Not sure the bigger size is worth it, worth it

不知道更大的尺寸值不值得，值不值得

Friday, Friday, calculating value on Friday

星期五，星期五，計算星期五的價值

Still not sure the bigger size is worth it, worth it

還是不確定更大的尺寸是否值得，值得

Supersize, supersize, yeah!

超大，超大，沒錯！

Supersize, supersize, yeah!

超大，超大，沒錯！

This song's hopefully not gonna get flagged for copyright

希望這首歌不會因版權問題而被舉報

Do people even know that reference anymore?

現在還有人知道這個提法嗎？

Is this- this- this a thing?

這--這--這是個東西嗎？

This is- this an old one

這是舊的

This is an old one

這是一張舊照片

Hello internet!

你好，互聯網！

Welcome to Food Theory!

歡迎來到 "食物理論"！

The show where you come for the crispy golden nuggets of knowledge and stay for the extra bits at the bottom of the bag

在這個節目中，你可以看到香脆的知識金塊，也可以看到袋子底部多餘的碎屑

As many of you who've watched my shows for some time know fast food was a huge part of my early life

很多看過我節目的人都知道，快餐是我早期生活的重要組成部分

It was my home cooking in the 90s

這是我 90 年代的家常菜

An era when happy meals weren't being weighed down by options like juice or apples or bean sprouts or whatever healthy stuff is in there these days

在那個時代，快樂餐裡沒有果汁、蘋果、豆芽等選項，也沒有什麼健康食品。

What is this stuff?

這是什麼東西？

Ugh!

唉！

They're not even giving kids cavities or an unhealthy BMI

它們甚至不會讓孩子們患上齲齒或不健康的體重指數（BMI）。

How can you even call it a happy meal?

你怎麼能說它是快樂餐呢？

No, my healthy choice was drinking an orange high C instead of soda and then getting in kindergarten brawls over those happy meal toys that were shaped like hamburgers and ice cream cones but then turned into dinosaurs

不，我的健康選擇是喝橘子汽水而不是蘇打水，然後在幼兒園裡爭搶那些形狀像漢堡包和冰淇淋筒但後來變成恐龍的快樂餐玩具

Wait, you can get a full set of those for $15 online right now?

等等，現在在網上花 15 美元就能買到一整套？

What a steal!

真是偷來的！

I mean, definitely didn't just put in my bit so there's no need to go searching for that

我的意思是，肯定不是我自己寫的，所以沒必要去找了

No, leave that alone

不，別管它

That isn't a thing that really exists

這不是一個真正存在的東西

As I got older, I got smarter and also poorer and I realized that the kids meal is kind of a racket for the amount of food that you get

隨著年齡的增長，我變得越來越聰明，也越來越窮，我意識到兒童餐的飯量實在是太少了。

So I switched to buying a regular hamburger and fries but turns out that that was just the tip of my frugal frosty friends

於是，我改買普通漢堡和薯條，但事實證明，這只是我的節儉朋友們的一小部分。

I learned to maximize that dollar menu through my poor years as a college student my poor years as an actor my poor years as an unemployed YouTuber

在我當大學生的窮困歲月裡，在我當演員的窮困歲月裡，在我當失業的 YouTuber 的窮困歲月裡，我學會了最大限度地利用那一元錢的菜單。

You get the idea!

你懂的！

Anyway, there is a whole world of fast food economizing out there at my grease-covered fingertips but in all the years and all the fast food since then

總之，在我滿是油脂的指尖上，有一個節約快餐的大世界，但在此後的歲月和所有快餐中

I've never done a comprehensive test to see what was the most efficient order out there

我從來沒有做過全面的測試，看看什麼是最有效的訂單

So today, we're starting with the most universally loved fast food item on the planet the one that sparks furious debates no matter where you're from especially here in the US

今天，我們將從地球上最受大眾喜愛的快餐開始，無論你來自哪裡，尤其是在美國，它都會引發激烈的爭論。

What is the best french fry order?

最好吃的炸薯條是什麼？

And today, I'm not measuring the best french fry based on things that matter

今天，我不是根據重要的事情來衡量最好吃的炸薯條

You know, like taste or some kind of nutritional value

你知道，比如味道或某種營養價值

Let's face it, taste is subjective

面對現實吧，口味是主觀的

Or is it?

還是這樣？

A theory for another day

他日理論

And nutritional value is kind of a moot point

而營養價值則是一個毫無意義的問題

We're talking about the french fry here

我們說的是炸薯條

No, today it's all about dollars and cents

不，今天的一切都與美元和美分有關

If I want my fry fix, what is the best type of fry to buy and what is the best size to buy it in?

如果我想吃魚苗，買什麼魚苗最好？

I think the conventional wisdom is that larger sizes are always going to provide you a better value

我認為傳統的觀點是，大尺寸總是會給你帶來更大的價值

But has anyone ever really tested that?

但有人真正測試過嗎？

Are we sure that we can trust that McDonald's supersized fry is really delivering us a supersized value?

我們是否確信，麥當勞的超大薯條真的能給我們帶來超大的價值？

What if it's something random?

如果是隨機事件呢？

Like the medium is the best fry to buy

中號是最適合購買的魚苗

And then what about different fry types?

那麼不同類型的魚苗呢？

Like what about Arby's curly fries?

比如阿比的捲心薯條怎麼樣？

Would there be a different strategy to upsizing those?

是否有不同的策略來擴大這些設備的規模？

All I want to know is what the perfect fast food french fry order is

我只想知道最完美的快餐薯條點餐順序是什麼

What is going to get me the most fry for my buck?

怎樣才能讓我賺到最多的錢呢？

And the good news is that I'm no longer in the backseat of the drive-thru

好消息是，我不再坐在汽車快餐店的後座上了

So the only thing stopping me from getting a dozen orders of french fries

所以，阻止我買一打薯條的唯一原因是

And conducting a pseudo-scientific study of fry optimization

並對魚苗優化進行偽科學研究

Is my concern for my own well-being

我是否關心自己的福祉

But this, my friends, is in the name of science

但是，我的朋友們，這是以科學的名義

And on behalf of all the consumers out there

並代表所有消費者

So I'm willing to go through as many fries as I have to

所以，我願意吃多少薯條，就吃多少薯條

To get to that crispy golden truth

為了獲得金黃酥脆的真相

Get out your Sam's Club size bottles of ketchup

拿出山姆會員店大小的番茄醬瓶子

Or mayonnaise if you're one of the weirdos

或者蛋黃醬，如果你是怪人的話

Or both if you happen to be from Idaho

如果你恰好來自愛達荷州，也可以兩者兼得

And get ready to dip into the science and economics of the french fry

準備好研究薯條的科學和經濟學吧

We're going to get some french fries

我們去吃炸薯條

Let's do some scientific experiments and fast food drive-thrus

讓我們來做一些科學實驗和快餐速食吧

Woo!

Woo！

We're gonna get so much fried potato, it's crazy

我們會吃到很多炸洋芋，太瘋狂了

Here's how the study works

以下是研究的工作原理

Steph and I wanted to test all the major fry shapes

斯蒂芬和我想測試所有主要的魚苗形狀

Shoestring, thicker natural cut fries, curly fries, and waffle cut

馬蹄薯條、較粗的自然切薯條、捲曲薯條和華夫餅切薯條

Since fry prices vary between regions

由於不同地區的魚苗價格不同

We conducted the test in three different markets

我們在三個不同的市場進行了測試

Los Angeles, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina

洛杉磯、紐約和北卡羅來納州羅利

This also narrowed down the list of fast food restaurants available to us

這也縮小了我們可以選擇的快餐店的範圍

Because any fry we chose to test had to be available in all three locations

因為我們選擇測試的魚苗必須在所有三個地點都能買到

This means that we won't be covering an exhaustive list of every fast food restaurant out there

這意味著我們不會詳盡無遺地列出每一家快餐店

This is also to prevent everyone from getting their undies in a bunch

這也是為了防止大家亂成一團

Because I didn't cover their regional favorite like In-N-Out or Whataburger

因為我沒有報道他們的地區最愛，比如 In-N-Out 或 Whataburger

You guys can take those arguments to the comments section

你們可以在評論區發表自己的觀點

The focus here is on covering a representative, nationally available sample of each fry type

這裡的重點是涵蓋每種魚苗類型中具有代表性的全國性樣本

That way you can apply the principles of french fry efficiency to your regional favorites as well

這樣，您就可以將炸薯條的效率原則應用到您的地方美食中了

So based on these four major categories

是以，基於這四大類別

I targeted McDonald's for their shoestring fries

我的目標是麥當勞的鞋帶薯條

Wendy's for their thicker cut natural fry

溫迪餐廳（Wendy's）的粗切天然薯條

Arby's for curly fries

阿比炸薯條

And Chick-fil-A for waffle fries

還有 Chick-fil-A 的華夫餅薯條

Sorry Carl's Jr.

對不起，Carl's Jr.

You really need to get some locations here in North Carolina

你真得在北卡羅來納州找幾個地方了

Which I know that Hardee's is technically supposed to be the same thing

我知道 Hardee's 在技術上應該是一回事

But it's a different franchise name and thus I couldn't go with it

但這是一個不同的專營權名稱，是以我不能使用它

It's introducing an extraneous variable into our hardcore scientific method

這是在我們嚴謹的科學方法中引入了一個不相干的變量

And for a YouTube video, mildly educational about the topic of food

YouTube上有一段視頻，關於食物的話題具有一定的教育意義

That will not stand

那是站不住腳的

Twisty, curly, cross-cut, natural

扭曲、捲曲、橫切、自然

Whatever McDonald's makes, we're getting them all

麥當勞做什麼，我們就買什麼

Can I get a one order of each?

我可以各訂購一份嗎？

Small, medium, and large

小型、中型和大型

But could they all be bagged separately?

但是否可以將它們分別裝袋？

We got an order of small, medium, and large fries from each of the establishments mentioned

我們在上述每家店都點了一份小號、中號和大號薯條

Except for Chick-fil-A

除了 Chick-fil-A

Which didn't offer a small at every location we visited

在我們訪問的每個地點，都沒有提供小吃

So we only considered their medium and large waffle fry for the experiment

是以，我們在實驗中只考慮了他們的中號和大號華夫餅油條

Also Arby's didn't have their snack size at all three locations

此外，Arby's 在所有三個地點都沒有他們的小吃尺寸

So that too was left out of the experiment

是以，這也被排除在實驗之外

But as for the 11 fry orders that were available in all locations

但至於所有地點都有的 11 份油炸食品訂單

We got each in a separate bag to reduce any ambiguity of which bagler fries came from which order

我們每份薯條都裝在不同的袋子裡，這樣就不會分不清哪份薯條來自哪份訂單了。

Then we used a digital scale to weigh each order of fries without the packaging

然後，我們用電子秤稱量了每份沒有包裝的薯條的重量

So we put the bowl on top and then we tear it

我們把碗放在上面，然後把它撕開

So that way anything we add is just fry weight

這樣，我們添加的任何東西都只是油炸重量

This will let us know in raw terms how much fry we're getting in each order of each size

這樣，我們就能知道每次訂購的每種規格的魚苗有多少。

We can compare that to the price of each order of fries to figure out

我們可以將其與每份薯條的價格進行比較，從而算出

Which is in fact the most efficient fry order

事實上，哪種炒菜順序最有效

But we also wanted to get a sense of how effectively each order of fries filled its container

但我們也想了解每份薯條在裝滿容器後的效果如何

Because fry containers can either be these soft little baggies

因為油炸容器可以是這些軟軟的小袋子

Or these big honking cardboard tubes

或者這些大號的紙板管

That'll tell us how well or badly each fry shape has actually been engineered for its container

這將告訴我們，每種魚苗的形狀在容器設計上究竟是好是壞

And which restaurant really wants to make it look like they're serving up jumbo fries

哪家餐廳真的想讓人覺得他們提供的是特大號薯條？

When actually they're just serving up a bunch of jumbo air

而實際上，他們只是提供了一堆珍寶級的空氣

So we sealed any cracks or openings in the fry containers

是以，我們密封了油炸容器上的任何裂縫或開口

Then filled them with sifted all-purpose flour to get a sense of the total capacity of each container

然後裝入過篩的全麥麵粉，以瞭解每個容器的總容量

This in turn will help us better understand what I call the fry fill percentage or FFP

這反過來會幫助我們更好地理解我所說的魚苗填充率或 FFP

I use my numbers to calculate a whole battery of different things

我用我的數字來計算一系列不同的事情

Not just the FFP which tells me how fry filled each container is

不只是 FFP，它能告訴我每個容器的油炸填充量

But also the number of grams of fry I'm getting per cent of money that I'm spending

同時，我每花一毛錢，就能得到多少克魚苗

And the number of calories per cent I'm spending

我所消耗的卡路里數

Based on the nutritional facts given on each chain's website

根據各連鎖店網站提供的營養成分

To make sure that I'm getting the most calories for my bucks

確保我花最少的錢獲得最多的熱量

To get our price and mass values, we average the results from all three test cities

為了得出價格和品質值，我們取三個測試城市的平均值

Put them all in one big table and you get something that looks like this

把它們放在一張大表中，就會得到這樣的結果

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the fry efficiency data table

女士們、先生們，我向你們介紹油炸食品效率數據表

Ooh, much data

哦，很多數據

Using all of these calculations, we can determine which order of fries is optimal

通過所有這些計算，我們可以確定哪種炸薯條的順序最合適

In terms of its monetary value against its competition

與競爭對手相比的貨幣價值

Which order fills its own container most effectively

哪種訂單能最有效地填充自己的容器

And which delivers the greatest caloric punch per cent that you're spending

以及哪種方法能在您花費的每分錢中提供最大的熱量衝擊力

Let's see how they did, shall we?

讓我們看看他們的表現如何，好嗎？

Starting with what we all care about most, the money

從我們最關心的錢開始

At a glance, the McDonald's small fries

一眼望去，麥當勞的小薯條

Ugh, I hate saying it that way

唉，我討厭這樣說

The McDonald's small fry jumps out as the least expensive on the entire board

麥當勞的小薯條是整個餐盤中最便宜的

Our goal here though is to find out if the best deal on paper is actually the best deal

我們的目標是找出紙面上的最佳交易是否真的是最佳交易

Or if a lot of those fry packs are full of hot air, literally

或者，如果這些油炸包裡有很多熱氣，真的是

In our results, we found that none of the small sizes of fry

在我們的研究結果中，我們發現沒有一個小規格的魚苗

Was the most cost effective for its respective restaurant

對各自的餐廳而言，成本效益最高

Playing into the idea that if you pay a little bit more

你的想法是，如果你多付一點錢

Well, you're gonna get a little bit more fry for your buck

你會得到更多的油炸食品

At least to a point

至少在一定程度上

The best cost per gram on the small sizes did indeed come from McDonald's

麥當勞的小包裝食品的確是每克成本最低的

Who weighed in at 1.76 cents per gram

誰的重量為每克 1.76 美分

Meaning that if you absolutely have to get yourself a small fry

也就是說，如果你非要給自己買個小炒

Your best bet is a shoestring fry, specifically from McDonald's

你的最佳選擇是麥當勞的鞋帶薯條

Upsizing, as you might expect, and as they advertise

擴大規模，正如你所預期的那樣，也正如他們所宣傳的那樣

Does indeed tend to save you money across all fry types

在所有類型的油炸食品中，確實都能為您省錢

With the biggest difference happening at Arby's

最大的不同發生在 Arby's

Where going from a small to a medium saves you 45%

從小號到中號可節省 45% 的費用

In fact, it turns out that the curly fry category is a total wild card

事實上，捲曲油炸食品完全是個 "無底洞"。

Not only did the Arby's medium curly fry wind up being cheaper per gram than the large

不僅如此，Arby's 中號捲曲薯條的每克價格還比大號捲曲薯條便宜。

There were actually more fries in my medium order than I got in my large order

實際上，我點的中號薯條比我點的大號薯條還要多。

You heard that right

你沒聽錯

We actually paid, on average, 23 cents more for the large

實際上，我們平均要為大件商品多支付 23 美分。

And got less total fry in the order

訂單中的魚苗總量減少了

The medium had a miraculously efficient cost of 1.35 cents per gram

這種培養基的成本僅為每克 1.35 美分，效率奇高

Coming in third behind McDonald's large shoestring fry at 1.26 per gram

以每克 1.26 美元的價格排在麥當勞大鞋帶薯條之後，位列第三

And the Wendy's large natural cut at 1.32 cents per gram

Wendy's 大型天然切割機的價格為每克 1.32 美分

So generally, you can expect to receive more fry mass for your dollar by ordering a large

是以，一般情況下，您可以通過訂購大號的魚苗來獲得更多的魚苗。

Except at Arby's, where the large is actually giving you a negligible amount

除了在 Arby's（阿貝），在那裡，大號實際上給你的量可以忽略不計

If not less than the medium

如果不低於介質

Now, there are a lot of fast food conspiracy theories online

現在，網上有很多快餐陰謀論

One of which is about workers being told to underfill the largest fry containers

其中之一是工人們被告知要把最大的油炸容器裝得不夠滿

To save pennies on the dollar

為節省一分錢

And I was wondering if my Arby's results was a potential example of this

我在想，我在 Arby's 的結果是不是一個潛在的例子？

I don't actually think that's what's really going on

其實我覺得事情並非如此

I do think there's an inherent problem with curly fries

我確實認為捲曲薯條有一個固有的問題

But it's not a problem with the people

但這不是人的問題

It's a problem with the packaging

是包裝的問題

Let's talk fry efficiency metric number two

讓我們來談談油炸效率指標二

The FFP, fry fill percentage

魚苗填充率（FFP

While the value per unit of fry tended to increase as the sizes of the orders got larger

雖然每組織、部門魚苗的價值往往隨著訂單規模的擴大而增加

The opposite is actually true for the fill percentages

實際上，填充百分比的情況恰恰相反

Larger packages tended to result in more empty space

包件越大，空位越多

But the shape of the fries and the shape of their containers

但薯條的形狀和容器的形狀

Greatly seemed to determine how full the packaging could actually get

似乎很大程度上決定了包裝究竟能裝多滿

Viewers of my other channels might remember

我其他頻道的觀眾可能還記得

I did an episode of film theory a couple years ago

幾年前，我做過一期電影理論節目

Where I calculated how much money Scrooge McDuck would have

我計算史古治-麥克達克會有多少錢的地方

Partially by determining how much empty space would be left

部分通過確定會留下多少空位

By the packing of gold coins stacked in his vault

金庫裡堆積如山的金幣

I found in that episode's research that when you're stacking rigid gold coins

我在那一集的研究中發現，當你堆疊剛硬的金幣時

The maximum packing that you could get was only at about 57%

最大包裝率僅為 57% 左右

And we're gonna find that french fry packing is actually significantly worse than that

我們會發現炸薯條的包裝實際上比這更糟

The least efficient fries were the waffle fries from Chick-fil-A

效率最低的薯條是 Chick-fil-A 的華夫餅薯條

Which makes sense for a lot of reasons

原因有很多

One of these is that the fries are just larger

其中之一就是薯條更大

So there's less room for them to pack densely together

是以，它們密集在一起的空間就更小了

But another is that the holes in the waffle shape

但另一個原因是，華夫餅上的小孔形狀

Guarantee that there's gonna be empty space within the fries

保證薯條內會有空位

In addition to between the fries

除了薯條之間

The packing of the Arby's fries is also tricky

Arby's 炸薯條的包裝也很棘手

The curliest of those curly fries

最捲曲的捲曲薯條

Which I'll refer to here as springs