# Does Anyone Dislike Alton Brown? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226 "2004-12-30T08:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/41 "2004-12-30T23:05:47Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > I like Alton Brown, but I have to thank **Aes** for starting this thread because while Googling some Food Network folks I stumbled on the pics of Rachel Ray from FHM. Holy shit. > > –Cliffy For the love of all that is holy, link please!! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/42 "2004-12-30T23:17:46Z")
Google Image Search: [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=+site:www.durzy.com+rachel+ray](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=+site:www.durzy.com+rachel+ray) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/43 "2004-12-31T00:42:35Z")
I can’t believe no one mentioned it yet. I LOVE the episodes with W. The quick wit is usually fun to watch. W: What are you ruining today. Alton: Your day. I’ve waited and waited and nobody has given me a way to use that line. It’s the only cooking show I’ll watch. I’m really really not into cooking shows. Who wants to spend a half hour learning one receipe when you could find thousands on the internet in that amount of time. Probably 100’s if your looking for something specific (ie Tonight I want chicken and I want to use up the rest of those bay leaves…). The reason I watch that show is the nerd in me. I check [Howstuffworks.com](http://Howstuffworks.com) everday, I used to wake up early to watch Mr Wizard, then came home from school to watch Newtons Apple or Bill Nye. I enjoy learning How things work, not just that they do. He does an awful good job explaining it. Of course no longer can I just walk into a store and buy a bag of flour. Noooo, no I have to decide if I need AP, cake flour, bread flour, do I need flour with more protein, less carb’s wait…no, now I’m confused… but that’s okay, that’s what I like doing. So, yes, I’m another Alton follower. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/44 "2004-12-31T00:50:36Z")
I LOVE Alton!! I miss the Food Network! ☹ I only have basic cable (i.e. like 15 channels). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/45 "2004-12-31T00:50:43Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I love his show, but he did prove how inadequate my straight man gaydar is. I would have bet $ 20.00 and a doughnut he was gay until he started talking about hs wife and kids on one show. Huh. He never set off mine. Who did was Mario Batali - and he still does, damn it. I don’t care if he’s married with children. That man is gay as a three dollar bill, or I’m Bob Dylan. I do love Alton Brown. People’ve complained about his recipes, but all the ones I’ve tried have been great. His macaroni and cheese is splendid; his chocolate chip cookies (from his new book) are fit for the return of Fat Jesus Christ. I don’t see what’s to hate about him. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/46 "2004-12-31T00:57:38Z")
> [@Booker57](#): > > For the love of all that is holy, link please!! Here’s a link that was posted in the Emeril et al pitting recently: [http://www.durzy.com/news/rachelray10252003.htm](http://www.durzy.com/news/rachelray10252003.htm) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/47 "2004-12-31T01:34:38Z")
> [@Cheese Monster](#): > > Huh. He never set off mine. Who did was Mario Batali - and he still does, damn it. I don’t care if he’s married with children. That man is gay as a three dollar bill, or I’m Bob Dylan. > . [Uh Oh! He heard you!](http://www.canoe.ca/Lifewise2FD0206/21_largerthanlife.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/48 "2004-12-31T03:13:54Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I love his show, but he did prove how inadequate my straight man gaydar is. I would have bet $ 20.00 and a doughnut he was gay until he started talking about hs wife and kids on one show. He never _ping_ed my gaydar. Tyler Florence, on the other hand … ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/49 "2004-12-31T03:21:02Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > I’ve cooked my (perfect) Thanksgiving turkey just like Alton taught me for years. Recently, he turned me on to a fantastic method for pot roast. (Pot roast with balsamic vinegar, olives and raisins? Contrary to what one might think, it’s very, very good.) > > You won’t hear any Alton bashing here. I’m trying the pot roast even as we speak. If it’s nasty it is all _your fault_. (I love meat with surprise raisins.) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/50 "2004-12-31T03:40:08Z")
I don’t enjoy cooking. My girlfriend does. I watch his show for the gimimcks and science-y sort of things, my gf watches it for his techniques. We both love the show. I count myself as a fan. And the brined turkey that my girlfriend made for Thanksgiving this year was the best, most flavorful, juicy bird I’ve ever had. I really had no idea that turkey could be done so well. And Rachael Ray is the worst television host in existence. She may be easy on the eyes, but she grates on the ears, and the crap she makes in that 30 Minute cooking show has never once struck me as appealing. ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/51 "2004-12-31T03:54:02Z")
I think I figured it out. I think I figured out what strangeness I detect. He over rehearses! He’s just a bad actor. Ha! He’s not spontaneous, even though the content appears spontaneous. He recites recipes instead of giving them to us. And for the record, let me re-itterate that I really do like him. His philosophy really appeals to me, and not just related to cooking. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/52 "2004-12-31T04:50:27Z")
I’m afraid I’m another geek mesmerized by Alton Brown’s cooking science. Calling him the Bill Nye of the Food Network works for me. And, my word, I loved the dino-cam for cutting up a fryer. Ain’t never done it for fried chicken like he was suggesting, but man it works great for cutting up my boid for chicken paprika. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/53 "2004-12-31T07:00:47Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I made Alton Brown’s brined turkey for Thanksgiving. > > I am now Goddess of Thanksgiving, and have intimidated the rest of my family with my expertise in making juicy, flavorful turkey in about half the time. > > So, back off, bud. 😉 As did I. Is it not fantastic? Absolutely the best home-made turkey I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/54 "2004-12-31T07:09:42Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > He never _ping_ed my gaydar. Tyler Florence, on the other hand … Hands off, bitch! He’s mine! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/55 "2004-12-31T09:07:25Z")
Count me as another who adores Alton. (My mother, however, finds him odd, and thinks that his head is pointy.) Personally, I love his explanations of how food works, I think he’s darned funny, and to wrap it all up, he’s not at all hard to look at. I’d have like a million of his funny little pointy-headed babies. I love most of the folks on Food TV though. There are just a random few who I can’t stomach. The low-carb guy is a jackass. Sara Moulton has major food/eating disorder issues that come out far too often in her shows. Rachael Ray deserves pain for the EVOO thing. Giada DeLaurentiis’s over pronunciation of words (“prrrrroooooshoooooooooto!”) drives me around the bend. And of course, there’s Emeril. Grrrrrrrrrrr. On the other hand, Tyler Florence is a sexy little minx, and single parents his 6 year old son, which scores him points in my book. And Mario Batali is a good friend of my husband’s (we ate at Babbo on Christmas Adam) and not at all gay, so nerts to that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/56 "2004-12-31T09:39:11Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > …and to me brined turkey sounded ogawful. Clearly you have not eaten of the divine turkey. It is damn good, and not at all salty tasting. I don’t generally like turkey, but I will gorge myself on Alton’s. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/57 "2004-12-31T09:41:01Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > Christmas Adam Is that December 23rd? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/58 "2004-12-31T21:30:18Z")
Now it’s things like these: [http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html](http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html) > [@](#): > > I have decided to move from the planet. I’m sorry but I simply cannot remain on a world where Paris Hilton is allowed to publish “memoirs”. The real clincher is that people will buy it, and read it…and think it wonderful and insightful and that “That poor girl just can’t find…whatever.” I can only hope that the beams will cross and she’ll end up on Dr. Phil so that my vision of hell can become complete. Actually, for that to happen John Tesh would have to be the musical guest. posted by Alton Brown, 6:37 PM That only increase my love for the man. ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/59 "2004-12-31T22:09:53Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Now it’s things like these: > > [http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html](http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html) > > That only increase my love for the man. Oh and how about that picture of him in the “speedo”. Heehee. He’s a quack, and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226/60 "2005-01-03T23:49:35Z")
> [@Booker57](#): > > For the love of all that is holy, link please!! Maybe others wouldn’t go so mad about these pics, but I appear to have a thing for chicks + food that I didn’t previously know about. (Although given my weight, it’s not surprising.) –Cliffy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-dislike-alton-brown/282226.md?page=4)