"Fine" Dining24 Sep 2025

Wendy's: Savage Roasts, French Fry Glow-Up, and Are the Nuggets Perfect?

🍟🤖🍔 Wendy's: Savage Roasts, French Fry Glow-Up, and Are the Nuggets Perfect? 🍔🤖🍟

This week, Ali Gordon joins me to put Wendy's through the Chili's Test. Between Frostys, spicy nuggets, and a fireplace straight out of HGTV, things get interesting. We try three Wendy's burgers for Septemburger, but will they all get a chance in the tournament or will Jack in the Box knock them out? Also, a one-time brand new segment called Rate That Roast! where Ali judges Wendy's savage social media burns.

📣 Rate That Roast! Ali Judges Wendy's Online Burns
🍫 Frosty Bliss & Spicy Nuggets That Actually Deliver
🥓 Burgers Galore: Dave's Single, Baconator, Double Stack
🧑‍🎤 Ali Becomes Wendy Herself (and Swears a Lot)
🌶️ Ghost Pepper Ranch That Isn't Ghost, Pepper, or Ranch
🍟 French Fries Glow-Up = Legit Improvement
🔥 Fancy Fireplace (Hogged by a Couple the Whole Time)
🌱 Serengeti Grass in the Banister??
🧂 Condiments Locked Away Behind the Counter
📖 Ali's Debut Novel We Have Reached the End of Our Show Drops Sept 30
🏨 Ali Shares the Worst Bed & Breakfast Story Ever
⚔️ Septemburger: Dave's Single vs. Sourdough Jack

We're in the final 24 hours to fill out your Septemburger bracket! You can update it to include the winners below, and continue to do so until 11:59 PM PST on September 24th!

💬 COMMENT BELOW: Do you think Wendy's roasts are actually funny or just trying too hard?

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👉 NEXT WEEK: Exclusively on Patreon (but for free!), the Septemburger Semi-Finals & Finals episode drops September 30th. That same episode will be released on the main podcast feed October 8th. I'm off October 1st!

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