Food Theory: How to BEAT the Buffet (Food Theory's Lost Episode)

"There is a 41% chance that you are wearing sweatpants." Me, wearing sweatpants: s o r c e r y

If you want to hurt them, take a group of pre-teens. My nephew and his lacrosse team ate everything, including the fake parsley in the ice display. They ate all the expensive octopus trying to gross each other out. One kid ate a whole platter of dinner rolls and still had room for 3 whole chickens. They're animals.

"its not about the food its about sending a message" -joker in a alternate universe probably

My dad is a state trooper and one time he and a bunch of his work friends had a competition of who could eat the most at a Chinese buffet…the owner came out and said “it’s all you can eat, not eat til you die” 😭😭

I've had several occasions where the staff looked in disgust as I stacked my plate with 50-60 pieces of sushi (which I always finish) and have once had a hostess suggest other food options when she realized that I was only going to ask for sushi rolls, and I firmly declined and ate 11 rolls total.

I'm going to assume that the other 59% of people are just wearing no pants ... fight me on that!

I ate so much crab leg at a Chinese buffet that they kick me out.. I said “but it’s all you can eat” and they told me “yes, and that is all you can eat”

Honestly, I don't go to buffets for the "all you can eat" factor, I go for the variety

Rewatching all my favorite theory videos right after Mats announcement is bittersweet nostalgia

“The plates are smaller to make them take less food” Me making a food pyramid in the plate : i have no such weakness

"Asian's don't eat till they're full, they eat until they recuperate the cost of the buffet" - Uncle Roger

I usually eat beef alone at buffets, if the waiter complains or “suggests” I eat something else, I refer them to my extensive allergy list which keeps me from eating a lot of cheap foods. Which is both true and keeps them from “so far” kicking me out 😂

I have worked with MANY professionals to help with my obesity, and they all said diet soda makes you gain weight. The way you explained the soda thing makes me realize WHY it makes me gain weight, it makes me hungry

I was actually the "meat bouncer" (actually a specialty cook) for 4 years... There wasn't any boss telling me to do or don't do.. anything. You can come and get as much meat as you want, at the end of the day, we weren't thinking about you at all, also we weren't allowed to refuse the customer of another slice. I actually used to pre-slice them so anyone could have as much as they want. My boss never told me I wasn't allowed to do it. I worked at a local buffet though, this might not be the same elsewhere, but I actually enjoyed when people came to my specialty bar because I am the one who cooked the steaks and ribs and I always got compliments for my cooking which made me smile instead of being overbearingly grumpy like most of all my coworkers there.

A not so subtle hint from a buffet that I had eaten enough: They cleaned off my table and gave it to another person while I was getting another plate of food.

My family went for Mother's Day Brunch Buffet every year, and we definitely had a system. The most important part was a scouting mission. That's when you went up for the first time, not to fill your plate, but to see what was there, and report your findings to the rest of the table. On that scout trip, you would also grab small portions of a lot of different things. Then, once you knew what was good, you could get bigger helpings of those specific things.

Something about this theory, especually because of bringing up "the satiety index" makes me want to see Matpat tackle what should be the best diet to lose weight using foods that give plenty of nutrients and not feeling like you need to eat more. Along with finding the best, we would need variations baset on taste and budget.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's an equivalent to an FBI's most wanted list for buffets and MatPat is their public enemy number 1.

There’s Markiplier and Darkiplier There’s Jacksepticeye and Antisepticeye And then there’s MatPat and Pre Saint Judes Haircut Green Screen MatPat

All these tactics had an opposite effect on me as a teenager. I took it as a challenge and people who worked there were confused where I was putting 10x the normal amount of steak at.