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Trying America’s most expensive menu items
Max compares pricey restaurant orders, from fast food to luxury steak, in a new taste test.
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Max the Meat Guy
Max Greb is the cook behind Max the Meat Guy, sharing steak experiments, barbecue recipes and food challenges while building MaxJerky and Island Tacos.
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Cooking animals with dangerous natural weapons
Rattlesnake, swordfish and shark are among the ingredients in Max’s latest cooking challenge.
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Putting iconic restaurant dishes head to head
Max tests familiar restaurant dishes, including the Big Mac, in a video built around American menu staples.
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Trying fans’ family recipes
Max tries recipes sent in by viewers, including old family concoctions and salads without vegetables.
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A Costco food ranking
The taste test ranges from Costco’s hot dog and rotisserie chicken to seafood salads, oven bakes and wagyu burgers.
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Overview
- Name
- Max Greb
- Work
- Cooking creator and food entrepreneur
- Started posting
- 2020
- Roots
- Backyard barbecue and homemade jerky
- Businesses
- MaxJerky and Island Taco Company
Known for
- I Cooked EVERY Character from Spongebob2026 · Creator and host
YouTube - How to Cook the Perfect Steak2026 · Creator and host
YouTube - Smoked Salmon Cinnamon Roll2020 · Recipe creator
Recipe - McCormickGrill Mates x Max The Meat Guy seasoning blends2024 · Collaborator
Mini bio
How it started.
Max’s interest grew through cooking for friends and weekend barbecues. A study abroad trip to Beijing with his friend Kyle in 2014 planted the idea for a jerky business. He stayed in China after graduating, working in financial services while developing recipes.
Becoming the Meat Guy.
After returning home in 2019 to visit his ill mother, Max was unable to return to China when the pandemic hit. He began filming his cooking in 2020 and found an audience online. His sister Sophia left investment banking to help build MaxtheMeatGuy.
From recipes to products.
MaxJerky’s official timeline dates its launch to April 2023. In 2024, Max collaborated with McCormick Grill Mates on three seasoning blends. He also co-founded Island Taco Company with Burton Young, turning an idea from a Key West fishing trip into taco kits.
Creditschronological, newest first
Food brands
- CurrentIsland Taco CompanyCo-founder and social media marketer
- 2024McCormick Grill Mates x Max The Meat GuySeasoning blend collaborator
- 2023MaxJerkyCo-founder
Video collaborations
- 2023Largest beef Wellington with Nick DiGiovanni and Gordon RamsayHelped build the dish alongside Guga Foods and The Golden Balance
Quotes
One big tip is to not let your equipment hold you back.Max Greb, Mashed interview
Advice for home grillers in the September 1, 2023 interview: https://www.mashed.com/1381855/max-the-meat-guy-labor-day-bbq-tips-interview/
Trivia
- MaxJerky’s official biography says Max began grilling at age six.
- He bought his first dehydrator in 2016 while developing jerky recipes in China.
- His smoked salmon cinnamon rolls use cream cheese filling, with versions featuring miso glaze and candied bacon or pecans.
- He helped make the 25.76 kg beef Wellington documented by Guinness World Records in 2023.
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