I Tried Every Fast Food French Fry In America

it's the one thing that almost every

fast food restaurant has they may not

have burgers or chicken sandwiches but

they have fries and everyone can eat

them it's the one thing that unites us

all and it's so simple even with fast

food restaurants constantly fighting for

your money your attention with their

next Frankenstein creation the French

fry has remained untouched and unchanged

now despite the Affinity many of us

share with french fries there's one

question that divides us all that we

have to answer which fast food

restaurant has the best french fry in

America so that's why I'll be eating and

ranking fries at all of the biggest fast

food restaurant chains in America to

answer that question now for a fast food

spot to be considered in this

competition we have two rules number one

it must have over 300 locations which

leads me to number two cannot be a

regional restaurant it must be a

nationally recognized fast food chain

and I'm joined by Christian yet again je

and col producer of the burger show we

will be rating these on a scale of 1 to

10 based on three things flavor texture

and salt level so let's begin with

probably one of the most contentious

french fries in America all right we're

at in and out one of my favorite burger

places of all time how do we think their

Fries Are going to do not good

unfortunately but I do have a trick I

want to show you can I just get one

order of french fries just normal and

then another order of fries um well done

Inn out just has that Nostalgia man look

at these outfits look at how clean it is

in there look how organized it is look

at the quality of this receipt feel us

that's fine that's card stock I don't

even want to go anywhere I don't even

care if their fries or bad I'm just

happy to be here awesome thank you very

much it didn't even feel like 9 minutes

you know honestly I'm giving him the

pass and I'm sure people think oh he's

so biased I don't give I had a good time

where's the palm trees where's the palm

trees there they are there they are what

gets a high rating in flavor it's a nice

pure potatoey flavor no bitter oil

aftertaste which means the oil has not

been recycled which happens a lot in

fast food restaurants now what is a good

texture first off it should have nice

Snappy crisp crunch little to no SOG no

oily greasiness and the interior must be

fluffy but not dry and salt level you

could have the most perfect texture and

flavor but it is all lost at the salt

that it should be salted to the absolute

maximum as much salt as you could

possibly put on it without it actually

tasting just like salt now let's begin

one of my favorite places of all time

In-N-Out I know what you're thinking

Josh In-N-Out fries suck and they kind

of do but I am showing you a trick here

the key to a good In-N-Out fry is always

order them well done

why pause we will not enter the Well

Done fries in the competition because I

don't think it's a fair Advantage we

have to do specifically what you would

get if you just ordered fries and I'm

going to taste test and count just the

typical order of fries could be a little

saltier but I'm happy with where the

salt's at really fresh potato flavor

because they're literally cut them and

frying them this is probably the

freshest fry we will have all day now

we're going to address the problem they

are the softest least crunchy french fry

I think you can buy and that has always

been their problem that's a 90° I love

the salt on them today I love the fresh

potato taste texture not even there it's

not toothsome no Crisp that's a 4.3 on

the regular one below average the normal

version of the fries I'm going to give

them a four they're just not that good

and that's the rating that's get to go

in the competition but if we were going

to rate the Well Done version which is

the right way to order this would at

least be a 6.5 in- and- out is not going

to win the french fry game as much as I

love it but when you do go order them

well done moving on and the first spot

on the board in and out look I love you

but it's not a matter of if you'll be

beat it's a matter of when onto our next

spot V schnitzel I'm not going to lie

this place looks closed we we Wier the

inside it looks like everything is off

can I just get one large order of fries

thank you look at this mascot I have to

take a picture of this thank you 3

minutes and 13 seconds I will say they

just open and I'm pretty sure we are

their first customer vitel oh yeah

that's is good hang on hang on something

interesting happened a second I just

want to see if it happens again thank

you for your business but we currently

visit us again during our normal

business how the do we get fries when

they're closed maybe they just leave

that on hoping people don't come through

the drive-thru the Wier schil corporate

is probably watching this right now

they're like the mother wish addess this

all right 1 2 three salt level is good

could be saltier but like I'm happy with

the salt level most places are

undersalted crunch not really there it's

just kind of soft it's stiff but not

crunchy I don't know I feel like out of

all the fries that we have to taste

today to me this is like maybe a 5.5 I

was say this is a solid six flat I'll

match that six and there it is our first

new leader honestly to be expected I

mean not that surprised by it so let's

move on to our next spot Water Burger I

hate this place I always have and I

always will waterg today can I just get

one large french fry thank you are you

guys ready for this to be the longest wa

for French fries that we've had today 7

minutes 40 seconds that's my guess I'm

going to guess 8 minutes and 30 seconds

awesome thank you very much appreciate

it new record you know maybe we talk too

much that's what it is I'm not going to

lie this presentation is the best french

fry presentation I have seen today so I

will give you that shout out water bger

good God damn we need to bring like a

bow and arrow with

us that's some crunch on there no

salt look look look you can see the salt

on this one let me know if it's enough

oh that was nice flavor-wise I'm not

picking up a ton of potato they're

really really really muted in flavor

salt level not great you get a salty one

here and there but for the most part

they're all relatively almost borderline

unseasoned but texturally these are kind

of like the Hallmark french fries

they're just kind of what you expect

they're really dry and crisp on the

outside and powdery on the inside in

comparison to some of the other fries

I'd give this a six and a half it's

definitely above mid it's hard right

because like the flavor really brings it

down but the texture brings it back up

on the scale I'm thinking about like

what I eat like a hand like a good

amount of these it's got enough salt for

me to do that I'm going to say so 6.7

good job waterb not bad moving on an

immediate new leader not too bad for one

of my least favorite spots but I don't

expect this being in first place for

much longer moving on to the next all

right we're back at Zach be's can I get

a large french

fry yes sir thank you very much they

almost hit seven we had the exact same

problem last time when we went to ZX

right I think they took a long time last

time can we get a quick rewind check

we're still next to a Highway by the way

the Zach Beast fry is a crinkle cut

season fry I will say the thickness of

them is causing quite a lot of

flaccidity I like that they're season

but there's definitely like a flavor in

there that I do not like no you think

it's the oil so flavor is weird salt

levels are good crispiness

I don't know the texture I get when I

eat this is like I bite into it I hear a

little crack but not a crunch and then

it's chewy and then it's immediately

just like mashed potato I usually like

crinkle cut fries these are some of the

worst I've ever had I'm going to give it

a four 4.3 all right Zach be nice try

the chicken's great fries a four and our

first tie honestly this kind of makes

sense being on par within and out moving

on to our next Contender guess where we

went hi can I just get an order of a

large fry thank you window thank you

it's crazy how Burger King always smells

exactly the same we'll share it Burger

King here we go

no salt right off the bat W it's

seasoned but it's not these used to be

amazing texture not crunchy taste potato

seasoning non-existent I'm starting to

get annoyed okay I've eaten a lot of

french fries today and I'm on a diet I

still got to eat 180 gr of protein today

give me a Gooding fry and I'm also fing

tired of people being like these like

fast food teenage workers that are

underpaid it's not about them it's about

the billions of dollars that this

company is generating and they cannot

standardize the way that they make their

fing french fries that's aing tube I was

going to say 2.2 moving on I'm shocked

BK came in with the worst fry of the day

so far I don't know how that's possible

onto the next spot Jack in the Box hi

can I just do one order of seasoned

curly fries a medium and a medium french

fry as well thank you she gave you your

fries before your card yeah I almost

drove off without my I saw that we're

exactly where you would expect the Jack

in the Box to be right by a major

highway so it might be a little loud

Jack and the MOX has two fries they're

known for their curly fries but they

also have regular french fries so we're

going to taste test both depending on

which one is better that will be the one

that we end up pitting against the rest

of the fries let's taste it's actually

not bad that's good crisp curly all

right cheers here's the thing it almost

feels like an unfair Advantage with the

curly fry But ultimately this is about

salt crunch flavor so curly is easily

the better one crunch good God that's

like one of the best crunches we've had

all day is it's seasoned but you don't

lose the flavor of like the toasted

roasted potato salt levels perfect the

curly is like probably I'm going to give

it an eight I was going to give it an

eight and then the French fry it's

actually not bad it's one of the better

ones that we've had today I would give a

regular french fry a 6.7 yeah I'd give

it a six just because the flavor of the

potato seems like non-existent regular

fries a six curly fries and eight not

bad Jack in the Box moving on a shocking

new leader with Jack In The Box and a

great curly fry coming in this early

with a number that high is going to be

hard to beat Next Up Shake Shack hi uh

can I just get a medium or a large

french fry thank you oh these smell good

these are

gbd seeing visual representation of the

salt on the fry you know it's seasoned

enough oh you can hear that because of

the size these you get a lot of that

creamy fluffy potato on the inside but

you still have all the crunch you want

because of the crinkle cut so you get

lots of crunch you get lots of fluff

texturally it's almost perfect salt

levels almost perfect it's seasoned just

about to the max I think you could go a

little more if I wanted to be really

nitpicky but I'm pretty happy about it

he's running away the crazy thing is the

initial flavor is like

the that's what a Ford Focus sounds like

when you straight pipe it I just want

you to know it doesn't sound good Ford

Fest this has the iconic french fry

flavor that I want but there's a problem

and you know what that problem is

towards the end you get that bitterness

and you know why old fryer oil

everything said that's a 7.7 even with

the bitter fry oil I'm going to give

this a solid 7.5 moving on you know we

love shake shake around here they were

so close to Greatness and being our

potential new leader but old fry oil

drags it down to second place next up

Arby's the giant boot what isn't it like

a giant hat hat whatever the it is why

is it a hat anyway can I get one large

order of crinkle fries one large order

of curly I hope their fries are better

than their Waggy Burgers wag poo burgers

thank you very much this is another

place that has two different kinds of

fries they're curly fries are the most

iconic but they also have crinkle cut

we'll taste both whichever one is the

better one will be the one that we judge

for the leaderboard oh hot they don't

have any salt of them no they're not I'm

not even finishing that that's horrible

that is the worst fry we've had today it

sucks because the crunch is incredible

literally no flavor it tastes like I'm

eating crispy oil now the curly for the

sake of the statement the curly fries

are better so we'll judge these crunch

is great the salt levels are a little

little better but it's still lacking

salt it's crazy cuz they're battered all

they have to do is season the batter

properly no potato flavor crunch is

there flavor is lacking it's kind of dry

preseason but still UND Seasons at the

same time it's a mid- french fry I would

say 5.5 it's a five moving on a shocking

result with ARB solidifying as a mid fry

hence being in the middle of the

leaderboard onto our next stop Culver

which has honestly been a frequent

disappointment so hopefully they step it

up this place is more known for its

cheese curds than fries so I'm hesitant

to say this will do well for them damn

how old is that but it's so so faded it

almost looks black and white they

probably printed that out in like 1952

hi uh can I just get a large french fry

and that's it thank you all right we got

the bag we forgot to record the time

oopsy doopsy but it was pretty fast I

would say like somewhere around 2 to 3

minutes and this is like feels Hefty in

this bag there's not space taken up by

carboard you like to take a little fry

feel that you like feeling my back

cheers that was disgusting it had like a

really taste you probably got a weird

fry yeah that one tastes fine why first

of all crunch I want more crunch but I'm

not unhappy with the crunch the inside

is nice creamy mashed potato like salt

levels pretty good it's almost where I

want it and flavor it's nice you know

you got that weird fry but I'm picking

up potato flavor which I like it's very

simple it's a 6.2 the texture is great

it's really fluffy it's above average on

the salt like first thing that touches

my mouth is potato then salt it is above

average overall 5.8 Culver just

constantly kind of disappoints us so

this is kind of a oneup for them good

job moving on all right Culver not

terrible now for the next we're

splitting this up here Christian will be

our representative in La while I travel

to New York here we are at the habits in

La cuz there's n near Josh I'm expecting

this french fry to be like a solid 6.0

either can I get a side of fries okay

407 so I only ordered fries cuz sweet

potato fries it's not even a real potato

are sweet potatoes good though I mean

there are some hitters that could be

another video thank you so much all

right here we are at the Habit this one

looks good right off the bat it's kind

of bitter but it's really it's nicely

salted I'm not really digging the flavor

it's a little soggy no that was a good

one that was a good one so overall

texture it's enjoyable it could be a

little bit crispier saltiness is about

70% there could be better I'm going to

give this a I mean it's it's a mid fry

honestly there's nothing exciting about

this this is going to be a 5.5 on to the

next one wow it's about as mid as mid

gets it's like Habit Burger and Arby's

are having a little mid off but we're

not done yet on to the next LA stop Dell

Taco I didn't even know they had fries

ooh jumbo shrimp kind of fast food place

to sell shrimp hey there can I get a

large fry please all right thank you a

solid french fry has to at least take 2

minutes anything faster than that it's

half ass smells good oh sh let's go oh

that was a sleeper this is nice and

salty 80% of the salt maybe even 90% of

the salt levels is where I want it to be

texture it looks crispy but it's not

we're moving cuz a lawn mower

but still not crispy saltiness I love it

but potato flavor is way better it's not

as bitter as I thought it'd be let me

give this a 6.3 on to the next one all

right Christian wa high score on Del

Taco I'm a little confused but they

still didn't take the lead now we're

going to switch up to New York where

it's time for my most favorite beloved

spot in the whole world we're back at

the worst fast food restaurant on planet

fing Earth the first thing I got when I

open the door immediately guy burps and

farts and I'm like awesome we are

definitely at White Castle these

fries here this one's not too floppy

here we go somehow these don't taste

like anything I'm not even joking this

literally doesn't taste like anything at

all they don't isn't that weird I can't

even taste salt I can't taste potato I

taste nothing I'm like impressed that

they were able to figure out I don't

even know how to do this the crunch is

almost non-existent flavor you could put

a million pounds of salt on this and it

still won't taste like anything it's

just like water this is by far the worst

french fry I have ever had in my entire

life this gets a zero not even a one

we've tried almost everything at White

Castle for multiple kinds of videos but

it has failed miserably every single

time and I'm proud and glad to say that

this may be the very last time that I

ever have to come here again unless it's

like against my will moving on White

Castle Jesus dude bottom of the barrel

as usual let's go to Christian for one

final La taste pulling up at rallies

feeling good about rallies I don't know

why I just feel it hey there can I get a

large fries anything else your r's got

the AI thank you so much 2 minutes and

21

seconds smells like fear I mean not

going to lie these look good they also

look really greasy let's give it a shot

that's not bad at all it's the best

crunch I've had all day it's seasoned

it's got good flavor it's got a good

texture it's a little greasy I do like

the little texture bits on there given

it's great texture weak on the seasoning

but great on the flavor this is a 7.8

thank you rallies wow a big rebound off

the previous tasting with rallies coming

in at second place but we still haven't

seen Jack in the Box get taken down yet

I've got my fingers crossed so we move

on Jolly Bee Jolly Jolly Jolly

Be of the famous chicken Jo hi uh can I

just get a large french fry they're

talking about you I know they're talking

about D chill are you I am hello how are

you hi I watch your video oh thank you

brother appreciate that what's your name

my name's Caleb I'm a big fan of

Jollibee as you know so he's a big fan

of Filipinos that is also good to meet

you brother he's hey throw that away to

get some new fries thank you guys 4

minutes and 42 seconds we're back at one

of my favorite fast food places in the

world if not my most favorite jollybee I

will say their burger did disappoint a

little bit full honesty these fries on

the other hand look very good there's

some underlining seasoning in there the

inside of the fries season there might

even be a little MSG in there I don't

even know there's a little twang a

little meatiness to it but what I love

is they're not just covering these hot

fries and salt these are like brind or

something the fry from Edge to the

middle of it is seasoned basically

perfect you can taste the potato it

doesn't taste old it tastes fresh here's

the best part no oil flavor no

bitterness even the Soggy one like it's

still stick yeah every single fry is

crisp I think they could be crispier but

I'm not unhappy with where they are the

outside's got like a nice immediate

crunch little bit of chew on the outside

the inside's like puree a little creamy

a little bit pillowy oh God I want to

keep eating these so bad I'm going to

give this a solid strong standing eight

in the straight cut potato world this

reminds me back when Burger King and

McDonald's were primed I want to say 8.3

jollybee always coming through baby

moving on and we have a new leader

jollybee thank you we really needed this

by the way Jolly Be if you're watching

please let me franchise a jollybee in

Austin Texas I dm'd you and you said

maybe I would love to do it now moving

on to our next spot Wendy's there's a

strong chance Wendy's could come in with

the upset hi can I get a large order of

fries you said a large french fries uh

yes anything else nope that's it told

the window you said fries you said Fri

holy there's going to be some floppers

in there some

floppers that's smells putrifying yeah

it's like fried fish these are

definitely double fried the crisp is is

good though bitter as aftertaste that

was cold that fry was just sitting on

the side and she like scooted it in

there and put it in the bag there's not

enough salt on this at all usually their

fries are salted better than this I'm

not getting a lot of potato flavor I'm

getting a lot of burnt oil it's so burnt

that it's almost got a spiciness in the

back of my throat yeah it's like rotten

in it's kind of honestly that fres

is a 2.5 it almost has like a plasticky

taste to it yeah these are not good but

they are crisp I'll give them more of

like a four their bottom the barrel if I

got them I'd eat them I wouldn't be

super happy with them they're below

average not very good one of these I

expected better your Baconator did far

better than this moving

on hi can I just get a large french fry

and that's it this is the one we went to

last time where that other guy was like

randomly pissed off do you remember that

sorry what sandwich okay I'm regular

spicy thank you very much what 47

seconds that was remarkably fast we have

their fries crinkle cut they look crisp

but I'm not sure if they are they smell

old this smells like this oil hasn't

been changed out for several days which

typically when you are constantly

cooking fried chicken and fried stuff

over and over and over in oil and then

it burns at the bottom and permeates

through the oil and then you cool it

down and then the next day you use the

oil again and the next day you use the

oil again that oil is just like becoming

carcinogenic and burnt and stinky and

that's what this smells like frally not

bad actually hang on now that burnt oil

is coming through oh I don't like that

taste damn these could have been so good

you sort of get like this meaty Umami

potatoey flavor and then immediately

burnt oil it like perfumes your mouth

and comes out your nose starts good ends

bad but it's got that mashed potato

interior which I do like it's like an

okay fry if I got this I'd probably eat

it it's below mid it's a 4.5 it just has

like a tough texture for me but I do

like the interior on this one it's

definitely the oil it's giving it like a

bitter taste I agree below average 4.3

for me that's fair moving on yeah

there's a reason it's called Church's

Chicken and not Church's fries onto our

next stop one of the more surprising

great fast food burgers in America steak

and shake Steak and Shake was the winner

of the burger competition and rightfully

deserve I hope more people went to steak

and shake after that cuz I had never

been really and I was very happy with my

choice the fries look good I don't see

visible

salt there's no salt on it salt would

help so much here texturally I'm just

missing the crunch that I want it's like

crispy but it's not crunchy and the

worst part of all the flavor they taste

kind of good and then boom there's that

bitterness I don't know I'm going to

have to give these a flat six I think

it's below mid I'm go 4.5 maybe I just

feel good about Steak and Shake I would

say it's fair to call it mid so moving

on another tie I've said it before I'll

say it again a little salt goes a long

way so sorry Steak and Shake we still

love you moving on to mojangles next

level Southern

flavor hi can I just get a large french

fry and that's it yeah it's clean in

there you see the way you swivel that

scooper oh they look good from far I'm

excited thank you very much under two

fresh fries these fries look good

they've kind of got like a hand cut

quality to them they're not perfect it's

like an appealing look like I want to

eat it last time I was here I bit the

out of my tongue these are good the

seasoning is not overwhelming you

immediately get that really pure potato

flavor and it is a fresh fresh potato

I'm even picking up a little bit of

sweetness from the potato itself salty

Umami a little bit of spiciness this is

the best seasoned fry we pad I think