A Burger Scholar Explains One of the Best Burgers in America | The Burger Show
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- If you want to understand the soul of L.A.’s burger culture, you have to head to the Apple Pan. The 70-year-old West Side burger counter embodies the burger in its purest form-served at a counter and wrapped in paper by life-long staffers. Few people can talk about what makes this place special more than burger scholar George Motz. In today’s episode, Alvin and the roving Burger Lord are going to dig into why the Apple Pan deserves to be called one of the best burgers in America.
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Season 2
Episode 5
First We Feast videos offer an iconoclastic view into the culinary world, taking you behind-the-scenes with some of the country's best chefs and finding the unexpected places where food and pop culture intersect. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I wonder if the two guys that have been there 42 years still play pranks on the new guy who has only been there for 25 years.
Jimby hahahahha the “rookie”
The Apple Pan is right near my house so we eat there all the time. I talk to the guys who work there and I can confirm, they DO still treat the guys who have only been there for 15-25 years like rookies.
@@willyevans2352 nae nae on the noobs
Like Metallica did w Jason.
@@willyevans2352 that's so funny I'm glad they do!
Something that isn't mentioned is that they've likely kept so much of their staff there for decades by paying them well and treating them right. Being a good employer is so essential to running a good restaurant, never forget that your employees are as important as your customers.
100%
It's all about the secrets and methods. as an owner you don't want to spread them around by letting one of your staff goes to work somewhere else, because the staff knows how the food is made and the secrets to why it is very good and successful. While in big chains like McDonald's they keep the methods and secrets from the staff so they become dispensable. That is actually one of the major issues with capitalism and big corporations and why it is a good thing to encourage small businesses to thrive amongst the capitalistic corporate takeover.
thats correct and it directly relates to why it tastes the same every time (sure ingredients matter alot) but you need the mechanic to use the tools
That hamburger got Victor's kid thru school!
Amen to that.
Holy shit, the one of the people is 103 years old. That guy was there from the start
Adem Aljović he looks good for his age tho
@@timamos4118 Never said he looked bad
@@vahidakonigin4839 he never claimed that you said he looks bad 😂
That guy looks and sounds exactly 103
103 likes!!!
3:50 - Just wanted to pay tribute to this man, Manny Rittenberg. One of the oldest men in the US. August 8, 1914 - June 21, 2020 Born in Boyle Heights, Manny Rittenberg died Sunday, seven weeks shy of his 106th birthday.
Thank you for honoring him
Rip Manny
@@user-cr9zo5yo9k thank you!
Good lookin out!
pawn stars: "let me just call in our burger historian to take a look at this"
Mike Hawk underrated comment
The burger historians voice is even similar to the pawn stars guy
LMAO!!😂😂
Hearing them both laugh would be entertaining
Wolverine's looking good in his burger-themed retirement.
Hugh Jackman actually has his own restaurant/cafe called the laughing man
Old man Logan down by the Apple Pan.
"im 103 years old and i been coming here as long as i can remember ...... wait where are we?"
He’s probably loosing it
well he is 103 and the place has been open for 70 years.. so then his missing anything before his 30s then
103 is possible, I mean Kirk Douglas is 102. Though the way Alvin keeps looking & eating I highly doubt he'd make 100
@@louis3141 100? you mean 50s or 60s
@@bspacerex I meant days lol
For all those that say George Motz needs to be the host or needs his own show, he had a series called burger land on the travel channel 7 years back
Got your wish!
I WAS WONDERING HOW I REMEMBERED HIM!!!
Been that long?
Now Travel Channel doesn’t even do actual Travel shows anymore.
All paranormal now.
and nowww a youtube series
Thank you
that old man that was 103 years old looked liked he was only 70
Once you hit max level you stop levelling.
The body kind of reaches an aging limit unless you constantly smoke etc. Then aging is worse
Intellectual Anomaly Do you think the host can stay the same weight, if your theory is correct?
I have known people who drank, smoked and ate lie complete sit and surpassed 100 and you could never tell by looking at them. Genetics man.
You must hang out with some decrepit 70 year olds.
That stool Alvin is sitting on is the real star of this episode
Adamantium
"What is this? An alloy of adamantium and mithril?!"
"Say 'dwarven technology' one more time!"
LOL
It's like atlas holding up the fucking world.
What if he’s not sitting? He has built his own gravity around him causing him to float 😦
I'm loving all of the genuine concern for Alvin's health. He is a nice, passionate guy who is getting so much support from the community. I hope he reads through these comments and appreciates the sentiment. We care about your wellbeing! Mad love!
Seven Everywhere it’s not support, it’s just fat-phobia disguised as “concern.” There are thin people everywhere who eat just like him and smoke and do drugs and have generally terrible health but are thin because of genetics and no one says this crap to them-because it has nothing to do with healthy behaviors. The truth is that no one knows what Alvin’s blood pressure is, or if he a diabetic or his cholesterol or anything about him. Skinny people have heart disease as often as fat people with a genetic pre-disposition for it. If there was a thin dude sitting there doing this, no one would say this stuff. Let’s not kid ourselves. No one is concerned for anyone’s health.
@@ramseyfitzsimmons4854 Just to be clear - there may well be fat-phobia or people judging him as a person based on his weight, that's not ok, by all means. But the idea that obesity does not affect incidence of heart disease is simply not true. It's also not true that genetics alone define weight loss or gain. Diet matters - you'll note people in the same families can have very different body-shapes based on dietary habits and behaviours.
More importantly - I'd be interested to see a study showing that "skinny people have heart disease as often as fat people with a genetic pre-disposition" meanwhile, the rest of medical science would like to point out that taking reasonably good care of your body (which does not mean being too thin, going on crazy diets etc. either) will give you a longer, healthier life. Adults are adults, they can make their own choices, and I enjoy Alvin for his showmanship, I do hope he's happy, and I hope he gets to live a long and disease-free life.
Collated info:
www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-management/health-risks-overweight
In this study, Data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were obtained and analyzed for obesity rates, percent of myocardial infarction, stroke, and HBP from 2005-2009. Results of this study showed a low association between obesity and myocardial infarction rates (R2=0.067); a moderate association with stroke rates (R2=0.462); and a strong association with HBP rates (R2=0.811).:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250069/
In this study, obesity was associated with shorter longevity and significantly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with normal BMI. Despite similar longevity compared with normal BMI, overweight was associated with significantly increased risk of developing CVD at an earlier age, resulting in a greater proportion of life lived with CVD morbidity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29490333
This last one is interesting because it shows that overweight people with access to proper healthcare tend to live about as long on average as someone with a normal BMI - but have more cardiovascular disease, so quality of life is likely decreased.
@@PhilipLautinJackson Great comment.
Philip Lautin Jackson I won’t waste my time with a long comment back, but your research is severely outdated and fat phobic and funded by the diet industry, which has been profiting off of this type of thinking via diet pills, diet programs, workout programs, and surgeries for years and you need to read research that has been conducted in the last 2-3 years, not studies from 10 years ago. You know very well correlation does not equal causation. Many factors determine the likelihood for obesity, including genetics, socioeconomic status, etc. Just because a person is fat, it does not necessarily mean that they are more likely to have health problems than a thin person next to them, and if you think that, you are indeed fat phobic yourself. I’m not saying this particular man in this video has health problems or not but that’s between him and his doctor-and it’s not for these random people on the internet to guess at or comment on because of his size any more than it’s appropriate to comment on private things for thin people. It’s almost as if him being fat makes people think they have a right, and they do not.
Ramsey Fitzsimmons your delusional fam
I love that george ate before they started taping. He's like, yeah i already had a burger.
Dude loves hamburgers.
How many stars are in the sky? Bro was practically in tears. Lmao
He just wanted to eat that burger so bad.
No, he was an out of work actor showing us why he's out of work.
@@Gobbersmack Grow up and enjoy something for a change, bud. This is for entertainment, not cynical, boring folk.
That was you, wasn't it?
@@Gobbersmack Nah, I'm a vegetarian.
I can listen and watch to George Motz talk about Burgers all day. This guy needs his OWN SHOW.
he had his own show called burger land, 7 year back on the travel channel
But he needs one now. He is so interesting, fascinating, brilliant, and personable. George, please just post videos on here, we want to watch them!
“i’m hungry” right after saying he just had a burger b4 he walked in💀
It about brings tears to my eyes watching two dudes express their love and appreciation for something as simple as a burger. So much respect is there and its wholesome af
i love George Motz so damn much. hes such a cool guy talking about a cool thing
5:40 dude in the background took his girl’s burger to see if it stood up straight loool
Me: "What's your job?"
Him: "Burger historian."
Me: "Y'all hiring?"
3:52 103 years old?! I'll have what he's having.
Burgers... duh.
Hugo Wiberg, and pie!
So steak burger and pie it is
Can we talk about those pies though!?
Yeah, right? Like that's what I'm on
listen dude, we all gonna die - this man has lived well.
Definitely they named apple pan, the burger is not their expertise I assume.
Can we talk about your pie though?
Dooyong Park you are not bright.
I've been going to apple pan for my birthday every year since I was 2 years old, Victor always makes a face at me like "Woah your bigger!"
Holy shit 5:21 you can see the guy behind George just trying to fight the urge to smack that junk food out of alvin’s hands
My grandfather would take me to Apple Pan when I was little and now I take all the kids in my life. Best burgers! Best pies! 🤗 Great job guys!
103 years old and eating burgers...hell yeah!
Every bite could be his last
And still healthier than the 30 something whale of a host.
Every burger place is Alvin's favorite place. I've seen him say that in pretty much all the spots he's been.
I absolutely love this channel. I've learned so much about burgers and how to make more than just a regular hamburger
3:58 - 4:05 i laughed so fucking hard. the delivery was perfect. he had a chance to be on tv and nailed it! .. i dont even know if he really meant to be comical.
"How much do I love the apple pan? How many stars are in the sky?"
Bruh 💀💀 I was doing the math on that real quick, found out it's a lot
"How much do I love Apple Pan?.. How many StARs!..r in ThA SKY!"
"How much bread have you eaten in your life?"
Your typical pretentious L.A. fuck, God I hate that guy.
@@MrDedpool1 JoJo reference?
That guy was a wierdo
@@Andrew-sk1fk 😏
I have been enjoying the Apple Pan pretty much since it opened. It is everything George has said. Definitely a bucket list place for anyone that has not enjoyed their burgers!
“I dont get lettuce”
Man your health is asking for lettuce
It literally has 0 nutritional value
Steven Newton Iceberg lettuce does have small amounts of fiber, potassium, zinc, calcium, folate, Vitamin A, and Vitamin K,
@@mtnman11000 It's better than a fucking burger
@@mtnman11000 WRONG, it has fiber and water you dunce.
Dude, i have chronic kidney disease and let me tell you how high potassium, high nitrites, high sodium lettuce is limited in my diet. Most times i have to switch lettuce with cabbage coleslaw in my burgers (bathe cabbage in some vinegar and you can get rid of its strong flavor). It has far from 0 nutritional value
This historian looks like Johnny Knoxville with gray hair 😂
Keegan P sounds like him too
I thought the same thing!
had to check the comments to see I'm not the only one who thinks this
And mutton chops
So Johnny Knoxville.
They won my heart with the "classic perfected burger over 70 years" and won my soul with the "Tillamook cheese" that's my shit right there ohhh yeaaah.
Yes! I wanted more of this guy last season
Alvin is actually a perfect host!!!
Sometimes people do not get what being a host actually means. He lets makes his guests comfortable and lets them shine. Ill accept those qualities in any host any day.
i'm legitimately concerned for Alvin, he is noticeably bigger in every episode. try to ease off homie. really good episode though; keep it up!
Like # 100 baby
I wish they would just take him out back and end this shit once and for fuckin all. Such a disgrace
@@rianmattes8292 lmao
@@rianmattes8292 humor has nothing to do with, you're just a cold bastard, don't try to play it off
@Aidan Gallagher hopefully he already did end it 🙂
4:00 the very optimistic burger enthusiast looks like and has the delivery of Nick Kroll.
George: "I just had a burger before you walked in"
Also george 2 minutes later: "I'm hungry!"
Please never change George!🤣
Must be the atmospheric disturbance?!
Alvin please take care of your health. We love these videos and want you to keep working on them for a very long time.
Lots of love 💕!
It's the steamed hams dude from last season!!
If he's still alive eating burgers after all these years we at least have 2 more years of this show minimum.
I love how the first five minutes is them going "isn't it crazy how I can come in here and grab a BURGER?" like it's some unusual thing
7:50 that guy in the background is trying to wipe his own lips off his face
7:35 too. Must be some messy eats!!
Nice pick up man
haha oily as fuck for sure
Oh my god, I went there in January. Perfect burger, perfect pie. It's incredible.
The Apple Pan is an interesting restaurant to go to. Much of the restaurant is still intact for quite some time. The burgers stayed the same for 70 years. If it ain't broke don't fix it after all.
You might rub some shoulders with some celebrities. It's close to the 20th Century Fox studio lot.
Emmanuel Alejandro, why do I see your comments on every video I watch? Do you comment on TH-cam professionally?
You could say the same about Mcdonalds
Whataburger or get deported
I too am the word having and must be said them.
“I usually don’t get lettuce”
Oh somebody hold me I can’t handle such a shock to my system I might faint
I'm with you, mate. Man, that wasn't easy to hear. Had to be the hard way.
I love lettuce
David B well lettuce has no nutritional value it’s just to fill your stomach
There usually they’ll give u a shit ton of lettuce so u have to ask for a little bit
Sarcalogos Tortolero people don’t eat it for the nutritional value, it adds a great crunch and coolness to the burger. Lettuce always my dude!
103 yrs old and the other guy works there 40+ yrs god bless both
Bless that 103 year old man. May his days to his end be never be dull and full of joy.
This is like hiring a hardcore alcoholic to host "The Alcohol Show".
🤣
Cold ones basically
That's exactly what I think all the time.. No hate, I love that guy but maybe he should cut down on the burgers a little so he can be around a little longer, we don't have a lot of cool people around, don't wanna lose him, right?
@Anthony Glenn Your opinion about a character seems pretty strong for most likely not knowing him at all don't you think? No need to lose your manners aswell just because nobody will tell your mom on here.
@Anthony Glenn Stop.
Now THIS is what I subscribed for
Thanks George, the real star of the show. For better or worse you are the main reason I am now shopping online for a flat top griddle so I can make smash burgers and few other creative options. Unfortunately where I live in Thailand has very few quality bbq products, or they are imports costing 300% more than in their country of origin.
I love when Alvin does videos with Old Man Logan. They're both so passionate about burgers.
Any chance I get, I'm flying straight to Apple Pan.
Damn did I not expect the video to be this wholesome
Is it just me, or do they mention In-N-Out Burger in just about every episode?
anal audrey nope they can’t go an episode without talking about it which is weird because when I had it. It was very underwhelming
I prefer places like Swanson’s and steak and shake. But They don’t want to talk about anything out side of New York and California
@@JoshThewhiteDad Name a better drive thru burger for under $4.
@@doglover1834 Cook Out
Dog Lover I can’t lol
I must take Steak ‘n Shake for granted living right by 2 of them.
Thanks for the episode another great one Alvin
Apple Pan was down the street from me when i left CA and it was abandoned and closed when i left...It was a customer of mine working for Sysco foods, but when i went to actually eat there it was fenced off.
3:58
That guys a lvl 75 grand wizard in magic the gathering and yes he lives with his mother Connie
This guy's heart must be exhausted.
nice dp bro
I love the guy sitting behind Motz at 5:21. He's clearly listening to the hacked animal fries idea and thinking "Damn, that's a great idea"
Every place that he has gone in LA on this show he talks about like its is favorite and the most amazing thing in the world.
I need a steak burger right now
bison > ground beef in every single category
very true, but you come off very snobby and preachy saying that in reply to Midnight Cravings
nah hickory is better
8 year old girl: Feels like going back in time.
Born and raised in LA. Apple Pan is my all-time favorite burger spot. Steakhouse burger is amazing!
I dont know why but watching this makes me so happy
"Yeah, I know I'm gonna be here until... *realizes the state of his health*... well, until the casket drops."
103 years old!? assume 2 burgers a week... my man has eaten 10,712 burgers in his life. even one burger a week is 5356 burgers. jheeze
Alex Stronach with the shape he’s in, he’s probably done a least 5 marathon back in the days
and after a burger he goes out and slays some pussy.
He probably wasn't eating burgers straight out the womb
adults can remember as far back as 3 years old. he said 'as long as i can remember', meaning that even subtracting 3 years worth of burgers that he may OR may not remember, he's still eaten at least 10400 burgers
At $7.10 a burger, this dude has most likely spent a minimum of $38,072.00 on burgers. $76,055.20 if he eats two a week. Of course you have to adjust for inflation and all that but still, dude deserves a burger named after him.
Stars in the sky guy got emotional towards the end of his quote. Awesome
the way they make the burger is so clean
why not just give George the show if he knows way more about burgers?
Kobina Ireland YES he knows more, he’s a better host and has charisma and personality, AND the other dude could really REALLY use a break from cheeseburger for like... the rest of his very short life
i don't really giving someone crap over their weight because i don't their story. I also know his restaurant is supposed to be good but he's not a good host and they have a great host right there in front of them
Kobina Ireland who taught you how to write? Shame on them.
adam torres the perils of typing and typing and talking on the phone at the same time! Im not a multi-tasker obviously :)
Because George won't be learning anything he doesn't already know. You want a host who's passionate but is relatively inexperienced so the audience can learn with them.
Til the casket drops. Haha
Jon Athan hopefully that's not some foreshadowing
MIKE CROWTHER honestly
I’m visiting LA and I went to the pan for the first time today so good
Dear Lord... we just went there and now were HOOKED ... you guys nailed it... great vid!
can't wait to try that place the next time i visit :D
AND ?? ... just asking it's been 3 years ??
Next episode Alvin goes to the cardiologist and eats the hospital’s burguer
:) :)
lol
well, not too far away from reality... some hospitals have indeed a mc donalds
Boboexplosion WTF
5 months later: Alvin taste-tests the god burger in heaven
Def stopping by when I go back to Cali
Holy fucking hell. I love People Under the Stairs. The fact that this has a sample of "Eat Street" in it made my fucking day.
Everytime I see one of Alvin's videos, I feel like I should go to the gym.
Glad to hear that im not the only one who gets motivated to hit those weights after seeing Alvin. Just look at those gains. Especially those massive shoulders. His shirt looks like its about to tear from those massive gains. He is making really good use of all that protein in those burgers.
@@lewisevander those delts man, absolutely massive
@@LightDeryuk Thanks man.
103 "I have come here as long as I can remember", so at least a couple of days then!
Michael Westen atleast last Tuesday id say
Its on West Pico near the 405. It is my favorite burger on earth. Found out about it thanks to Huell Howser. Drove 300 miles and wasn't disappointed. It is a hole in the wall and it is smaller than the camera projects. Awesome, none the less.
I love catching Tillamook in the wild. Such a delicious cheese, had a friend from college who 'introduced it' to grocers in Dubai as more and more west coasters moved there for work and opportunity. Fantastic west coast cheddar.
103-year-old damn
Man I can't wait until we come out with teleportation.
Mad props to that 103 year old. I know guys in their 60s-70s that get heart burn from burgers but this dude is still goin
Watching this again 1 hour before I’ll be going to Apple Pan for the first time. My excitement is immeasurable
Alvin looks like he ate the whole Apple Pan. Cmon bruh, lose a few, love yourself.
Bruh “how many stars in the sky” I pity his girl cause I know he’s never said anything that romantic to her 😂
Another George Motz episode, awesome! Keep em coming!!
@1:58 Oooh, from Cleveland? Nice.
8:38 He wanted to say until the day I die, but then he realized that could be next Tuesday
is that where ill pay you for a hamburger on tuesday for a hamburger today came from :) j/k im hoping alvin starts to consider his weight as a problem before its too late, i gaind a hundred pouds a few years back, i got back down 70 lbs of it, now im working on it again, doing the noon to 7 diet, eating lots of fruits and veggies, lost 21 lbs in 2 weeks with that diet but still tearing up the burgers and nathans chili slaw dogs too.
He went harder, knowing he's essentially killing himself, and said "till the casket drops". Meanwhile you and your girl are eating salads to buy yourselves more OLD time. Have fun with that.
@Orion Rodriguez He seems to be enjoying his life to me.
Dear FIRST WE FEAST
Alvin is seriously overweight and causes great concern among the TH-cam community. I am not shaming or poking fun but advising to help lose weight. Eating burgers and pie doesn’t help! The man couldn’t even sit right. Please
TH-cam community is stupid and should care about its own problems
José María are you seriously offended because people are concerned for another person's health? grow up.
Burgers are the least of your worries when you're overweight. The worst thing in a burger is the bun. People talk bad about burgers only because it's fast food but don't realize they're a great source of protein and fats.
@@varuzhankadoyan7377 Well yeah, if you want to eat low carb you can perfectly eat burgers (minus the bun) on a plate or such, and without sauces. Some burger restaurants offer that. I don't know much about how to lose weight when you're obese but eating less is the first thing anyways but overcoming habits is hard. Hope that Alvin finds a way for himself, but totally don't caring about it isn't very good. My grandma is a similar size, when you wait too long you are too weak to do any workout and stop eating is hard as it's a habit as already mentioned, it's a vicious circle that you somehow need to break, unfortunately.
@@Domipager Hey, hope your grandma finds the strength to break those habits.
I love how u can see the crew of a different video filming in the back at 1:33
3:59 that is the greatest answer I’ve ever heard
Much as I’ve enjoyed finding this channel and this show in particular, love how Alvin is so passionate about his burgers but I think he seriously needs to cut back before it’s too late!
Nobody:
Alvin: Right.
Such a simple yet beautiful burger.
Best episode so far!
Imagine if George was the host. The show would be so much better.
Yea, I wish he was the host too. He's humble and extremely knowledgeable.
He had a show on Travel Channel called Burger Land. Go watch it
DeceitfulDestiny I'll keep it in mind.
Amen.
Just imagine all the “research” Alvin does to prepare for each episode. IT SHOWS
12 burgers a day keep the doctors at bay.
Love hearing PUTS at the end...
I'm watching this during covid... 43 years. I hope these people come back strong