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I have assembled five members of the Meat Alliance for another epic challenge.

What we have in front of us are five incredible steaks, and the steaks just got even higher because these challengers don't even know what ingredients they're cooking with yet.

In today's battle, we find out who will be crowned the Steak King.

Let's get started.

You guys ready?

Let's do it.

Enough talking.

Let's do it.

Our first Avenger is named Albert, and legend says this man's consumed more cheese than a small European country.

Next up we have the one and only Chef Rush.

This man cooks for presidents and I'm gonna be honest He is absolutely jacked.

Next up Patrick.

This man is

so efficient with his cooking Word on the street is he's

the only man who's cooked a six ingredient cake with just three ingredients or less.

Next up Guga.

Yes people call him Guga, but in most circles He's known as the meat God.

And last but not least we have Max the self-proclaimed meat guy.

What can I say?

The guy likes meat It's kind of sauce.

We have five steaks and the fate of each candidate lies on the wheel of fortune.

Each challenger will have two spins to determine which ingredients they can use to try and create the greatest steak dish possible.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Nutella?

Oh, it's a nice one.

Burnt ends!

Oh!

Rotisserie chicken!

Oh, okay, okay, I'm okay with that.

I wanted that one.

Come on, cake!

Birthday cake!

It worked!

I'm okay with anything but the sweets.

No sweets.

Use one arm!

How?

Here's the thing the person that chooses use one arm gets a wag you a5 stick Ah, but how am I gonna cut it with one hand?

Hey How much rather eat it everybody?

Oh, I'm sorry Uncrustables I do love an uncrustable Con- Con events.

Hey, I'll take it.

All right.

Well guys the battles on All righty guys, the stage is officially set.

The first thing we need to address is that this man right here is only using one arm.

The question is, which arm is it going to be?

Oh my god, I don't get to pick one time and then the other one and then the other one?

One hand all the time.

You do get a beautiful Wagyu A5 steak as your consolation for that.

That's not a consolation.

One hand.

I'd much rather two hands than a Wagyu.

A lot of bragging rights on the line here.

How are we all feeling?

Great.

I just want to see what this guy is going to do with cake.

Cake's my middle name, you just watch out, all right?

I know you're sweet, but you're not that sweet.

Alright, so keep in mind, you have to use both of your ingredients.

That's pretty much the only rule.

Let's get started.

3, 2, 1, go.

Chef Rush, what are you doing with those Doritos?

Uh, let me see.

I'm eating them.

Guys, make sure Guga only uses his one hand.

Don't worry, I won't cheat.

I don't need to cheat.

That's okay.

Oh, I love these.

You have to use it, not eat it.

I never thought cutting a steak would be so difficult.

I'm gonna do it.

Albert, what are you doing?

Another rule, we can all use the basics, meaning oil, salt and pepper is all on the table for everybody.

I have never seen technique like that in my entire life.

Innovative.

So what's your plan here, Max?

So I'm currently uncrusting my uncrustable.

I don't even know what that means.

You want to melt it?

I'm good.

Thank you.

I have my steak.

Got a nice little piece of fat here.

I got these burnt ends.

I got my little secret sauce.

Can you please handle that over?

No, actually, I can help you with the pepper.

Holy, you got the king of all pepper.

Wow, it actually works very well.

Voila.

Perfect.

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Okay, thank you.

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Wow my uh, wow you got burning we're burning.

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Oh, no. Oh Max, that looks bad start over Max.

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We're throwing this away.

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Oh man Yeah, I got all that skin off my beautiful rotisserie chicken now.

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We're just gonna go in and fry this up Smell good What are you doing to that poor steak?

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I don't even know what I'm doing anymore chef rush.

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What are you doing over there?

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I'm just winning a little fat.

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I feel like you're very calm and collected very organized over there.

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Everyone's there's madness But chef rush is keeping us cool right now.

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Yeah, that's me Patrick.

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Is there any way I can borrow some chicken fat?

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Sorry, yeah, definitely here it is ready Wow, thank you.

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Okay, is that enough perfect perfect?

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What are you what are you doing?

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I'm using my ingredients What what you wanted me to do?

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How's that going?

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Everything's fine.

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Nothing is messed up Hey Actually looks great Oh, it smells so bad.

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Oh my god.

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I've got a steak already in the pan chef rush.

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That is looking phenomenal.

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Hey, Max.

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Yeah Remember that chicken fat I gave you earlier.

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Yeah, can I get an uncrustable for that?

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Uncrustable with steak?

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Wow.

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No, no I just want to eat it.

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Oh 100% I'll take it.

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Thank you It's a hot pan

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it's actually pretty good there you go we got some powder

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that took a while

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that should pair up perfectly with the wagyu since it's going

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to be extremely tender at least that's what i'm thinking now

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we make a sauce i don't want a sweet steak i want to make a savory steak

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so i'm going to take all this icing off of it

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that's looking way better than i was expecting is your hand

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in your pocket yeah i don't cheat max no cheating no need to cheat just collecting some ingredients

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It's hard to use one hand.

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Wait, what?

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Since when can you use other ingredients?

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Oh, you can't?

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All you got to do you can only use salt and pepper?

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Salt, pepper, oil.

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Another rule we can all use the basics meaning oil salt and pepper is all on the table for everybody.

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I don't cheat Max No cheating.

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No need to cheat.

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Don't worry.

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I won't cheat.

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I don't need to cheat.

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That's okay How you be creative with two ingredients?

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The only thing you can do is spoon one ingredient with another ingredient.

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You could be very creative with two ingredients.

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If you ask nicely, maybe you could use one of my condiments.

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I got a whole bunch of them.

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All your condiments are a s*, Max.

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How good is that?

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All right, let's get the mustard then.

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I'll use your mustard.

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That's the only option.

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I said if you ask nicely.

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Could I please?

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Please?

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Yes.

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A little Dorito dust going on.

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A little dusty dusty.

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Excited for you guys to see what I'm doing with this.

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I got the bread.

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Everything is off that cake.

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So I'm gonna generously salt this steak.

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Did you crust that with Doritos?

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I did.

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I just put a little Doritos on top of it.

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I seared my steak off first because I wanted to cook through.

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I didn't want Doritos to burn.

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I crusted the whole entire time.

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You get it?

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That's experience right there.

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So I need to use these condiments.

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I feel like I've seared something with ketchup before

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and it kind of worked

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So we're just gonna go right over the top of it

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Like I feel like ketchup after the steak is cooked is definitely a sin show how good

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that looks that looks good to you guys It looks like a candy beautiful steak extravaganza

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You know I watched a lot of Max's videos and he says press it down to get a crust

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Ketchup steak is going in oh my god.

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It's not even on I didn't even turn on his fan.

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I thought you were Max the meat guy.

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Oh!

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Jesus did you see?

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What just happened?

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I don't know.

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Oh!

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Are you alright?

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I'm fine.

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You need help?

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Looks like chef has officially brought out the burnt ends.

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It's actually pretty good.

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Oh, it smells amazing.

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Oh, that smells good chef.

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Albert, are you done here?

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My steak is done.

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I don't hear a lot of confidence coming out of your voice right now.

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And that makes me happy.

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Wait, wait, chef, you're using water!

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You can't use water!

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You can't use water!

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You can't use anything, chef!

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Water is a staple!

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Come on!

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Water!

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Let me go!

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Alright, let's check on our ketchup crusted steak.

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It smells like ketchup.

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This whole room smells like burnt ketchup.

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Not bad.

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Ooh, that looks burnt.

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It's burnt.

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Not bad?

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Who's talking?

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It's not burnt.

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One hand, baby.

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Now I'm just basing the steak with some butter.

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I like to brown my butter a little bit to give that caramelized flavor.

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Guga, it's like you've done this before.

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No, first time.

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Max.

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That's pretty good, I bet.

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Doesn't look bad for a ketchup steak, and I think we're done.

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And let's see, in the middle.

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Just rosy pink.

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We'll torch a little bit.

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This way the middle will stay nice and pink.

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That's it.

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I'm not gonna lie, chef, that is fantastic.

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I want some of that.

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So I'm gonna go ahead and butter this pan.

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Your hand is right, though.

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I have no idea what I'm doing, it'll work.

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Kuga, tell me, this is years of watching your video.

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Let's do it.

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Why do you have to say it like that?

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What do you mean, that's how you say it?

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It's a little over but not bad.

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A little over but not bad.

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But just the smell is nasty.

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What are you talking about?

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It smells so bad.

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We're going to make some circles on our beautiful uncrustable.

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It still has peanut butter on it.

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Juicy.

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Adding on my uncrustable topping, seared to perfection.

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Plate presentation is everything.

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So you eat with your eyes first.

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That's what makes it more appetizing.

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Assembled our steak.

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I'm going to take some of that fried chicken skin.

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I'm going to crush this on top.

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Oh.

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I kept the rules, hand in the back at all times.

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This is what we got, a nice beautiful Wagyu with jerky dust.

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And what we have here is a beautiful eye of the ribeye paired with that incredible cap, some seared uncrustables on top of mustard.

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Does it look like a three-year-old made it?

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Yes, but it might taste good.

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So what I did, I did some crushed Doritos, put those on top, little garnishes around, which is the burnt ends, and I just let it shine itself.

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Nutella steak is bad.

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Don't use Nutella on your steak.

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This is a birthday cake steak sandwich.

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Crusted the steak really nice with some oil, butter.

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Took the chicken skin, fry that up chopped it the best part It only took four ingredients.

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I got to go now All right judges what you have in front of you are five

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Extremely unique different and hopefully delicious steaks back for the taste test.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you I just want to go in this one honestly looks yeah, this looks and smells amazing I'll tell you the presentation on that one is crazy Crazy.

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Cheers.

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That steak is cooked perfectly.

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The Doritos give it such a nice, crispy crunch.

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The flavor's on point, the texture's on point, the presentation is great.

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I mean, that is a really, really good first dish.

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It's gonna be hard to beat.

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I guess let's try the next one.

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Let's go.

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Thank you.

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Smells good.

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I can't tell, that's 85.

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Yeah, that's definitely waggon.

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Look at that.

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Cheers.

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Damn.

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Melt in your mouth.

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Very different from the Doritos.

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Doritos added a crisp, but that is more crumbly.

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It tastes really delicious.

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And I mean that A5 tenderness is just, it's hard to beat.

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It's another level.

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Onto the next, I think.

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Onto the next one.

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Please, I want to try that one.

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This is the juiciest one so far.

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Let's try it.

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Cheers.

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Such a strange flavor on the outside.

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The mustard was so powerful, but that little thing like balanced perfectly.

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And a little bit of sweetness too, which was nice.

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Definitely, definitely some sweetness.

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It's a perfect balance in that plate.

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That's really good.

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This is the one I'm not excited to try.

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Smells sugary.

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Ooh.

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It kinda smells good.

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Cheers.

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This is like dessert steak.

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I hate to say it, but it's not bad.

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Yeah, it's not terrible.

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The flavor on this one is a lot more mild.

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The finale, I don't know who wants to cut it.

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You wanna cut it?

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I will say this is kind of the most fun out of all the dishes.

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So far we've tried a bunch of steaks, but this is like a steak sandwich.

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Like a sponge cake or something.

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Cheers.

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Oh my God.

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I don't know what I'm eating.

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What is this?

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I don't get it.

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Can't compute.

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Wow, that is so good.

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The outside is so sweet.

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It's an umami bomb in the middle, but a sweet cloudiness on the outside.

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Yeah, this one is gonna be hard to beat because that's really creative.

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It's like a cornbread with a bar.

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Yes!

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All right, how many votes do we have for this steak here?

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That's tough.

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Okay, how many votes do we have for this steak here?

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I'm, this, this.

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And then maybe I'll wait a second.

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Okay, how many votes do we have for this steak here?

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Looks like it all comes down to our side steaks.

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How many votes do we have for this steak here?

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This steak here.

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We're settling it with an arm wrestle.

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Before we start I want to make a speech they're all

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laughing at me they said you couldn't do it You got a cake you're the three ingredient guy,

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but look at me now look who I'm next to I'm gonna win Three two one go

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Come on I got it That speech meant nothing There it is,

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introducing our winner, the state king, Chef Rush.

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Congratulations.

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Please make sure to check out all of my friends.

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Make sure you're following along on Chef Rush's journey.

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He has some incredible stuff for military and mental health.

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And of course, Max Jerky.

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You know where to find it.

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Appreciate you all.

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We'll see you next time.

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The trophy's mine!

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The trophy's mine!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: steak, ingredient, chef, smell, max. This video has 359 sentences and 2464 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:02. The speaker talks at a natural 176 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
steak noun	/steɪk/	Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
ingredient noun	/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/	One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
chef noun	/ʃɛf/	The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
cheat verb	/ˈt͡ʃiːt/	To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
ketchup verb	/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/	To cover with ketchup.
pepper noun	/ˈpɛp.ə/	A plant of the family Piperaceae.
crust noun	/kɹʌst/	A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
cheers	/t͡ʃɪəz/	A common toast used when drinking in company.
sear verb	/sɪə̯(ɹ)/	To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
wagyu noun	/ˈwæɡ.juː/	Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
mustard noun	/ˈmʌstəɹd/	A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear…
condiment noun	/ˈkɑn.də.mənt/	Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.
rotisserie noun	/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/	A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
flavor noun	/ˈfleɪvə/	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bring out verb		To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come down to verb		To reach by moving down or reducing.
do over verb	/ˈduˌoʊvɚ/	To cover with; to smear or spread on to.
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
mess up verb		To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
start over verb		to begin again; to return to the beginning

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

How are we all feeling?
Cake's my middle name, you just watch out, all right?
Albert, what are you doing?
You want to melt it?
What do you mean, that's how you say it?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have assembled · have never seen · I've seared
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	will be crowned · is named · is messed
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	around, which is · too, which was
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the greatest · the best · the juiciest

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 97 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chef /ʃɛf/, dish /dɪʃ/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, rotisserie /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, appetizing /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like steak, ingredient, chef.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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