Potato Chip Taste Test - Plain

4-29-2008 @8:03PM David said... Sorry all you folks haven't tried Kitch'n Cook'd Maui Chips. The company will ship them direct, to help us addicts!
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5-04-2008 @2:13AM kathleen said... where the hell is TIM'S CASCADE?!?!?

D: those are so nice and crunchy!! shame that it wasn't included.
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4-30-2008 @12:05AM D. Gerbo said... YAY! An Arizona company is #1!! I live in Tucson and can vouch for the fact that Poore Brothers chips are incredibly good! Their Salt'n Vinegar chips will knock your socks off (and pucker your lips for half a day)! It's too bad that there seem to be geographical limitations to chip distribution but, honestly, that's probably what results in such very high quality.
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4-30-2008 @1:33AM Lunia said... I cannot believe you all didn't try Cape Cod chips! They are amazing!

On a side note someone also mentioned you didn't try Ms. Vicki's, which I think was also a mistake, but they are way overpriced anyway.
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5-06-2008 @12:16PM krissy said... NEW ENGLANDERS KNOW TRI SUM CHIPS ARE THE BEST!!! LOCAL, FRESH, AND NOW THAT I LIVE IN FLORIDA, I CAN STILL GET THEM THANKS TO MODERN TECHNOLOGY!!! I LOVE THE LONG HISTORY OF THIS PRODUCT AND THE LONG LIST OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT RUN THINGS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TOO!! MY WHOLE FAMILY EATS THESE CHIPS. I USED TO LUG THEM BACK FROM VACATIONS WITH ME IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. BY THE CASE TO FLORIDA, AND NEVER ONCE DID THEY GO STALE OR TASTE DIFFERENT WHEN I OPENED THE LAST BAG!! NOW I GIVE THEM AS GIFTS TO FRIENDS AND NATIVE FLORIDIANS WHO LOVE THEM TOO. CAPE COD CHIPS ARE GOOD TOO, BUT MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO HOMETOWN TRI-SUM!! TRY THEM, JUST GO TO THE WEB SITE AND GET A SAMPLE PACK.. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!
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4-30-2008 @9:26PM Moe said... Why wasn't Cape Cod on your list?? It definitely should've been. As well as Miss Vickie's...they're pretty amazing too. Maybe we'll see some Cape Cod on your flavored potato chip list?? I just tried their new flavor Cheddar Jack & Sour Cream and far surpassed any other flavored chip I've tried.
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5-02-2008 @9:17AM debi said... ROUTE 11 - the BEST!!!!!!
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5-02-2008 @11:06AM Ann said... I am glad to see that Utz is in your list twice although I have never seen either variety. However, my favorite is Utz Kettle Classic..so crunchy and full of flavor! They are a PA company so they have to be good!
Why do you say in your headlines that there will be a winner when there isn't?
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5-02-2008 @1:06PM nan said... As I counted down to the top chip, I kept thinking that my favorite, Cape Cod P.C.'s, was going to be #1. Wow--the fact that I didn't even see it in the TOP 15 meant, to me, that the test panel hadn't even tried them. Luckily, I saw the note that they would be "in the next batch of reviews". That reinstated my faith in your reviewers. Because once they try them, I'm sure they'll find them to be right up there with the best!
(I was certainly a little biased, since I took my kids to their factory to see how they were made--a cute little operation, but certainly no slouch!)

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5-04-2008 @12:54PM CoolBreeze said... Utz CRAB CHIPS. Everything else is garbage. Period.
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5-11-2008 @5:18PM Gail said... Cape Cod Potato Chips are the best; any of their great varities. Their reduced fat line is fabulous, potato-y, crunchy, light but substantial.
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5-11-2008 @7:57PM Katie Amon said... I can't believe that Herr's Potato Chips were not mentioned in this survey. They are made in Pennsylvania, and they are my favorite: salty and crip. They now make a variety of flavors too.
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5-12-2008 @11:34AM Kelli said... The Ballreich potatoe chips are by far the best chips I have ever had. A friend of mine brings them back from Tiffin, Ohio when she comes home. She always buys us 3 - 4 bags of chips. These chips are always perfect, never burnt. They are light and fluffy and have the best flavor of any chip. I am glad I can't buy them here or I would weight about 400 lbs.
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5-22-2008 @2:41PM Alan said... As I have not tried many of the brands that were sampled, I cannot say whether any one of apparently dozens of regional/local brands may or may not be superior to anything I know, but I am very surprised that Martin's Kettle-Cook'd chips did not make it to the top tier. Of all the potato chips I've ever eaten in my life, Martin's are the only ones that rose to the level of "addictive." I have tried a number of the chips on the top 15 list, and none come even close to that distinctive texture and flavor; most, in fact, disappoint.

But it's entirely possible that some chips only begin to shine once you've eaten a few batches, or sampled more that a few in succession.

As an illustration of just how good Martin's chips are, though they are made in Pennsylvania and only distributed within a fairly narrow area, the Publix supermarket manager for Tallahassee would send his own truck up to bring Martin's down (this was 20+ years ago; I don't know if Publix in Tallahassee still carries them). The sandwhich shop on the FSU campus would pile on a huge handful of these chips with each sandwich order, and it used to be a high point of my day to dive into them.

Still, as the saying goes, there's no accounting for taste, and different people will choose different foods (case in point: the commercial success of Subway's, which can't hold a candle to Jersey Mike's, at least in my not-terribly-humble opinion). Still, for true potato chip afficionados, Martin's Kettle-Cook'd chips are a treat you should actively seek out and enjoy.

Then get back to the gym to work off all those fat calories!
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5-23-2008 @11:21AM Beargoofy said... I WILL NEVER EAT UTZ POTATO CHIPS AGAIN! Literally the other day I opened a bag of regular flavored small UTZ POTATO CHIPS and there WAS A WOOD CHIP IN THE BAG!!! GROSS!!! I still have the bag as proof and am thinking of how to handle this situation in the most realistic and best way possible
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5-23-2008 @11:23AM Beargoofy said... I WILL NEVER EAT UTZ POTATO CHIPS AGAIN! Literally the other day I opened a bag of regular flavored small UTZ POTATO CHIPS and there WAS A WOOD CHIP IN THE BAG!!! GROSS!!! I still have the bag as proof and am thinking of how to handle this situation in the most realistic and best way possible


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5-23-2008 @11:22AM Naomi Rios said... You don't know great potato chips until you try Maui Potato Chips, from Maui, Hawaii.
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5-23-2008 @11:24AM Beargoofy said... I WILL NEVER EAT UTZ POTATO CHIPS AGAIN! Literally the other day I opened a bag of regular flavored small UTZ POTATO CHIPS and there WAS A WOOD CHIP IN THE BAG!!! GROSS!!! I still have the bag as proof and am thinking of how to handle this situation in the most realistic and best way possible


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5-23-2008 @11:25AM Beargoofy said... I WILL NEVER EAT UTZ POTATO CHIPS AGAIN! Literally the other day I opened a bag of regular flavored small UTZ POTATO CHIPS and there WAS A WOOD CHIP IN THE BAG!!! GROSS!!! I still have the bag as proof and am thinking of how to handle this situation in the most realistic and best way possible


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