July 23, 2025 • 4 mins
“What other nut are you putting on a pie? Not a walnut. You’re just not.”
That’s the kind of culinary wisdom you can expect in this deliciously chaotic episode of The Ben and Skin Show, where the crew dives fork-first into the Texas Food Final Four — and things get spicy, cheesy, and a little nutty.Join Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they break down the results of Axios’ statewide bracket to determine the most iconic food in Texas. From smoked brisket’s domination to the shocking strength of pecan pie, this episode is a full-course meal of laughs, nostalgia, and heated food takes.
That’s the kind of culinary wisdom you can expect in this deliciously chaotic episode of The Ben and Skin Show, where the crew dives fork-first into the Texas Food Final Four — and things get spicy, cheesy, and a little nutty.Join Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they break down the results of Axios’ statewide bracket to determine the most iconic food in Texas. From smoked brisket’s domination to the shocking strength of pecan pie, this episode is a full-course meal of laughs, nostalgia, and heated food takes.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
It's time.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Damn sure is Axios has put together the most Iconic
Food in Texas bracket. Been voting the last few days.
Surveyed a lot of people out there in Austin, Houston,
San Antonio, and Dallas, all their readers, Laredo and we've
gotten to the final four. Yesterday's results, smoked brisket takes
down fajitas seventy three percent. Wow, man, not even close.
(00:33):
But he just couldn't put up a fight. I think
we all saw where this one was gonna go. Caso
dunks on golf shrimp? What the very uh?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
What sixty?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
No one has ever said golf shrimp. They're trying hard
to make that so Texan. Nobody's ever said, are these
shrimp from the golf? But you know, you can also
say the same thing in Florida and Mississippi if you're
eating shrimp there, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, but what I'm saying is like golf, though it's
been known that seafood from the golf can eat your brain. Yeah,
so I'm more of a Northwest Northeast guy.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Wait, are you telling me that it was a closer
match between Keeso and golf shrimp than it was between.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yes that's insane. Speaking to the power of brisket.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, brisket is a monster.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
And who are these thirty one percent Looney Tunes who
voted for golf shrimp Uh eight breakfast tacos over Tomali's.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Sorry, Christina, I agree with that they're both great.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And then and what we kind of saw is the
headliner for round two just because of the matchups are
so evenly. Uh pecan pie over cobbler fifty six percent?
Pretty tight.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
That is a good matchup.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So for the final four, Wait, do you guys, what
percentage of the time that you eat cobbler is at peach?
I've never do it. What I've never do it?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I never do it. I'll never do it either. I
don't like cobbler. I don't like fruit in my dessert.
What I would say that.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I would say apple cobbler and peach cop probably seventy
five percent apple. Okay, Oh, you're seventy five percent apple
over peach. Yeah, I'm about I bet. I'm peach nine
out of ten times on my cobbler. I just don't
stumble across it very often. Same, That's why I don't
have it, Uh pecan pies. I was thinking about why
is pecan pie so Texan? They're the official state pie
(02:23):
of Texas. It started in twenty thirteen. I had no
idea used to be a hair pie.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Why is that? Because I think we got a lot
of pecan trees here.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Supernut man told you almonds had been on a good run,
and now supernut took over. And one of the reasons
the supernut took over the pecan is because you can
put them on a pie.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And then what are the dut are you put in
a pie not a walnut?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Right not?
Speaker 1 (02:43):
You're just not right? Uh yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And then around twenty thirteen at least that's when the
hair pie became extinct. Yeah, yeah, I wonder when the
rise of the death of the hair pie?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Right?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I guess there's films that could document that you could watch.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Could watch him on your own time. Yeah, make a mess.
That mess is on your hands.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Don't look at me.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Smoke Brisket versus Caso Gang Classic. Give me the Caso Gang. No,
I'm taking brisket. Yeah, take brisket. I'm taking brisket.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I'm a Caso guy through and through. Man, I think
brisket might win this whole thing. So give me brisket, you.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Know, but love caso. It may be the number two
item in this entire discussion. Dude, there can be several
teams worthy of a championship in the final four. It's
not just only one team can win. Hell Duke was
the best team in the nation and they lost last
year in the finals.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
K team.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
It's literally why they play the games.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Literally why they play the game.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Even if you're a caso guy, through and through, you
have to play the game.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Breakfast Tacos versus Pecan Pie. What a weird matchup. It
is a weird one. Christina pecan Pie. Oh Ben, breakfast tacos.
Breakfast tacos for me, Pecan Pie from me. Let's go
to the get your hands up, one, two shoes, one
to shoot. So what is that scissors? She can break
(04:09):
us all, she can break us. I went to con
Pie in honor of my grandpa. They had pecan trees
in their backyard. That's why the official pie did they
really a small town? Yeah to pick them up, I'm
telling you, yeah, and needs to crack them.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
All right, Brisket beats con Pie and we're done. Yeah,
all right, there you have con Pie wins this thing.
There with the food news. Come and have an next
In the audio bubble bath audio of Ozzy Osbourne that
time that he kind of kicked it with President George W.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Bush. That's coming your way next
It's time.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Damn sure is Axios has put together the most Iconic
Food in Texas bracket. Been voting the last few days.
Surveyed a lot of people out there in Austin, Houston,
San Antonio, and Dallas, all their readers, Laredo and we've
gotten to the final four. Yesterday's results, smoked brisket takes
down fajitas seventy three percent. Wow, man, not even close.
(00:33):
But he just couldn't put up a fight. I think
we all saw where this one was gonna go. Caso
dunks on golf shrimp? What the very uh?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
What sixty?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
No one has ever said golf shrimp. They're trying hard
to make that so Texan. Nobody's ever said, are these
shrimp from the golf? But you know, you can also
say the same thing in Florida and Mississippi if you're
eating shrimp there, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, but what I'm saying is like golf, though it's
been known that seafood from the golf can eat your brain. Yeah,
so I'm more of a Northwest Northeast guy.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Wait, are you telling me that it was a closer
match between Keeso and golf shrimp than it was between.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yes that's insane. Speaking to the power of brisket.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, brisket is a monster.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
And who are these thirty one percent Looney Tunes who
voted for golf shrimp Uh eight breakfast tacos over Tomali's.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Sorry, Christina, I agree with that they're both great.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And then and what we kind of saw is the
headliner for round two just because of the matchups are
so evenly. Uh pecan pie over cobbler fifty six percent?
Pretty tight.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
That is a good matchup.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So for the final four, Wait, do you guys, what
percentage of the time that you eat cobbler is at peach?
I've never do it. What I've never do it?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I never do it. I'll never do it either. I
don't like cobbler. I don't like fruit in my dessert.
What I would say that.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I would say apple cobbler and peach cop probably seventy
five percent apple. Okay, Oh, you're seventy five percent apple
over peach. Yeah, I'm about I bet. I'm peach nine
out of ten times on my cobbler. I just don't
stumble across it very often. Same, That's why I don't
have it, Uh pecan pies. I was thinking about why
is pecan pie so Texan? They're the official state pie
(02:23):
of Texas. It started in twenty thirteen. I had no
idea used to be a hair pie.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Why is that? Because I think we got a lot
of pecan trees here.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Supernut man told you almonds had been on a good run,
and now supernut took over. And one of the reasons
the supernut took over the pecan is because you can
put them on a pie.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And then what are the dut are you put in
a pie not a walnut?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Right not?
Speaker 1 (02:43):
You're just not right? Uh yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And then around twenty thirteen at least that's when the
hair pie became extinct. Yeah, yeah, I wonder when the
rise of the death of the hair pie?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Right?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I guess there's films that could document that you could watch.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Could watch him on your own time. Yeah, make a mess.
That mess is on your hands.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Don't look at me.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Smoke Brisket versus Caso Gang Classic. Give me the Caso Gang. No,
I'm taking brisket. Yeah, take brisket. I'm taking brisket.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I'm a Caso guy through and through. Man, I think
brisket might win this whole thing. So give me brisket, you.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Know, but love caso. It may be the number two
item in this entire discussion. Dude, there can be several
teams worthy of a championship in the final four. It's
not just only one team can win. Hell Duke was
the best team in the nation and they lost last
year in the finals.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
K team.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
It's literally why they play the games.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Literally why they play the game.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Even if you're a caso guy, through and through, you
have to play the game.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Breakfast Tacos versus Pecan Pie. What a weird matchup. It
is a weird one. Christina pecan Pie. Oh Ben, breakfast tacos.
Breakfast tacos for me, Pecan Pie from me. Let's go
to the get your hands up, one, two shoes, one
to shoot. So what is that scissors? She can break
(04:09):
us all, she can break us. I went to con
Pie in honor of my grandpa. They had pecan trees
in their backyard. That's why the official pie did they
really a small town? Yeah to pick them up, I'm
telling you, yeah, and needs to crack them.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
All right, Brisket beats con Pie and we're done. Yeah,
all right, there you have con Pie wins this thing.
There with the food news. Come and have an next
In the audio bubble bath audio of Ozzy Osbourne that
time that he kind of kicked it with President George W.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Bush. That's coming your way next
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