing thing he has ever eaten.Panda Buffet · Fort Worth, TX · Day 119
His first sighting of a baked crab cake across hundreds of Chinese buffets.China Harbor Super Buffet · Arlington, TX · Day 118
His first tamale at a Chinese buffetAsian Buffet · Arlington, TX · Day 116
His first Chinese buffet in Texas: 'a whole new state'Yummy Buffet · Fort Worth, TX · Day 110
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 first buffet he's been to without fried riceChina Buffet · Carol Stream, IL · Day 141
The driest egg roll he's ever eaten56 Buffet · Johnstown, PA · Day 134
Calls an unnamed, mayonnaise-like dish the wettest he has ever seen.China City Buffet · Columbus, OH · Day 123
The soggiest-looking sesame chicken he's ever seenChina Flag Buffet · Saginaw, TX · Day 111
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