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I wholly endorse Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, too, for giving a real boost to small family owned businesses, and Fieri usually seems genuinely enthusiastic about them. So I like that. I think he's good at that, despite his well known dudebro issues.

I've never been convinced that he's a good cook, though. With cooking shows on TV, there's always a sort of leap of faith you have to take. You know, you have to assume that the presenters are sincere about their appreciation of something, even if it doesn't look appealing or if it's a strange combo and you can't figure out how it works. But I can never manage that leap when Fieri is cooking. Most of what he makes looks just gimmicky and sometimes pretty gross.