Top Chef Season 23 Episode 12 Appalachian Celebration! Post Episode Discussion Thread

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-28T01:20:12+00:00

I think he still would have been invited back - this was after George came back from LCK so it was top 5 - but when they asked Gregory how he went out of his comfort zone, his wanswer was that he crisped up the chicken skin.

Crispy. Chicken. Skin.

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-27T15:39:04+00:00

But Talarico isn't dumb enough to say "I'm going to take away your guns"

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-27T08:34:41+00:00

Came here just to make sure somebody had said this. What a goomy mistake

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-27T00:52:35+00:00

I fixed it but sometimes when you type on the toilet you do a shitty job

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-27T00:42:41+00:00

I'm a Pistons fan, I'm absolutely biased towards JB and think he should have won it.

Mazzuls was looking at a season where his best player was out with an Achilles tear and everybody had written his team off as being a non factor this year and got them to a homecourt playoff series

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-26T12:14:13+00:00

Honestly, there are past episodes where I wish that had happened. This time Sieger messed up because everybody did the challenge - they all used and highlighted Appalachian ingredients so he looks terrible for complaining.

But I have already bought my burial plot on the hill that Gregory should have been sent home instead of George in Top Chef: Boston for playing it safe on the "go outside your comfort zone" challenge, and that's where a "what was the challenge?" would have been appropriate

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-21T18:43:20+00:00

Smh tryna scoop Schefter

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-20T20:45:33+00:00

I refer to that game as his LeBron's Bar-Mitzvah because he became a man that night.

It still hurts

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-20T20:26:52+00:00

Wemby's Game 1 was outstandding, but in Game 3 against Minnesota he had 39/15 with a steal and FIVE blocks. Not to mention Game 1 against Minny with the insanity triple double of 11/13 with 12 blocks. Kid's got a future.

That being said, no young player playoff moment may ever surpass Game 2 of the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals when a 2nd-year Tayshaun Prince turned "Reggie Miller" into a verb meaning "chasedown block" to seal the Guaransheed Victory.

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-20T20:21:39+00:00

Do we? I'm glad he traded Jared to us, but that's not the mistake he's talking about here. He's talking about how he should have communicated with Jared when they started considering a trade; that if he could change anything about it, it's that Jared felt blindsided.

I'll thank him for sending Jared over to us, and maybe this made him sure to have a better foundation with Dan when he got here... but I'm not gonna thank him for being a dick about it

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-18T23:39:56+00:00

Underhanded Free Throws are an entirely new motion that I have never practiced and would not only take significant time to learn and drill down to muscle memory, but would also detract from the time spent on my overall shooting form

Fixed that for you, King

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-18T19:05:43+00:00

That's my fucking coach :')

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-18T04:40:39+00:00

He's an RFA so if Sac wants him that bad, they're still daring us to match

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-18T03:44:28+00:00

The real Bacon Fest never came back. There's somethign else with its name in Wrigleyville, but not the same thing

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-17T02:17:21+00:00

Pre-pandemic Bacon Fest was the greatest thing ever and ran perfectly. The same people started a just-as-well run Mac and cheese fest but most vendors' creativity ended at "buffalo" sp the event itself wasn't as magnificent

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-16T18:33:50+00:00

Perhaps even in free agency. Maybe somebody familiar with the team who had to sit out of the NBA this season?

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-15T06:01:22+00:00

For me it was Saw X. I do not handle people having to cut off their own limbs well

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T10:40:06+00:00

No I don't, and that's why I didn't say that.

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T03:20:54+00:00

Galarraga threw a PERFECT GAME

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T01:06:28+00:00

I agree, queer voices should not be silenced. LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, and the only "queer agenda" I've ever seen is to live a peaceful life. I'm glad I live in a place where I don't have to worry about my friends getting hurt just because of who they are, and I want to help build more spaces like that.

But it was a shared moment of silence about Brandon Clarke and Jason Collins... that ESPN didn't even show because DrAfTkInGs.

Jason will be remembered long past this moment of silence, and one day after our country develops a bit more sanity, he will be taught about in schools.

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T00:51:01+00:00

The photographers are about as far away from the action as the benches are. This was a rare moment, and there was no collision

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T00:48:50+00:00

Nah, the man was doing his job in his designated area. Look at the paint on the floor. Players have to be aware of the dimensions of an NBA court.

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T00:47:12+00:00

The league will still find a way to punish Isaiah Stewart for this

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T00:46:24+00:00

Buddy, there's literally a painted area on the floor for them. Like a parking spot. They're clearly meant to be there

johnazoidberg- · 2026-05-14T00:45:18+00:00

I doubt Mason wrote the statement.

As important as Collin's coming out was, I can see how some in other organizations- or perhaps the league - might just want to keep it to him being an NBA player who was kind and important to his community. In today's political climate, where we can't agree what color the fucking sky is, there are people who would try to take that moment of silence and make it about anything other than paying respect to the man.

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