2 Many Cooks

Chef Kevin Snell brings a bottle of hooch to Kitchen Studios and talks with the 2 Many Cooks boys about his journey from tech school stoner to tech school executive chef! He tells how setting fires in his back yard lead to a James Beard nomination in the year of covid and how covid lead to rearranging his priorites. Rick shares a story of Chef Snell's Cast Iron Pozole sending him into the spirit world, and there's discussion of res...

Chef Tyler Whitson never landed a coveted line cook job at Garfield's, but he has cooked in some very impressive kitchens. He sets down with Rick and CR to spill the beans on how a marathon of "Unwrapped" set fire to his culinary career. His troubles with driving to work and staying awake at The Pioneer Woman's popular mercantile, and the joys of harassing his former students. The boys find out about Chef Tyler's love of self procl...

After knowing Chef Nate Christenson for several years Rick and CR learn of his outlaw youth, how it lead him to chilly reception from Alaskan locals, and how he escaped the frigid North with only the "Theme From Shaft" to keep him company. Nate tells of the generosity he witnessed from Weird Al and paints a colorful portrait of his culinary career that lead him to teaming up with Chef Tyler Whitson to form Rustic Kings Catering and...

It's the Season 2 Premier, and who better to have on the show than Rick Shaw's lifelong best friend of like 6 months, Sheamus Feeley! The 2 Many Cooks guys explain that inside joke and find out Chef Feeley is just a humble kid from Arkansas that grew up to kick ass in the culinary world. They find out how he decided to open Noche, one the "New York Times Best New Restaurants of 2024" in Tulsa, what to expect from his next joint ven...

It's the season finale! Rick and CR wrap things up by talking to the charitable and funny Lacee Rains. She outlines an impressive resume that includes attempted nunnery, attempted sex therapist, certified Dick's Sporting Goods credit card salesperson of the year; twice, and finally comedian. She tells the guys the origin story of her alter ego and sex education clown, Butter Sluts. There is also a bombshell during flame grilled whe...

After debating the pronunciation of their guest's last name Rick and CR get the story and DNA make up of "Bad" Mitch Gilliam from the US power metal band Blind Oath. He talks about growing up in Coweta with field trips to the ice cream plant and turning his back on youth sports in favor of music. He gives the guys his impressive resume; which includes Tulsa bands like the cult favorite Lizard Police, being the world's greatest deli...

Bass player, bartender, human banana, and general man of mischief, Jacob Fuller from Blind Oath rolls into Kitchen Sink Studios. He regales Rick and CR of his humble beginnings as a Sallisaw Black Diamond and how following his heart brought him to Tulsa. We find out the many ways he has celebrated his birthday, and how being talked into dropping out of Sandwich College set him on the path to chasing his metal dreams! Fuller shares ...

Fresh off his Blue Whale Comedy Festival Cain's Ballroom main stage debut Brent Deo joins CR & Rick for an equally impressive debut on the mics at Kitchen Sink Studios. The guys talk comedy shop and other chuckle engineering aspects. They break big, big news about "Crunchies" after finding out Brent is previously employed by none other than the notorious Long John Silvers. The young comedian asks for a potato soup recipe that r...

After five episodes CR & Rick finally bring in a therapist! This one just happens to be a food critic and author of the recently published book "A Feast for the Senses." Jared Gleaton sits on the couch, okay, futon of Kitchen Sink Studios for a talk. The fellows unpack some of their many issues including the goos and seeds of life. They run down the restaurants Gleaton recommends from white tablecloth to greasy spoon, and how h...

Don't worry! He didn't eat' em! Chris West with Lassalle's French Market & Farm, OklaNola Pepper Co., & the indigenous sludge metal band Medicine Horse made the trek to Kitchen Sink Studios after a long day of farmin' and a cookin'. Chris talks to CR & Rick about making Oklahoma his new home after Hurricane Katrina and the natural disasters awaiting him and his family when they got here. We find out how the lamented Las...

Finally, a female joins the boys in Kitchen Sink Studios. Chef Nico Williams from Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness and the sludge metal band Medicine Horse discusses her journey through the culinary world, music, film, and television. Rick fanboy's out by reminding her of her greatest dishes and CR attempts a "non racist" question. Also we get a juicy scoop on Leonardo Di Caprio turning a native stable into a luxury item! That and ...

Recorded over Memorial Day Weekend in Kitchen Sink Studios, CR and Rick hang out with Marine Corp. Veteran and Mac's BBQ owner Adam Green! Hear how Adam escaped becoming a pilot to do bootleg catering and eventually be given his own day in the town of Skiatook. Find out where Green eats lunch every Friday and details on the documentary "Make Peace or Die." The 2MC guys also drop details about their next live event and issue a chall...