The packaged goods taste-off started with a bang. The Twinkie competed with the Ho-Ho and the Sno-Ball to move on to the semi-finals.
| Criteria | Twinkies | Ho-Hos | Sno-Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Taste | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Consistency | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Filling:Treat Ratio | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 16 | 11 |
Sorry Twinkies fans, but the Twinkie got sent back to its own planet. The Ho-Ho moves on to the next round.
Quote du taste-off: "[Sno-Balls] are like mopeds. It's fun, until your friends see you on it."
Next week the Hostess Cupcake faces off against the Yankee Doodle and the Chocodile!
We took a week off in order to plan the next phase of the events. Our original schedule is out the window, so please ignore it. Instead we are moving onto a packaged goods elimination taste-off. We have seeded the Hostess and Drake's contenders and set up a schedule for quarter-finals, semi-finals, and then a championship round.
The seeds:
For the quarter finals, seeds 1, 8, and 12 will face off in Week 1, followed by seeds 2, 7, and 11 in Week 2; seeds 3, 6, and 10 in Week 3; ending with seeds 4, 5, and 9 in Week 4.
The semi-finals will consist of the winners of Weeks 1 and 3 facing off, followed by a competition between the winners of Weeks 2 and 4. After that, the championship round shall commence.
Gentlemen, let the tasting begin!
It was an exciting week in donutdom, as the winners of the prior week's competitions faced off for Best in Show. Everybody ranked their 3 favorites out of the 5 winners, with 1st place getting a 3 point weighting, 2nd place getting 2 points, and 3rd getting 1.
And the winner is... The Dunkin Donuts Boston Kreme donut (to just about no one's surprise). 6 of the 8 judges voted for it as their 1st place winner, so it easily takes Best in Show with 18 points.
First runner-up went to the Dunkin Donuts Jelly. It got one vote for 1st place, 3 for 2nd, and 2 for 3rd, so it gets first runner-up with 11 total points.
Second runner-up was a surprise - the Krispy Kreme Chocolate Glazed donut. Many were expecting the regular Krispy Kreme glazed to make a higher showing, but the chocolate glazed capture 3 2nd place votes and 1 3rd place vote, squeaking into second runner-up status with 7 points.
The Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Iced donut and the Krispy Kreme Glazed both received a mere 6 points, although not one person voted for the Krispy Kreme Glazed for 1st place (1 voted for the Iced for 1st place). The Glazed did get 2 2nd place votes and 2 3rd place votes, while the Iced received no 2nd place votes, but 3 3rd place votes.
All in all a tasty experience.
Krispy Kreme barely even showed up to play in the iced donut category.
| Criteria | Krispy Kreme | Dunkin Donut |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation | 0 | 10 |
| Donut Taste | 1 | 9 |
| Consistency | 1 | 9 |
| Donut/Icing Ratio | 3 | 7 |
| Totals | 5 | 35 |
Dunkin Donuts wins with a 7:1 ratio.
Not surprisingly, Krispy Kreme has won the straight-up glazed category. The glazed donut is its strength. However, Dunkin Donuts made a better showing than might have been suspected. Most surprising was that Dunkin Donuts took the donut taste category, although it lost all others.
| Criteria | Krispy Kreme | Dunkin Donut |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation | 9 | 2 |
| Donut Taste | 2 | 9 |
| Glaze | 9 | 2 |
| Donut/Glaze Ratio | 8 | 3 |
| Totals | 28 | 16 |
Krispy Kreme wins with a 1.75:1 ratio. Not quite the landslide.
Quote du taste off: "Does that thing even have glaze on it?"