In The Weeds with Ben Randall

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By: Chef Ben Randall

I began cooking when I was 14 years old and I never looked back. Enjoy the pirate ship.

Episode 453: Sluts For Tourists
Last Friday at 1:20 AM

Tonight we're updating Walmart's radioactive shrimp, we're resurrecting Hot & Now and we dive into the turf war between Traverse City Michigan's wineries and residents.

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Episode 452: Virtual Churros
08/20/2025

Today we're talking radioactive shrimp, raw milk, raw bread, beef fat (tallow, if you're fancy), taco husbandry and churros on the internet. Also, there's nothing wrong with seed oils.

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Episode 451: Big Chill B&B
08/15/2025

Today we're talking The Big Chill, raw milk (again), Coke arcades and tiny human steaks.

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This Empty Glass Episode 42: Purity Test
08/07/2025

We've got another episode of TEG! Today Ben's talking about sandbags, cool rocks and varieties of sobriety.

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Episode 450: Shower Beers & Bathroom Fridges
07/30/2025

Today, we're talking Ben's inability to relax, backyard garden updates, the brand new book Patreon, the passing of chef Anne Burrell and the Feast of St Pasty.

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Episode 449: Orange-Flavored Bacon Juice
07/17/2025

Today we're talking FDA regulation rollbacks, cereal collabs, UV milk and American Girl Dolls

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Episode 448: Dented Can Store
07/08/2025

We're back! Today we're talking about the Erin Patterson verdict (she totally did it), gardening (again), food saints, chef collabs, lovely gifts and turkey bacon recalls!

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Episode 447: Big Boy Beef
06/25/2025

Today we talk Big Boy turf war, updates on the Australian mushroom poisoning lady, Weber gets Smoque-y and Panera's violating child labor laws. Who knew?

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Episode 446: Chef Don't Bail
06/18/2025

From Konro to Con-Row, we talk today about Jake 'Bloody Knuckles' Bickelhaupt's ongoing legal troubles (which he keeps making worse for himself - it's like he's never faced real consequences of his actions before). We also get into Starbuck's new AI assistant, produce suppliers get cyberattacked, and does anyone want to publish my books?

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Episode 445: 42 Whams
06/12/2025

Oops, he did it again. To nobody's great surprise, Jake Bickelhaupt is back to punching ladies. In tonight's episode we talk about that series of crimes, and discuss how it's related to the (outdated, irrelevant) Michelin Guide star awards. Be warned, there are graphic descriptions of domestic violence in this episode.

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Episode 444:Garden of Assholes Re-Release
06/09/2025

Wife-beater Bickelhaupt is back. Before we do an entire episode about his second domestic abuse arrest, this time in Florida, enjoy(?) this re-release episode covering the LAST time this assclown beat a woman mostly to death.

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Episode 443: Steve's French Laundry
06/03/2025

Today I guess we're talking only about Thomas Keller yelling at a restaurant critic? Who wasn't even at the French Laundry to write a review? What the heck is going on?

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Episode 442: Lonely Mouth
05/30/2025

Today we're talking Snacks v Meals, Robot Pizza, Chocolate Chip Creme Pies and airport food!

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Episode 441: Drone Cold Steve Austin
05/21/2025

In which we talk Starbucks uniforms vs. union contracts, the Flying Doordash Bros, really, really bad cookies and the revival (?) of Chi Chi's 'Mexican' Restaurant. Also, our connection was apparently really bad, so Steve's audio is hit & miss.

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Episode 440: SPAMcuterie
05/09/2025

Today we're discussing fast food AI orders, Australian MAGA restaurants failing, Australian mushroom murder, Disney's menu hack and an all-SPAM charcuterie board.

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Episode 439: Secondhand Ham
05/01/2025

We're back with a show filled with cookies, SPAM, a roulade made out of Arby's Loaf, hidden foodborne illnesses, third-party delivery service sales and gardening injuries!

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Episode 438:Get On The SPAM Wagon
04/25/2025

Today we're talking meal prep, Uber Eats fraud, the FDA communications freeze, food dyes and what to do about them (or not) and SPAM. Also a small amount of gardening.

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Episode 437: Full of Microplastics
04/17/2025

Today we're talking gardening, composting with or without worms, dosing schoolchildren, and vegetables vs. microplastics. Also there are no vegetables.

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Episode 436: HBOSnax
04/11/2025

Today we're talking bad blenders, kitchen torture, incremental egg price increases, streaming service dinners and oyster desserts?

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Episode 435: Cap'n Crunch, Admiral Spank
04/04/2025

Today we're talking Ben's vacation, the Driftless Cafe, book updates, egg product recall, easter potatoes and hippo meat?

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Episode 434: Cheeto Vodka
03/18/2025

We're back after a week off! Today we're talking catering vs mealprep, St.Patrick's day, book updates and Star Trek?

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Episode 433:Tacos Are The Wu-Tang Of Food
03/07/2025

Today we're talking delivery services, fast food breakfast, new technologies, Kroger's CEO disappears amidst an internal investigation, and some serious realtor FAFO.

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Episode 432: There's Nothing That Two Middle Aged White Guys Can't Do
02/25/2025

Today we're talking Hooters (death by private equity), Sourdough (easier than you think), gardening (do it), Lima beans and why you likely hate them, and Coldplay is the okra of pop music.

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Episode 431:Built In Breadstick
02/20/2025

Today we're talking bad pizza, pretzel garlic breadsticks, Delaware's raw milk move, and the death of the 3rd space.

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Episode 430: Grill A Popsicle
02/13/2025

Today on our show, we talk about food in Vegas, food shows, Bobby Flay's Striped-Food Diet, an Egg Heist and we go hard against Pennsylvania for some reason. Go Birds?

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Episode 429:Table Sausage
01/28/2025

Today we're talking Schwann's dairy, Amazon Fresh, the rebirth of Hot & Now and beef jerky business cards?

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Episode 428: The Restaurant Is Not Your Dad
01/24/2025

We're making predictions! Today Ben & Steve imagine what the food trends will be in 2025, and try not to get too depressed about it.

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Episode 427: Hot Tuna
01/15/2025

Today we're talking the various ways you can serve hot canned tuna, Ben's recent car accident, restaurant liquidation auctions and The Book.

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Episode 426: Skinfluencers
01/07/2025

Today we're talking what music to listen to in the kitchen vs what to listen to while menu writing, chefs battle it out with influencers, and there's a Guinness heist!

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Episode 425: Garlicky Death Balls
01/02/2025

Happy New Year! We're back talking about where fancy cheeses & candles overlap, we're going to a robot food show (?), does Arby's sell whole unsliced 'roast beef' and what are the trends that came true last year?


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Episode 424:Storytime
12/21/2024

Today Ben's recording solo!

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Episode 423: Culinary Sabotage
12/06/2024

Today we're talking Thanksgiving, LOTS of pies, working too much and the crossover everyone was waiting for: raw milk and avian flu!

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Episode 422:Egg Washin'
11/23/2024

We're back! (After a 2-week hiatus.) Today we're talking restaurant restructuring, garden planning, kitchen communication & hours worked vs volume of work...worked?

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Episode 421: BrainWorm2024
11/08/2024

Everybody ready to get expensively sick?


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Episode 420: DUHigh
10/30/2024

Today we're talking McDonald's ongoing EColi issues, Subway getting trolled with frivolous lawsuits, Ben's new Prep Monster job and a major french fry producer shutters a plant.

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Episode 419: It's A Ticket, Not A Reservation
10/23/2024

Today we're talking restaurants pivoting to catering and ticketed events, more 'raw milk' concerns (avian flu), and robots cooking in Walmart?


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Episode 418: Dirty Milk
10/17/2024

Is 'raw milk' going to kill you? Probably not. Is it better for you than pasteurized milk? Definitely not. Today we carve through the mis & disinformation surrounding what is absolutely a dangerous product, and we tell you who's out to benefit from your inevitable illness.

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Episode 417: Kitchens & Coolers
10/10/2024

Today we're talking Kitchen D&D, personal cheffing, robot 'cooks', McDonald's sues Big Meat, and we 'invent' Smart Toilets?

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Episode 416: It's the BratBest!
10/03/2024

Today we're talking all SORTS of things: Prep Monsters, Boar's Head Updates (criminal; yikes), Oreo's continuing descent into madness, Counter Service models and Waffle House. Let there be Waffle House!

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Episode 415:Baja Blast Popcorn
09/25/2024

Today we're talking apple picking & processing, Yosemite National Park foodservice and we have a new recording style! (Which needs fixin'.)

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