The Art of Food Obsession: A Journey Through Epic Meal Time and Beyond

As I sit here, surrounded by the remnants of last night's culinary adventure, I am reminded of the power of food to bring people together. My name is Harley, and I'm the king of Epic Meal Time, a YouTube channel that has been delighting (and sometimes alarming) audiences for years with its over-the-top cooking creations.

Take, for example, the infamous "Pizza Popie" video, which racked up over 300 million views on Facebook alone. This behemoth of a pizza was topped with an obscene amount of cheese, sauce, and meats, all piled high in a towering monument to the power of pizza. I recall watching this video myself, and feeling a sense of awe at the sheer audacity of it all. Who needs normal food when you can have a pizza that's essentially a bottomless pit of deliciousness?

But what sets Epic Meal Time apart from other cooking channels is its willingness to push the boundaries of culinary sanity. I remember watching Gordon Ramsay, the notoriously tough chef, like him yelling at people in his kitchen if they weren't making toast properly. It was as if he was saying, "Listen up, you donkeys! If you can't even get that simple thing right, how do you expect to tackle the complexity of shark caviar?" Ah, but Gordon's just a lot more laid back than I am when it comes to caviar; he's all about throwing caution to the wind and going for broke. Who knew sharks could be so...caviary-rich?

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Harley, have you ever tried making your own caviar from a shark?" Well, let me tell you, it's not as easy as it looks. In fact, it's rather like trying to pull out a piece of cheese from a giant quesadilla – all you need is some serious patience and precision. That's why I have the utmost respect for guys who can actually do this kind of thing.

And speaking of quesadillas, have you ever tried making one with a Big Mac as the filling? Now that's what I call creativity! It was only 22 million views on YouTube to get Epic Meal Time fans like me excited about such an idea. Who needs traditional fillings when you can just throw some beef patties and special sauce into a tortilla?

But let's talk about another epic food creation – the 12-pound monster burrito. I recall watching this video with my friends, all of us wondering how someone could possibly eat something so enormous in one sitting. The answer, of course, lies in sheer confidence; it takes a lot of faith to tackle that behemoth of a burrito.

And then there's the giant case of D, which is essentially a quesadilla wrapped around another quesadilla. It was like watching a mathematical puzzle come to life before my very eyes. The ratio was spot on – I mean, who needs math when you can just eyeball it? But seriously, folks, this dish is all about balance and harmony.

Of course, no conversation about food would be complete without mentioning the infamous "fast food lasagna." Ah, that moment when all bets were off, and we realized that even the most basic of meals could become a culinary monstrosity with just the right combination of ingredients. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion – you knew it was going to end badly.

As I sit here surrounded by the remnants of last night's culinary adventure, I am reminded of the power of food to bring people together. Whether it's a giant quesadilla or a pizza poppie, we all love to indulge in something that makes our taste buds sing. And for me, there's no greater joy than watching my friends and fellow food enthusiasts devour creations like these with reckless abandon.

So, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to cook up some jerky, sell some cooking sets, and maybe even write a cookbook or two. Who knows what the future holds? One thing's for sure: it's going to be delicious.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys I'm Harley aka the south spouse from Epic Meal Time the dawn of dripping the Pharaoh of flavor that the Child Left ACOs the Jeff Goldblum of jamaican jerk chicken the Schwarzenegger of shawarma the supermarket superintendent and today we are reviewing some of the biggest food related videos on the internet for food film school all right first up this is the biggest french fry related video on YouTube with over 47 million views you know what it's called it's called love those curly fries I'm so shocked that out of all the research I do and all the video watching I do how did I not see this video with 47 million views so this goes hard that's not his house he's like that in front of a stranger's house right now isn't it you know what I actually I like regular fries better than curly fries but I like curly fries that much more now because of this video that's definitely add that video definitely makes me reconsider of my approach for making food videos on Epic Meal Time we mess with fries a lot maybe I should start serenading french fries grab a whole bunch of french fries throw them on a leash and walk them outside of a stranger it's huge magnificent home throwing some auto-tune and get 47 million views that's insane this is one of the biggest videos about any time chili with over 1.2 million views and it's called Henry's kitchen - how to make Henry's anytime chili for one and veggies now just stir it all up important when you're making dinner just for one to divide every ingredient one time I would love to give Henry some cooking advice however that is the extent of my cooking abilities right there I would go and put some effort into something like that and end up eating peanuts and just feel like love me peanuts that's a great ending this next video is the biggest video about soup on YouTube with 24 million views it's called kid size cooking broccoli cheddar soup you try say frozen with no teeth oh this is cooking this is all one family hold on I can name these kids that's David that's Bryce Dakota Chaz on the real line I mean this is coming for me I'm allowed to say one other fluid looks gross it looked gross in the video I also make gross food so I understand sometimes something looks gross and it actually isn't gross but that soup looked nasty but then again all the other kids liked it they wouldn't lie to us would they this next one is the biggest pickle related video on Instagram with 15.6 million views caption the glowing pickle that's that's good sign is right that sparks are those sparks or is that pickle juice flying everywhere mesmerizing that pickle drip there's that pickle drip that's what the smoke is from the pickles dripping onto the battery and you're starting to to steam up that what's it smell like in there I wonder if pickle pickle essence fills the air you know what I won't wonder anymore I know what my plans are tonight I'm starting to think maybe I overthink my videos a little too much maybe they don't need to be as extravagant as they are I should probably just you know grab a pickle turn them into a battery film it with an iPhone on a tripod don't even need sound even the caption I don't even need to work that hard on a caption you know I'm definitely overthinking this game a whole bunch this is this is that type of pure effortless content just that's what we got here and that's they they're reaping the benefits of that you got cooking you got science you got the glowing pickle that's the trifecta right there this next one is the biggest video about salad with over 23 million views and this video is called Gordon Ramsay is stunned by farmed caviar and makes a lobster and caviar salad cooking is this still cooking or is he out of his element or is he just you see just talented on all these levels so yeah okay I think someone in history at one point in time did that and they're like y'all you got to try this coming come taste this someone like seeing ecology see those creatures out there suck on the bottom and drink everything that comes out yeah yeah swallow it suck on it and drink everything from that bag hanging underneath that animal trust me that's wild it's Gordon Ramsay like I guess if you're hunting sharks by hand and gutting them and pulling out the caviar you're allowed to yell at people in the kitchen if they're not making toast properly you learned yourself that ability I mean he's out here he is no people always at all we out here know he's out there he's actually out there and then he's in there he's in like that is that a shark is a shark he's in like shark operating room here pulling out caviar I get I guess now I know why it's expensive because there's just this whole operation that occurs you know what I mean supposedly all that caviar you looking at that's 10k $10,000 Gordon's gonna put on a salad and eat it that's very it's very baller very baller moved by him this is the biggest pizza related video on facebook called pizza pot pie with over 300 million views let's watch it together right now that pizza pop pie looks great I'm really I'm planning a trip what was that again but see Oh Chicago pizza and oven grinder Co that's not that that's the tomato sauce was cheese in him that's not secret tomato sauce I could see what's going on there you know what guys aside from this I'm going on an adventure myself a journey I'm gonna get that pizza Popeye that looks a real deal this is the biggest crepe related video on Facebook with over 92 million views it's called black and white Malay crepe ah one of these I know these we do these two now oh it's like a MILF a kind of bow with crepes yeah this is the best part this is look this is what we do it for baby oh that's why we do it that is good those videos the top down you sit there the whole time watching a top down just to get to that plume where they cut it in half or pull out a piece and yours oh I wonder if it's even good with over 18 million views on YouTube this is the biggest burrito related video called the 12 pound monster burrito see like I do this with my friends but we're like 25 people and then we all eat it he does this alone look how big he is and imagine that whole thing being inside his tummy oh I normally don't like talking about this while talking about food but think about the process after this it's got to come out of multiple places it can't come out of one spot I know it's a beautiful thing and it's very talented but we really truly black and white it something's wrong with this boy something's wrong with him he does have my respect though this is the biggest case of D of related video on Facebook with over 22 million views and it's called the giant quesadilla Big Mac every time I watch this I'm like I'm pretty sure we made this too and then I get all like defense on my Kunene at first honestly where my favorites royalty-free hip-hop track number 2786 love it sounds better than it looked and every component individually looked good but that right there that pull out I don't even want a bike yeah you know there's got to be there's got to be some respect for the ratio and it's so funny when I'm gonna sit here and talk about ratio like I haven't just completely obliterated and made disgusting meals for the past eight years of my life I think rather than having the quesadillas as the buns the Big Mac would be incorporated within the quesadilla itself you know the next video is my video the Epic Meal Time video fast food lasagna it's the most watched Epic Meal Time video on YouTube with over third million views let's see what let's see what it's all about so awkward it's actually awkward just watch yourself like this while people watch you watch yourself that's a big throwback to me I hadn't watched that in a long time what's so crazy about watching this because that's 2011 and now it's 2018 we have you know like pizza and a bag our own jerky available in every Walmart we've sold a cooking set since then a cookbook but I've been joking since the beginning and the fact that it's gone this far even like sitting here with this bowl of popcorn and I'm watching other stuff as if my opinion about food even matters is just insane cuz you know you've watched that and it's just like you know I'm just joking man thank you so much for watching guys I hope you had a great time this has been food Film School I'm Harley from Epic Meal Time and leave me some comments in the comment section give me something to read you knowwhat's up guys I'm Harley aka the south spouse from Epic Meal Time the dawn of dripping the Pharaoh of flavor that the Child Left ACOs the Jeff Goldblum of jamaican jerk chicken the Schwarzenegger of shawarma the supermarket superintendent and today we are reviewing some of the biggest food related videos on the internet for food film school all right first up this is the biggest french fry related video on YouTube with over 47 million views you know what it's called it's called love those curly fries I'm so shocked that out of all the research I do and all the video watching I do how did I not see this video with 47 million views so this goes hard that's not his house he's like that in front of a stranger's house right now isn't it you know what I actually I like regular fries better than curly fries but I like curly fries that much more now because of this video that's definitely add that video definitely makes me reconsider of my approach for making food videos on Epic Meal Time we mess with fries a lot maybe I should start serenading french fries grab a whole bunch of french fries throw them on a leash and walk them outside of a stranger it's huge magnificent home throwing some auto-tune and get 47 million views that's insane this is one of the biggest videos about any time chili with over 1.2 million views and it's called Henry's kitchen - how to make Henry's anytime chili for one and veggies now just stir it all up important when you're making dinner just for one to divide every ingredient one time I would love to give Henry some cooking advice however that is the extent of my cooking abilities right there I would go and put some effort into something like that and end up eating peanuts and just feel like love me peanuts that's a great ending this next video is the biggest video about soup on YouTube with 24 million views it's called kid size cooking broccoli cheddar soup you try say frozen with no teeth oh this is cooking this is all one family hold on I can name these kids that's David that's Bryce Dakota Chaz on the real line I mean this is coming for me I'm allowed to say one other fluid looks gross it looked gross in the video I also make gross food so I understand sometimes something looks gross and it actually isn't gross but that soup looked nasty but then again all the other kids liked it they wouldn't lie to us would they this next one is the biggest pickle related video on Instagram with 15.6 million views caption the glowing pickle that's that's good sign is right that sparks are those sparks or is that pickle juice flying everywhere mesmerizing that pickle drip there's that pickle drip that's what the smoke is from the pickles dripping onto the battery and you're starting to to steam up that what's it smell like in there I wonder if pickle pickle essence fills the air you know what I won't wonder anymore I know what my plans are tonight I'm starting to think maybe I overthink my videos a little too much maybe they don't need to be as extravagant as they are I should probably just you know grab a pickle turn them into a battery film it with an iPhone on a tripod don't even need sound even the caption I don't even need to work that hard on a caption you know I'm definitely overthinking this game a whole bunch this is this is that type of pure effortless content just that's what we got here and that's they they're reaping the benefits of that you got cooking you got science you got the glowing pickle that's the trifecta right there this next one is the biggest video about salad with over 23 million views and this video is called Gordon Ramsay is stunned by farmed caviar and makes a lobster and caviar salad cooking is this still cooking or is he out of his element or is he just you see just talented on all these levels so yeah okay I think someone in history at one point in time did that and they're like y'all you got to try this coming come taste this someone like seeing ecology see those creatures out there suck on the bottom and drink everything that comes out yeah yeah swallow it suck on it and drink everything from that bag hanging underneath that animal trust me that's wild it's Gordon Ramsay like I guess if you're hunting sharks by hand and gutting them and pulling out the caviar you're allowed to yell at people in the kitchen if they're not making toast properly you learned yourself that ability I mean he's out here he is no people always at all we out here know he's out there he's actually out there and then he's in there he's in like that is that a shark is a shark he's in like shark operating room here pulling out caviar I get I guess now I know why it's expensive because there's just this whole operation that occurs you know what I mean supposedly all that caviar you looking at that's 10k $10,000 Gordon's gonna put on a salad and eat it that's very it's very baller very baller moved by him this is the biggest pizza related video on facebook called pizza pot pie with over 300 million views let's watch it together right now that pizza pop pie looks great I'm really I'm planning a trip what was that again but see Oh Chicago pizza and oven grinder Co that's not that that's the tomato sauce was cheese in him that's not secret tomato sauce I could see what's going on there you know what guys aside from this I'm going on an adventure myself a journey I'm gonna get that pizza Popeye that looks a real deal this is the biggest crepe related video on Facebook with over 92 million views it's called black and white Malay crepe ah one of these I know these we do these two now oh it's like a MILF a kind of bow with crepes yeah this is the best part this is look this is what we do it for baby oh that's why we do it that is good those videos the top down you sit there the whole time watching a top down just to get to that plume where they cut it in half or pull out a piece and yours oh I wonder if it's even good with over 18 million views on YouTube this is the biggest burrito related video called the 12 pound monster burrito see like I do this with my friends but we're like 25 people and then we all eat it he does this alone look how big he is and imagine that whole thing being inside his tummy oh I normally don't like talking about this while talking about food but think about the process after this it's got to come out of multiple places it can't come out of one spot I know it's a beautiful thing and it's very talented but we really truly black and white it something's wrong with this boy something's wrong with him he does have my respect though this is the biggest case of D of related video on Facebook with over 22 million views and it's called the giant quesadilla Big Mac every time I watch this I'm like I'm pretty sure we made this too and then I get all like defense on my Kunene at first honestly where my favorites royalty-free hip-hop track number 2786 love it sounds better than it looked and every component individually looked good but that right there that pull out I don't even want a bike yeah you know there's got to be there's got to be some respect for the ratio and it's so funny when I'm gonna sit here and talk about ratio like I haven't just completely obliterated and made disgusting meals for the past eight years of my life I think rather than having the quesadillas as the buns the Big Mac would be incorporated within the quesadilla itself you know the next video is my video the Epic Meal Time video fast food lasagna it's the most watched Epic Meal Time video on YouTube with over third million views let's see what let's see what it's all about so awkward it's actually awkward just watch yourself like this while people watch you watch yourself that's a big throwback to me I hadn't watched that in a long time what's so crazy about watching this because that's 2011 and now it's 2018 we have you know like pizza and a bag our own jerky available in every Walmart we've sold a cooking set since then a cookbook but I've been joking since the beginning and the fact that it's gone this far even like sitting here with this bowl of popcorn and I'm watching other stuff as if my opinion about food even matters is just insane cuz you know you've watched that and it's just like you know I'm just joking man thank you so much for watching guys I hope you had a great time this has been food Film School I'm Harley from Epic Meal Time and leave me some comments in the comment section give me something to read you know\n"