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The U.S. fast food chains serving up the largest portions

Qz ranked American fast food chains by portion size, though the reporting provides no specifics on which chains topped the list or by how much.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 11:48 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by qz.com: “The U.S. fast food chains serving up the largest portions”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 11:48 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.
Topics: US.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTeam coverage tonight on a developing portion crisis, because Qz has ranked the American fast food chains serving up the largest portions, and our fake live map is already mostly burger.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA ranking of portions. On the biggest night of the news cycle.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOur team of zero reporters has been monitoring this story all day, and they're already arguing whether a portion is a portion if nobody's there to eat it,
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe map is a placemat.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA very detailed placemat, Vera, with a dramatic recap, a countdown and a free refill of the coverage.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, I'm done. Fine, I'm leaving the pool report group chat, and Kenji, you can't add me back.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVera, that was the wrong chat, this one is the portion desk.