That pig just peed on
that other pig's face.
Literally just peed
right on his face.
Pig problems, epic.
Look at him right now.
This is why it's epic.
Vegas is known for
its highs and lows.
Get rich, go broke.
But food is where
the extremes
are most noticeable.
God damn.
To stand out
in this town,
you gotta push
them boundaries.
Let's go put the south
in the mouth.
Best top 20 in
the country,
number 1 in Vegas, right?
Hell, yeah.
But it's also the land
of the buffet.
Mass produced food
offered on the cheap.
Here in this town,
There's a food for
every face.
I want to see
what it takes to
create a high-end buffet.
So, I'm heading 30
minutes west of the Strip
to check out
Feast Buffet.
First rule in Vegas,
if you follow the locals,
you end up at the best
spots to eat.
If you guys can describe
one food that represents
Las Vegas what do you
think it would be?
Doughnuts.
Doughnuts?
That's
your favorite food?
So this place is perfect.
Crab legs.
Everyone loves crab legs.
Pasta.
Yeah.
Good answer..
My thing is buffet
when you say
buffet that's Las Vegas
Besides Las Vegas.
This is the go-to
place when you're in
the neighborhood,
it's best buffet ever.
Do you came to
these often?
Every day.
Every day you come here?
I live right
around the corner.
Oh wow, so this is
definitely the home.
That guy said he's been
coming here, him and
his wife, every single
day since 2006.
Mad respect, my man.
Do you guys always
clean your plate?
Oh yeah.
Yeah, I try to.
I clean my plate.
Let me tell you,
you won't see anything on
my plate when I'm done.
I have already
finished two plates.
This is my third one.
I leave stuff.
Yeah.
I'm guilty.
Well, thank you so
much, my friend,
and enjoy your meal.
Absolutely.
Thank you again.
So the locals were tight.
I'm gonna meet up
with the chef.
He's gonna take us into
the kitchen and show us
how he runs one of the
biggest buffets in Vegas.
How's it going?
Braden.
Great, John.
Nice to meet you.
Oh yeah.
So please, explain to me,
what's your job
title here?
Well, I'm the assistant
executive chef for
Red Rock, so a large part
of that includes taking
care of the Feast Buffet
we have here, so.
Which, it's quite massive
We serve
right around 200 hot
dishes at any given time,
for breakfast,
lunch or dinner,
in addition to about
70 to 80 cold dishes.
So it's a lot.
Do you think maybe we
can get a tour around?
Yeah, absolutely,
let's go check it out.
Perfect, let's do this.
This is the main
kitchen for
our Feast Buffet, it's
a pretty large space.
And this is really where
it all starts here in
this hallway is where
we receive all of our
product each morning.
All of our produce is
fresh, we prepare it for
service every day, today
the guys are working on
some fresh broccoli and
some fresh
brussels sprouts.
Those are gonna be
served today for
lunch in just
a few minutes.
Can't get any
fresher than that.
There is ten different
walk-ins and coolers.
Five different dry
storage areas, this being
one of the larger ones
with all of our pastas,
herbs and spices,
down here.
Whoa.
Yeah.
This is really where
we keep everything
a day ahead.
Like I said,everything
is made from scratch.
There's no frozen, out of
the can product in here.
It's all sauces soups and
stocks that are made
from scratch each day.
When we were kids,
we never really grew up
with buffets you know?
We were around them so
much.
Meeting people like
you and seeing this,
now I just want to come
to them all the time,
because I see how
fresh you guys actually
make it everyday.
I always had this image
in my head that buffets
were like just a whole
bunch of food just thrown
out there real fast and
whatever, and
I see that you guys
are not like that at all.
Matt, thank you so much.
Absolutely.
Seems you have
a beautiful,
beautiful place.
Yep.
But now it's time for me
to literally go try some
of that food up front.
Go, get out there,
enjoy it all.
Wow, that's damn
good turkey.
I got a little bit
of pulled pork,
with some turkey,
some mashed potatoes,
a slice of pepperoni
pizza, chicken, sausage.
And some type of
white wine spaghetti,
broccoli, carrots.
We've been to
a lot of buffets,
we've been to
a lot things.
Every single person that
we've talked to here
today is a local.
Torres can go fuck
with all them other
spots all they want.
This is the best
buffet in town.
And if all the locals
believe it,
then it must be.You
know what I mean?
Because they have
the option to go to
all these places
everyday and they don't.
Everything tastes
perfect.
You know what I mean?
Buffet food is 100.
But there is
a lot of waste.
I'm headed 20 minutes
north to Bob Combes pig
farm where every day they
collect old buffet scraps
and turn that shit
into pig food.
Oh, kinda has that
good smell back here.
I'm meeting up with
Michael and he's gonna
show me the first
step in this process.
We're gonna come
over here and
see the sorting process.
And this is,
Sorting of all the food.
All the buffet foods.
>From different hotels.
How much bacon and
pig is actually in there
that the pigs eat?
Oh.
I'd say quite a bit.
You know.
I can't give you
an estimate on that.
That is
Pretty rad and
then you just sell
them right back?
Yeah yeah it's kind
of like we move
on in the process.
Should we get
get into this?
Yes
This is one of the most
horrifying sights I
think I've ever seen.
Thank you.
We aim to please
Oh my gosh.
So much waste from
these casinos.
Right, look at all that.
Oh Shit.
Oh, it smells so gnarly.
And then once it's
all in this thing.
Then what happens?
Then the fun begins.
I guess excited.
Does this smell
ever bother you?
No?
You just get used to it?
How?
[COUGHING].
This is definitely,
definitely the nastiest
thing in my entire life.
Wow this is gnarly.
Starbucks.
I think that's
a condom again.
Halibut.
Get out of here.
All right.
I don't know how much
longer I can do this.
If only you on the other
side of the world could
tell what that
really smells like.
That's pretty
much the smell of
death right there.
It's rotting every
type of food,
meat, things, I found
suntan lotion I found
a brand new coca-cola
still not opened yet.
There was a whole
thing we found,
we picked it up.
A bag and
it was all ribs.
We just put it on
the conveyor belt and
it just went up like,
later pig,
go eat that pig.
All just food.
Alright, well I've gotta
get out of this area.
How's it going,
Bob Brayden.
Fine you.
Nice to meet you.
We believe in the three
r's right, reduce,
reuse and recycle.
In general Americans
are blessed.
Our nation is here, the
location on the globe,
on earth, we have a good
fine soil to be able to
produce much of our
own food all the time.
And so when you have a
lot of stuff people have
a tendency to
get wasteful and
throw it away
they've got so much.
Las Vegas is famous for
the buffets, and they
make very good buffets
which you've
seen yourself.
I've seen it.
People stuff theirselves
you know, and
some take on,
put on more food on their
plate then they
can consume.
And that gets
thrown away.
Yeah.
And we pay to bring it
out here and process it.
It's always good
to give back.
You know what I mean?
Amen.
Especially to such
a gorgeous city.
Okay, what you're looking
at here is processed food
scraps.
All this has been
brought to a boil
which sterilizes it.
Aw, there's
a bird in there.
Oh well you better go
get cleaned up for
springtime.
He's got his belly full.
That was amazing.
[BANJO TWANG]
Not that bad!
He actually kind
of said it,
he goes it's kind of
really sickening to say,
but by day two or
three after it's been
processed, it almost
smells like a stew.
Not bad.
Come and get it!
Very good, well you
handle it like a pro.
Let's do this, fatties.
What's the difference
between the brown ones
and the white ones?
Is there a difference
in taste?
It's not like brown eggs.
This is what it is,
you know what I mean?
They ate everything but
the rubber glove.
So, none of these
pigs are aggressive,
like this gigantic mom,
is she mean at all?
Well, if they are they
end up in sausage.
Oh, come here buddy.
Whoa, little dude, this
is the runt right here.
This is,
I want to name you Igor.
Cuz he just looks like
a little weird eagle type
situation.
All right,
get back in there.
Go find your mom.
All right, Braydon,
It's a pleasure
I give this to you
because you've earned it.
Boy, because you're
on your way to
being a hog farmer.
Oh, amazing.
So, here's a sample of
some of our product.
Perfect.
So, this is sausage?
For your hard labor
that's some sausage.
Some of that we
made ourself.
My sons won't tell me all
the sage they put into it
or whatever.
Wow.
That is fantastic.
It's the best
sausage I've
ever had in my life and
it's.
The freshness,
meat, is insane.
That sounds so wrong,
everything, but it's not.
It was perfect.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Thank you for coming.
It was one amazing,
amazing day.
I'm psyched that now that
we literally got to do
that and see everything
that there is to
raising a pig, having a
pig and it's rad because
we get to go to rolling
smoke barbecue and
I've heard that they
have the best pretty much
barbecue in definitely
all of Las Vegas but I'm
just hyped because now I
actually get to taste.
What a pig tastes like,
and I heard that they
buy a lot of their
pigs from that place.
After a 30-minute drive
back towards the strip,
I'm at Rollin Smoke
Barbeque, but
before I swine and
dine, Gussy's gonna give
me some background on how
all this Business
got started.
Well brother, we got
started on the side
of the road man.
We sold three sandwiches
the first day,
the second day
we sold seven.
We're like whoop,
seven sandwiches,
that's double baby.
And so after that,
next thing you know
we're selling out.
Then people really
enjoyed the food, and
boom, here we are today.
Nice.
Were you born and
raised in Los Vegas or
you guys bring this
recipe from
somewhere else?
I was born and
raised in Arkansas baby.
Oh nice.
Pig suey baby.
That's where it would
come from, hell yeah.
That's right man.
A lot of people
get these fancy
billboards or whatever.
I say you get
on Highland,
roll down the window,
stick your head out,
you'll find us.
Exactly.
This is one of our
smokers right here.
This is pulled pork.
That is insane.
Yeah, there's no
doubt about it man.
You can see is nice
marveling right there.
It takes anywhere between
15 to 16 hours to smoke
bro, and that's the only
way you're gonna get that
succulent juicy product.
All right Braden, so
this is where a lot
of the magic happens.
This is called
my black box,
now it goes through
a lot of smoke.
That works.
Wow.
Right here, brother.
This is a pork
shoulder butt.
That's my shit
right there.
Yeah brother.
That is literally
my shit.
That's it bro.
We're southern
barbecue so
we like that heavy smoke.
I want you to be
able to taste it.
Damn right.
You walk in the building,
you can smell it,
then you can taste it.
I mean it's just
delicious bro..
This is the definition
of America right here.
Why I love this country.
You got it bro.
I'm starving now.
This has officially
done it.
All right Brayden let's
go make it happen.
All right.
Let's go put
the south in the mouth.
All right, all right,
see what we got here.
So we're gonna try to
build a fire right
here on this side.
Okay.
It's gonna
be indirect heat.
I love this smell.
I hope I smell like
it for a month.
I think you will, bro.
It's so amazing.
We're totally indirect,
low and slow.
All you wanna do is stay
around 2:25, 2:50 and
you'll come out with
pretty much an awesome
product every time.
Yes sir, right there.
There it is
Oh yeah, look at that.
You see it brother.
That's it.
That's the key man.
I'm gonna let my
brother slice and
dice it for you.
You're gonna try
a piece of this meat.
Let's do this.
Do it brother.
It just goes right
through it like that.
Like butter, baby!
Look at the juiciness
of that.
I was thinking
about that brother.
Oh my God, brother.
That's like beyond words.
That's top 20
in the country,
number 1 in Vegas, right?
Oh yeah.
Number 1 in my world
right here.
What's up, baby?
Need a wet drink?
There you go.
What's
going on at this one?
We've got some
more briskets,
some more porks.
I mean it just
falls apart.
Oh yeah, baby.
Let's do this.
Is that awesome?
Oh yeah, baby.
Is it weird that
I actually got
chills right now?
Like I actually
got goosebumps.
That's it, baby.
Protocol here,
Rolling Smoke.
I like that.
Any time that
food can give
you goosebumps you
know you nailed it.
Awesome.
Here you are bro, this
is what it's all about,
American dream.
Holy shit.
It's a vampire
killing kit.
This is definitely
my kind of stuff.
Oh my God.
Everybody
Here we go, that's what
I'm talking about.
I don't give a fuck,
I feel great
