the buffet run
counting until one of them lands a punch
One hot blonde. Every Chinese buffet he can reach. Measured to a standard no buffet asked for, and the run holds until one of them finally lands a punch. Follow along at @mullet_review.
tape checked oct 7, 4:30 pm · last new episode oct 5, 9:00 pm: Asian Buffet, Arlington · 4 findings await the captain
Made by fans, with no connection to the channel. Every figure here comes from videos he published himself — what he said, what he scored, what he told us he paid. Nothing is guessed; where we could not source something, the page says so. The joke is the rigor, not the man.
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may 20. a buffet in milford, ohio.
the start of it all without even knowing it.
“this is day two trying every chinese buffet i can
until i get food poisoning.”
— the vow, one week later. he called it day two.
118 buffets later, the record.
Arlington, TX · he calls it day 116
“I'm definitely gooning, dude.”
118 buffet visits counted. 490 other posts (Q&A, non-buffet episodes, the pre-run Ponderosa time-travel bit) are logged but excluded from every figure above.
the denominators
different measurements have different evidence, so different sections run on different clocks. stated once, plainly: 118 visits on the record · his own count runs to day 116 (2 visits he never numbered) · 114 carry both his score and yelp’s · 105 carry a receipt · and the calendar clock started 139 days ago. when two figures differ, they are counting different things, and each section says which.
the delta wing
one man calibrating himself against the collective judgment of america — measured on the 114 of 118 visits where both his score and yelp’s exist. the diagonal is agreement; 19 visits land on it exactly. mean delta -0.06★ — he is harsher than yelp, on average.
generosity drift: -0.03★ per ten visits — sixty-six buffets have not moved him.
the survival desk
two clocks, for the record: the safety board upstairs counts 139 calendar days since the first buffet; this desk counts 118 buffets survived. both are zero incidents. the clock was audited once: on day three he says the clock has to go back to day one, which had the department briefly reviewing whether an incident had gone unrecorded. it had not — the captain ruled the line a bit, and his own numbering never restarted, which is the tell. the streak stands unbroken from the first buffet. risk disclosure, in the style required of public companies: past performance of 118 buffets does not guarantee future digestion. forward-looking statements about egg rolls involve known and unknown risks. the department maintains its estimate of 0.8% per visit and updates it every time he survives another one.
the value frontier
a buffet is efficient when nothing on the record is both cheaper and better. the gold stair is that frontier — 12 of the 105 visits carrying a receipt sit on it. everything below the stair paid a dominance tax.
the spurious correlation shrine
offerings computed with full statistical dress and zero causal standing. the shrine exists because the numbers were there and refusing to look felt cowardly. every plaque states its sin.
the attendance record
every square a day since it began. longest unbroken streak: 14 days of consecutive buffet attendance — a devotional cadence.
red squares are double-headers — two buffets, one day, no explanation offered or required.
field map
every buffet he has visited, one pin each. pins land in visit order when the map comes into view — and where back-to-back days chain across towns, the road he actually drove is drawn between them. nothing is invented between trips.
cost control chart — what each visit cost
mean $33.51 · σ $7.72 · limits at ±3σ. a point outside the limits is a special-cause buffet.
palate calibration — his stars vs yelp
above the line, he was kinder than the internet was. average difference: -0.06 stars vs Yelp.
process capability
treating dinner as a process with a $30 ceiling. every figure names the sample it came from; anything computed on too little is left blank rather than guessed.
cumulative spend
what the run has cost, visit by visit.
the projection desk
at the run’s own pace — $25.50 a day across 138 days — he crosses $3,750 around October 14. prices are known for 105 of 118 visits, so the dollar figure is a floor and the true crossing comes sooner. a projection is the pace talking, not a promise.
is he softening?
each visit’s score against his running average. a rising line means the buffets are winning him over; a falling one means the opposite.
then and now
the first 59 visits against the latest 59, same measurements — so “has the run changed him” is a comparison rather than a feeling. each row averages only the visits that carry the reading.
how he scores
distribution of his ratings, half a star per bucket — and then there is the one that broke the scale.
day — at Golden Dragon Buffet & Grill, the only buffet ever measured on a scale of ten and still awarded sixty-nine. it keeps its five in every other figure on this page; this column exists because the five did not cover it.
value index — stars per dollar
his score divided by what it cost. the best and worst of the run.
the territory
by state
most-worked cities
the state files
one card per state, and only states with five or more visits get one — a state average of two dinners is an anecdote wearing a lab coat.
what a buffet is called
the naming conventions of the genre, counted across every venue he has visited. “buffet” and “grill” excluded — they are on nearly all of them.
show the other 64 words
- hong4
- kong4
- new4
- supreme4
- sushi4
- wall4
- city3
- ichiban3
- seafood3
- asia2
- house2
- moon2
- royal2
- sakura2
- star2
- super2
- taste2
- wok2
- bamboo1
- bee1
- blossom1
- bowl1
- bright1
- cafe1
- coco1
- daily1
- dong1
- empire1
- everything1
- express1
- feast1
- flag1
- fun1
- ginza1
- han1
- hotpot1
- hunan1
- jade1
- japanese1
- jumbo1
- katana1
- kumo1
- land1
- merry1
- oak1
- ocean1
- old1
- one1
- osaka1
- palace1
- panda1
- queen1
- restaurant1
- tian1
- town1
- twin1
- umami1
- umi1
- yami1
- yao1
- yichiban1
- yoki1
- yuan1
- yummy1
what the watcher noticed on its own
this page does not wait to be told what to count. every hour it re-reads the corpus looking for anything that has crossed from a one-off into a habit — a phrase used twice, a dish that keeps reappearing, a bit he has started doing — and raises it here. nothing below was asked for in advance.
things he keeps doing
- barefoot_in_bathroom8
- gumball_machine6
dishes that keep coming back
- crab rangoon87
- sushi roll37
- stuffed mushroom27
- lo mein26
- macaroni and cheese22
- pizza20
- mac and cheese19
- chicken wing16
- pepperoni pizza12
- coconut shrimp12
- chicken nuggets12
- general tso's chicken10
names for the rangoon
- crab rangoon46
- goon28
- triangle crab rangoon6
- triangle goons5
the running tally
consumption accumulating across the run. counted from what could be identified in the footage plus what he says out loud, so read every line as a floor — 107 of 118 episodes catalogued so far.
everything cream cheese turns up in
it is the through-line of the whole cuisine — inside the rangoon, inside the roll, on top of the mushroom.
what goes on the plate
every dish identifiable in the footage, named and sorted. counts come from named items rather than from watching his hands, so this is what could be seen clearly — read it as a floor, not a total. 107 episodes catalogued.
the spread
- meat22%
- fried20%
- seafood18%
- other12%
- noodle10%
- vegetable9%
- dessert7%
- rice1%
- soup1%
most-taken dishes
the tape
frames lifted from the episodes themselves while their audio was being measured. instagram's own image links expire within days; these were pulled once and kept. 243 stills from 118 visits.
the record book
a record is only interesting with a previous holder, so each one names what it took the title from. tap any venue to open its record.
- most expensive bill$77.01took it from Han Buffet at $54.92
- cheapest bill$22.36took it from Asian Buffet at $23.65
- his highest score5.0★took it from Jade Buffet at 3.0★
- his lowest score0.0★took it from Ichiban Buffet at 1.0★
- longest price pause34.1stook it from Golden Bowl Buffet at 12.94s
- most he ever plated14 dishestook it from Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet at 13 dishes
- most talking100%took it from Ginza Buffet at 99.4%
- least talking26.5%took it from Everything OK Buffet at 36.2%
the rhythm of the run
when he goes, and how long the buffets get between visits. median gap 1.0 days, with 7 double-headers on record.
- 16sun
- 18mon
- 18tue
- 17wed
- 17thu
- 17fri
- 15sat
the fortune desk
every slip he has read out loud. where a pause is shown it was measured off the waveform rather than estimated — 60 of 68 timed so far, averaging 3.9s of silence after the reading.
the lucky numbers
printed on the back of the slip, so this is a real sample of whatever a fortune-cookie printer considers lucky. 18 numbers off 3 slips, 16 of them distinct — and 7 are above 31, which no birthday can reach.
- 32×2
- 33×2
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 20
- 21
Make today the day you follow your heart.
Approach Mondays with resilience and you'll overcome any obstacle.
6.9s of silenceBe open to opportunities that come you way, no matter how small they may seem.
9.8s of silenceBe patient, for opportunities are like tides, they ebb and flow.
7.3s of silenceGreat thoughts come from the heart.
7.4s of silenceNext week will be a time of personal empowerment.
36s of silenceA surprising encounter will leave a lasting impact.
5.5s of silenceYou are talented in many ways
0.5s of silenceYou will be recognized for your achievements.
0.8s of silenceDare to dream, hope, believe, seek, feel, find, and love.
Your life will look like a series of blessings.
6.2s of silenceLife to you is a dashing and bold adventure.
0.7s of silenceDon't engage in road rage.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
5.2s of silenceYou won't know until you try
3.1s of silenceA lifetime of meaningful connections is coming.
8s of silence
where the day numbers come from
his day count is read from the first twenty seconds of each episode, never inferred from the ones around it — so if he ever repeats a number or skips one, you will see it here rather than have it quietly smoothed away.
he has used the same number twice: day 11 (Grand Buffet and China Flag Buffet). left exactly as he said it.
days he counted but we hold no episode for: 111 — either missing from the archive or skipped by him, and worth knowing which.
every visit, one dot
the whole run at once — across is what he paid, up is what he gave it. dots that would land on each other are nudged apart rather than stacked, so a crowd reads as a crowd. 105 nights with both numbers. tap one to open it.
the verdicts
nothing on this page is measured less than what follows, and nothing on it is truer: these are his words, against the buffet that earned them. 422 lines on record.
I am not afraid of the pizza on the Chinese buffet.
drier than your grandma
Your health will improve in April.
This looks amazing.
That was the coldest french fry on earth.
And this one has 3.1 stars on Yelp.
Is that a whole ass seafood boil on the line? Are you serious?
I haven't been here since I took an ex-girlfriend for prom night.
I ain't seen one of those since the early 1900s.
I hate coming here. It's Tuesday and this motherfucker's packed.
Ain't no fucking way they got elote on the bar.
Dude, it looks like an Apple store in here.
That food about to hit.
This fence is nice, but where's the rest of it though?
the liturgy — how often he does the thing
share of episodes where each move appears. the denominator is the number of episodes where the question could be answered, printed beside every bar, because a percentage without one is just a vibe.
the pizza question: he asks where it is in 33 episodes, and the bar actually has it in 49 of 112 (44%). the rest of the time he asks anyway.
is he still inventing?
distinct constructions against everything he has said. a curve still climbing means he is still coining new material; a flattening one means he has settled into his own idiom. 471 constructions across 1000 utterances.
the newest additions
- not a whole lot going on here no hibachi there s nothing
- two and a half stars
- 2 5 stars not a whole lot going on there s no hibachi there s nothing
- there s nothing
- 2 5 stars not a whole lot going on here no hibachi there s nothing
- man
- crab meat wraps
- where is the pizza
the sayings
not a checklist of phrases we went looking for — a search for those found almost nothing, because you cannot look up a turn of phrase nobody thought of. these were read out of the tape and then checked back against it word for word; anything that could not be found in the transcript was thrown away.
ranked by how many different visits carry a phrase, not how often it is said: repeating a line five times in one sitting is a mood, saying it once across five sittings is a habit. the near-identical forms have been folded together — i’m goonin’
and oh, we’re definitely goonin’ now, boys
are one saying wearing two coats — so the counts below are of the phrase, not the sentence.
the ones that stuck
what the camera saw
things nobody ever says out loud, so no transcript could ever hold them. read off the footage three times each and reported as the middle reading with its full spread, because one look at a video is an estimate wearing the clothes of a measurement. 118 episodes measured so far.
the candy machines
the coin-operated globes by the door. seen in 35 episodes, and in 13 of them the contents looked visibly old — faded wrappers, dust, sun-bleached shells. the machines are never mentioned and never restocked.
barefoot on camera
665 seconds across 106 episodes. whether the feet appear at all is settled — every pass agrees. how long they appear is not, so each figure carries the range the three readings actually produced. the honest version of this number is a band, not a decimal.
the swear jar
counted from the same verbatim transcripts as everything else, with word boundaries so “class” never becomes a swear and “hello” never becomes hell. 241 in total across 63 of 118 visits — about 0.40 per hundred words. 55 episodes are entirely clean.
the sweariest sitting: Umami Buffet — 10 in one episode, 3.3% of everything he said. across 66 scored visits the correlation between swearing and his rating is -0.15, which is close enough to nothing that the honest reading is: he swears at the good ones too.
the lexicon — what he actually says
every recurring turn of phrase, grouped by family. “said” counts each utterance; “episodes” counts the videos it turns up in.
the general
he says “general toes” — and here the ledger admits a truth about speech: “tso’s” and “toes” are the same sounds out loud, so no recording can say which one he meant. by captain’s ruling they are one utterance. the counts below are a floor: the dish shows up on 0 plates in the inventory, more often than he has been caught naming it.
the goon vocabulary, by construction
grouped by the phrase itself rather than by how it was typed that night — “goontown usa” alone turns up in 12 different spellings, and looked like nothing in every one of them.
the census
a goon logged is not a goon gooning. of 401 goons on the record, he declares himself actively gooning in 47 episodes and explicitly refuses to goon in 11. the rest is commentary.
the escalation
he builds it in stages: the plain form, then the intensifier, then the timing, then the address. each step is a subset of the one before it.
- goonin’
- definitely goonin’
- …now
- …boys
and he shares the credit: 50 in the first person against 43 as “we”.
the actuarial corner
the run holds until a buffet finally lands a punch, so the odds deserve stating. 118 inspections, zero incidents. by laplace’s rule of succession — the sunrise problem, applied to lo mein — each next buffet carries a 0.8% chance of being the one.
methodology, stated plainly: 118 sunrises prove little about food safety and everything about him. the estimate updates itself every time he survives another one.
plates, counted by him
he narrates the meal plate by plate, so the count comes from his own mouth rather than a guess. mean 1.74 across 31 episodes.
the rangoon nomenclature ledger
rangoon appearance rate: 94% of inspections · total consumed: 158. every name he has called them, with count. a ? marks a name heard only once that closely resembles another — it gets a second listen before it counts as a coinage.
- “crab rangoon”×46
- “goon”×28
- “triangle crab rangoon”×6
- “triangle goon”×5
- “cheese wonton”×3
- “crab meat wrap”×2
- “triangle shaped goon”×2
- “almost triangle goon”?×1
- “baby goon”?×1
- “crab cone”×1
- “crab goond”?×1
- “crab rangoon flower”?×1
- “cream cheese rangoon”×1
- “crumpled up paper goon”×1
- “goonin”?×1
- “illicit dragoon”×1
- “lightly toasted goon”×1
- “little goon”×1
- “rangoon”?×1
- “star shaped crab rangoon”?×1
- “star shaped goon”?×1
- “the last goon”×1
- “thick goon”×1
- “tiny goon”?×1
- “well done goon”×1
the price pause
the held beat between the number and who it fed. timed to the tenth. counted against 86 visits where one continuous breath could be proved.
held for review, not counted: a silence the measure could not prove was one breath.
- 17.0s Golden Bowl Buffet · gap too long to be a held beat
- 13.0s Dragon Garden Buffet · gap too long to be a held beat
- 12.3s Ocean Garden Buffet · not one continuous utterance
- 11.1s Sakura Grill Buffet · not one continuous utterance
- 7.3s Dong's China Buffet · not one continuous utterance
- 5.2s Asian King Buffet · not one continuous utterance
- 5.0s Ichiban Buffet · not one continuous utterance
- 2.0s China King Buffet · not one continuous utterance
his vocabulary
every word he says on camera, counted from the speaker-tagged transcripts — his voice only, never a companion’s. 118 episodes, 42,160 counted words in this table. “next video” is how often a word turns up per episode, which is the honest estimate of whether you’ll hear it again; “next five” is that chance landing five times running.
| word | said | episodes | next video | next five |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 buffet | 763 | 118 | 100% | certain |
| 2 it's | 674 | 115 | 97% | 88% |
| 3 i'm | 540 | 117 | 99% | 96% |
| 4 chinese | 381 | 117 | 99% | 96% |
| 5 that's | 326 | 105 | 89% | 56% |
| 6 good | 318 | 104 | 88% | 53% |
| 7 look | 312 | 103 | 87% | 51% |
| 8 stars | 302 | 114 | 97% | 84% |
| 9 don't | 293 | 102 | 86% | 48% |
| 10 we're | 283 | 117 | 99% | 96% |
| 11 these | 274 | 104 | 88% | 53% |
| 12 chicken | 264 | 78 | 66% | 13% |
| 13 gonna | 263 | 109 | 92% | 67% |
| 14 little | 255 | 100 | 85% | 44% |
| 15 two | 242 | 107 | 91% | 61% |
| 16 think | 222 | 97 | 82% | 38% |
| 17 i've | 219 | 95 | 81% | 34% |
| 18 mean | 216 | 95 | 81% | 34% |
| 19 plate | 214 | 103 | 87% | 51% |
| 20 cheese | 212 | 80 | 68% | 14% |
the constants. 13 words have appeared in every single episode without exception: the, this, is, like, of, it, and, buffet, to, one, they, at, get. that buffet survives at a hundred percent is unremarkable; that like does is a fingerprint.
inspection log
tap a column to sort. tap again to flip it.
| #⇅ | his day⇅ | establishment⇅ | location⇅ | date▼ | yelp ★⇅ | his ★⇅ | Δ⇅ | paid⇅ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 116 | Top Super Buffet, Pioneer Parkway | Arlington, TX | Oct 5, 26 | 3.4 | 4.3 | +0.9 | $41.11/2 | post ↗ |
| 117 | 115 | Yichiban Buffet, West Airport Freeway | Euless, TX | Oct 4, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | $35.05/2 | post ↗ |
| 116 | 114 | Asian King Buffet, West Cheryl Avenue | Hurst, TX | Oct 3, 26 | 3.8 | 3.9 | +0.1 | $36.78/2 | post ↗ |
| 115 | 113 | Asian Buffet, Whitley Road | Watauga, TX | Oct 2, 26 | 3.7 | 3.0 | -0.7 | $36.78/2 | post ↗ |
| 114 | 112 | Buffet Palace, Northeast Loop 820 | Richland Hills, TX | Oct 1, 26 | 2.8 | 3.5 | +0.7 | $58.41/4 | post ↗ |
| 113 | 11 | China Flag Buffet, North Saginaw Boulevard | Saginaw, TX | Sep 30, 26 | 3.4 | 2.3 | -1.1 | $36.78/2 | post ↗ |
| 112 | 110 | Yummy Buffet, North Commerce Street | Fort Worth, TX | Sep 29, 26 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -0.3 | $27.26/2 | post ↗ |
| 111 | 109 | Circleville, Pickaway County | Circleville, OH | Sep 28, 26 | 2.4 | 2.6 | +0.2 | $77.01/4 | post ↗ |
| 110 | 108 | Han Buffet, 8405 | Cincinnati, OH | Sep 27, 26 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -0.5 | $54.92/4 | post ↗ |
| 109 | 107 | Bluffton, Wells County | Bluffton, IN | Sep 26, 26 | 3.7 | 5.0 | +1.3 | $29.85/2 | post ↗ |
| 108 | 106 | 322, East Pettit Avenue | Fort Wayne, IN | Sep 25, 26 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +0.0 | $25.40/2 | post ↗ |
| 107 | 105 | 3824, West Jefferson Boulevard | Fort Wayne, IN | Sep 24, 26 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -0.5 | $36.36/2 | post ↗ |
| 106 | 104 | Huntington County, Indiana | Huntington, IN | Sep 23, 26 | 3.1 | 2.7 | -0.4 | $27.66/2 | post ↗ |
| 105 | 103 | 1367, Cass Street | Wabash, IN | Sep 22, 26 | 3.0 | 3.5 | +0.5 | $25.66/2 | post ↗ |
| 104 | 102 | 639, North Dixon Road | Kokomo, IN | Sep 21, 26 | 3.0 | 2.9 | -0.1 | $25.66/2 | post ↗ |
| 103 | 101 | Hibachi, 1803 | Kokomo, IN | Sep 20, 26 | 3.8 | 4.8 | +1.0 | $31.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 102 | 100 | Frankfort, Clinton County | Frankfort, IN | Sep 19, 26 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +0.0 | $31.90/2 | post ↗ |
| 101 | 99 | Frankfort, Clinton County | Frankfort, IN | Sep 18, 26 | 2.9 | 0.0 | -2.9 | $33.50/2 | post ↗ |
| 100 | 98 | Lebanon, Boone County | Lebanon, IN | Sep 17, 26 | 3.0 | 3.5 | +0.5 | $28.32/2 | post ↗ |
| 99 | 97 | Avon Avenue, Avon | Avon, IN | Sep 16, 26 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +0.0 | $30.19/2 | post ↗ |
| 98 | 96 | Mooresville, Morgan County | Mooresville, IN | Sep 15, 26 | 3.9 | 4.7 | +0.8 | $31.32/2 | post ↗ |
| 97 | 95 | China Buffet, Plaza Drive | Martinsville, IN | Sep 14, 26 | 3.5 | 3.1 | -0.4 | $34.54/2 | post ↗ |
| 96 | 94 | Bloomington, Monroe County | Bloomington, IN | Sep 13, 26 | 3.4 | 2.5 | -0.9 | $30.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 95 | 93 | 3615, South Hays Drive | Bloomington, IN | Sep 12, 26 | 3.2 | 2.2 | -1.0 | $26.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 94 | 92 | Mr. Hibachi Buffet, 4400 | Bloomington, IN | Sep 11, 26 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -1.0 | $37.71/2 | post ↗ |
| 93 | 91 | Lower New Harmony Street, Mount Vernon | New Vernon, IN | Sep 9, 26 | 2.9 | 2.3 | -0.6 | $25.66/2 | post ↗ |
| 92 | 90 | Great Wall Buffet, North Broadway Street | Greensburg, IN | Sep 8, 26 | 3.0 | 3.5 | +0.5 | $24.80/2 | post ↗ |
| 91 | 89 | Oak Ridge, Anderson County | Oak Ridge, TN | Sep 7, 26 | 3.5 | 4.2 | +0.7 | $36.20/2 | post ↗ |
| 90 | 88 | Kingston Pike, Marble City | Knoxville, TN | Sep 6, 26 | 3.0 | 4.3 | +1.3 | $38.22/2 | post ↗ |
| 89 | 87 | Grand Buffet, Clinton Highway | Knoxville, TN | Sep 4, 26 | 3.5 | 5.0 | +1.5 | $32.74/2 | |
| 88 | 86 | 5453, Washington Pike | Knoxville, TN | Sep 4, 26 | 2.9 | 2.3 | -0.6 | $26.11/2 | post ↗ |
| 87 | 85 | Knoxville, Knox County | Knoxville, TN | Sep 3, 26 | 3.5 | 2.1 | -1.4 | $27.31/2 | post ↗ |
| 86 | 84 | Long's Chapel, 133 | Waynesville, NC | Sep 2, 26 | 2.3 | 1.3 | -1.0 | $36.37 | post ↗ |
| 85 | 83 | Fiesta Laundry, 153 | Asheville, NC | Sep 1, 26 | 2.9 | 4.0 | +1.1 | $31.99/2 | post ↗ |
| 84 | 82 | Sakura Hibachi Buffet, 523 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | Aug 30, 26 | 3.3 | 2.8 | -0.5 | $33.43/2 | post ↗ |
| 83 | 81 | 1293, 38th Avenue North | Myrtle Beach, SC | Aug 29, 26 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +0.0 | $44.58/2 | post ↗ |
| 82 | 80 | Randleman, Randolph County | Randleman, NC | Aug 27, 26 | 3.9 | 4.3 | +0.4 | $27.70/2 | post ↗ |
| 81 | 79 | Archdale, Randolph County | Archdale, NC | Aug 26, 26 | 2.8 | 2.6 | -0.2 | $28.36/2 | post ↗ |
| 80 | 78 | The Asian House, 2021 | Mount Airy, NC | Aug 25, 26 | 2.5 | 1.8 | -0.7 | $24.59/2 | post ↗ |
| 79 | 77 | China Wok, 330 | Wytheville, VA | Aug 24, 26 | 3.3 | 2.5 | -0.8 | $25.95/2 | post ↗ |
| 78 | 76 | 960, North Eisenhower Drive | Beckley, WV | Aug 23, 26 | 2.0 | 2.1 | +0.1 | $27.94/2 | post ↗ |
| 77 | 75 | China Buffet, 57th Southeast Street | Charleston, WV | Aug 22, 26 | 3.9 | 3.9 | +0.0 | $30.58/2 | post ↗ |
| 76 | 74 | Dragon Garden Buffet, 1453 | St Albans, WV | Aug 20, 26 | 3.4 | 4.0 | +0.6 | $28.35/2 | post ↗ |
| 75 | 73 | Eleanor, WV | Aug 19, 26 | 3.9 | 2.3 | -1.6 | $23.21/2 | post ↗ | |
| 74 | 72 | New Grand Buffet, 1220 | Chillicothe, OH | Aug 18, 26 | 3.3 | 3.8 | +0.5 | $26.79/2 | post ↗ |
| 73 | 71 | Old Town Buffet, 1216 | Bowling Green, OH | Aug 17, 26 | 3.2 | 2.3 | -0.9 | $32.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 72 | 70 | China City Buffet, Carronade Drive | Perrysburg, OH | Aug 16, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | $35.74/2 | post ↗ |
| 71 | 69 | 3040, Navarre Avenue | Oregon, OH | Aug 15, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | $30.15/2 | post ↗ |
| 70 | 68 | Toledo, OH | Aug 14, 26 | 3.7 | 3.0 | -0.7 | $25.84/2 | post ↗ | |
| 69 | 67 | Mr Panda Buffet, 5335 | Toledo, OH | Aug 13, 26 | 3.6 | 3.0 | -0.6 | $29.72/2 | post ↗ |
| 68 | 66 | Ocean Garden Buffet, 821 | Toledo, OH | Aug 12, 26 | 3.6 | 4.2 | +0.6 | $25.84/2 | post ↗ |
| 67 | 65 | Royal Buffet, Tiffin Avenue | Findlay, OH | Aug 11, 26 | 2.6 | 2.6 | +0.0 | $32.32/2 | post ↗ |
| 66 | 64 | Lima, OH | Aug 10, 26 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -1.5 | $31.00/2 | post ↗ | |
| 65 | 63 | Sydney, OH | Aug 9, 26 | 3.6 | 4.0 | +0.4 | $24.67/2 | post ↗ | |
| 64 | 62 | 15, South Weston Road | Troy, OH | Aug 8, 26 | 3.8 | 4.0 | +0.2 | $25.15/2 | post ↗ |
| 63 | 61 | Everhard Road Northwest, North Canton | Canton, OH | Aug 7, 26 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -0.5 | $48.34/2 | post ↗ |
| 62 | 60 | Royal Buffet & Grill, 1930 | Akron, OH | Aug 7, 26 | 2.6 | 2.3 | -0.3 | $46.00 | post ↗ |
| 61 | 59 | Creekside Drive, Twinsburg | Twinsburg, OH | Aug 5, 26 | 2.9 | 2.9 | +0.0 | $35.20/2 | post ↗ |
| 60 | 58 | Cleveland, OH | Aug 4, 26 | 3.2 | 4.0 | +0.8 | $35.62/2 | post ↗ | |
| 59 | 57 | 6276, Pearl Road | Parma Heights, OH | Aug 3, 26 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -0.5 | $38.84/2 | post ↗ |
| 58 | 56 | Dragon Buffet, North Court Street | Medina, OH | Aug 2, 26 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -0.6 | $33.63/2 | post ↗ |
| 57 | 55 | China Buffet, 2216 | Ontario, OH | Aug 1, 26 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -0.6 | $34.22/2 | post ↗ |
| 56 | 54 | Hong Kong Buffet, 1561 | Marion, OH | Jul 31, 26 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -0.5 | $31.64/2 | post ↗ |
| 55 | 53 | Tian Fu Buffet, Mill Run Crossing | Delaware, OH | Jul 31, 26 | 3.1 | 2.8 | -0.3 | $32.08/2 | post ↗ |
| 54 | 52 | Marysville, OH | Jul 29, 26 | 3.2 | 2.8 | -0.4 | $22.36/2 | post ↗ | |
| 53 | 51 | China City Buffet, 7104 | Florence, KY | Jul 25, 26 | 3.1 | 3.5 | +0.4 | $37.61/2 | post ↗ |
| 52 | 50 | Plainfield, IN | Jul 24, 26 | 3.1 | 2.2 | -0.9 | $43.73/2 | post ↗ | |
| 51 | 49 | Super China Buffet, 5389 | Indianapolis, IN | Jul 23, 26 | 3.1 | 2.0 | -1.1 | $34.01/2 | post ↗ |
| 50 | 48 | Teppanyaki, 9701 | Indianapolis, IN | Jul 22, 26 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +0.0 | $37.57/2 | post ↗ |
| 49 | 47 | Super China Buffet, 1029 | Indianapolis, IN | Jul 21, 26 | 3.0 | 2.9 | -0.1 | $30.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 48 | 46 | 5209, East Thompson Road | Indianapolis, IN | Jul 20, 26 | 3.8 | 3.2 | -0.6 | $41.40/2 | post ↗ |
| 47 | 45 | China Buffet, Pheasant Run Drive | Batesville, IN | Jul 19, 26 | 3.6 | 3.8 | +0.2 | $27.80/2 | post ↗ |
| 46 | 44 | Georgetown, KY | Jul 18, 26 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +0.0 | $34.73/2 | post ↗ | |
| 45 | 43 | 180, East New Circle Road | Lexington, KY | Jul 16, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | $35.17/2 | post ↗ |
| 44 | 42 | Lexington, KY | Jul 16, 26 | 2.9 | 3.5 | +0.6 | $37.07/2 | post ↗ | |
| 43 | 41 | Nicholasville, KY | Jul 14, 26 | 3.0 | 2.7 | -0.3 | — | post ↗ | |
| 42 | 40 | Lexington, KY | Jul 13, 26 | 2.7 | 2.0 | -0.7 | $29.66/2 | post ↗ | |
| 41 | 39 | 73, Broadway Street | Dry Ridge, KY | Jul 12, 26 | 4.1 | 5.0 | +0.9 | $36.97/2 | post ↗ |
| 40 | 38 | Hibachi Buffet, 5372 | Louisville, KY | Jul 11, 26 | 3.7 | 3.0 | -0.7 | $30.71/2 | post ↗ |
| 39 | 37 | Golden Corral, 5362 | Louisville, KY | Jul 9, 26 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -0.6 | $30.71/2 | post ↗ |
| 38 | 36 | Asian Buffet, St Joe Road | New Albany, IN | Jul 8, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | $36.36/2 | post ↗ |
| 37 | 35 | Golden Blossom Buffet, 2760 | Jeffersonville, IN | Jul 7, 26 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +0.0 | $32.08/2 | post ↗ |
| 36 | 34 | Louisville, KY | Jul 6, 26 | 3.3 | 4.0 | +0.7 | $27.54/2 | post ↗ | |
| 35 | 33 | South Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville | Louisville, KY | Jul 5, 26 | 2.7 | 3.0 | +0.3 | $27.54/2 | post ↗ |
| 34 | 32 | King Buffet, 3020 | Louisville, KY | Jul 4, 26 | 3.3 | 4.0 | +0.7 | $25.42/2 | post ↗ |
| 33 | 31 | Dayton, OH | Jul 3, 26 | 2.4 | 2.0 | -0.4 | $33.52/2 | post ↗ | |
| 32 | 30 | Dayton, OH | Jul 2, 26 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -0.5 | $40.18/2 | post ↗ | |
| 31 | 29 | Bright Moon Buffet, 2900 | Kettering, OH | Jul 1, 26 | 2.9 | 3.0 | +0.1 | $41.75/2 | post ↗ |
| 30 | 28 | Dayton, OH | Jun 30, 26 | 4.0 | 3.5 | -0.5 | $49.43/2 | post ↗ | |
| 29 | 27 | Miamisburg, OH | Jun 29, 26 | 1.8 | 2.5 | +0.7 | $33.16/2 | post ↗ | |
| 28 | 26 | China Garden Buffet, West Central Avenue | Springboro, OH | Jun 28, 26 | 2.5 | 3.8 | +1.3 | $31.44/2 | post ↗ |
| 27 | 25 | 6835, East Alexandria Pike | Alexandria, KY | Jun 25, 26 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -2.0 | $34.95/2 | post ↗ |
| 26 | 24 | Fort Mitchell, KY | Jun 24, 26 | 2.5 | 2.6 | +0.1 | $33.90/2 | post ↗ | |
| 25 | 23 | China Buffet, 3650 | Columbus, OH | Jun 23, 26 | 2.5 | 2.2 | -0.3 | — | post ↗ |
| 24 | 22 | Super Seafood Buffet, East Dublin Granville Road | Columbus, OH | Jun 22, 26 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -0.2 | $35.90/2 | post ↗ |
| 23 | 21 | Columbus, OH | Jun 21, 26 | 3.3 | 2.8 | -0.5 | $37.80/2 | post ↗ | |
| 22 | 20 | The Feast Buffet, 2620 | Columbus, OH | Jun 19, 26 | 3.3 | 3.3 | +0.0 | $36.70/2 | post ↗ |
| 21 | 19 | Supreme Buffet Sushi & Hibachi, 1323 | Columbus, OH | Jun 19, 26 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -0.3 | $28.80/2 | post ↗ |
| 20 | 18 | 3670, Soldano Boulevard | Columbus, OH | Jun 18, 26 | 4.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 | $34.54/2 | post ↗ |
| 19 | — | 1841, West Henderson Road | Columbus, OH | Jun 17, 26 | — | — | — | — | post ↗ |
| 18 | 17 | West Broad Street, Alton | Columbus, OH | Jun 16, 26 | 3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 | $23.65/2 | post ↗ |
| 17 | 16 | Washington Court House, OH | Jun 15, 26 | 3.9 | 3.9 | +0.0 | $32.15/2 | post ↗ | |
| 16 | 15 | #1 China Buffet, 1538 | Wilmington, OH | Jun 15, 26 | 3.0 | 3.1 | +0.1 | $35.93/2 | post ↗ |
| 15 | 14 | New China Buffet, Pavilion Parkway | Newport, KY | Jun 12, 26 | 2.9 | 5.0 | +2.1 | $36.75/2 | post ↗ |
| 14 | 13 | Eastgate, OH | Jun 11, 26 | 2.6 | 3.0 | +0.4 | $32.00/2 | post ↗ | |
| 13 | 12 | 7763, Tylersville Road | West Chester, OH | Jun 9, 26 | 3.5 | 3.2 | -0.3 | $35.12/2 | post ↗ |
| 12 | 11 | 560, Nowlin Avenue | Lawrenceburg, IN | Jun 8, 26 | 2.6 | 4.1 | +1.5 | — | post ↗ |
| 11 | 10 | China King Buffet, Elliott Drive | Middletown, OH | Jun 7, 26 | 3.1 | 2.5 | -0.6 | $33.43/2 | post ↗ |
| 10 | 9 | King Buffet, 617 | Beechmont, OH | Jun 6, 26 | 2.4 | 2.7 | +0.3 | $41.00/2 | post ↗ |
| 09 | 8 | Grand Buffet, 6421 | Cincinnati, OH | Jun 6, 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 | — | post ↗ |
| 08 | 7 | Harrison, OH | Jun 5, 26 | 3.1 | 4.0 | +0.9 | — | post ↗ | |
| 07 | — | Cincinnati, OH | Jun 4, 26 | — | — | — | — | post ↗ | |
| 06 | 6 | Asian Buffet, South Gilmore Road | Fairfield, OH | Jun 3, 26 | 2.7 | 2.1 | -0.6 | — | post ↗ |
| 05 | 5 | Bee's Buffet, Nilles Road | Fairfield, OH | Jun 2, 26 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +0.0 | — | post ↗ |
| 04 | 4 | Golden Dragon Buffet & Grill, 86 | Hamilton, OH | Jun 1, 26 | 3.3 | 5.0 | +1.7 | — | post ↗ |
| 03 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | May 28, 26 | 2.6 | 3.0 | +0.4 | — | post ↗ | |
| 02 | 2 | Forest Park, OH | May 26, 26 | 2.8 | — | — | — | post ↗ | |
| 01 | 1 | Milford, OH | May 20, 26 | — | — | — | — | post ↗ |
“his day” is the number he says in his own opening line, which outranks anything counted from post dates. “paid” is the total he states in the video; a /2 marks the times he said who it covered. names repeat across towns — five different “Asian Buffet”s so far — so each one links to its own spot on the map. stars are normalised to a 5-point scale, since he scores out of 10 some nights. an asterisk marks a score above his own scale — a joke, kept visible but not counted.
the plate that ends it
somewhere out there it sits under a heat lamp, unaware of its role.