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Something’s Burning: Track and Field and Football with RG3 + Grete Griffin | S5 E3
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
NFL Rookie of the Year (2012) Robert Griffin III and his just-as-impressively-athletic wife, Grete, stop by the New Orleans kitchen to chat about heptathlons, plaits vs braids, and being overprepared. Plus, I’m experimenting with upside-down cooking… and it goes as well as can be expected. Follow Robert Griffin III: https://www.instagram.com/rgiii Follow Grete Griffin: https://www.instagram.com/gretegiii This episode is brought to you by Graza. Head to https://Graza.co and use BURNING to get 10% off of TRIO which includes Sizzle, Frizzle and Drizzle, and get to cookin’ your next chef-quality meal! This episode is brought to you by Factor. Eat smart with Factor. Get started at https://FACTORMEALS.com/FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video https://bit.ly/3DC1ICg Double Down Las Vegas March 21 and 22 https://www.axs.com/series/25430/bert-kreischer-artist Register to join us in Tampa, FL (or virtually) for the 2 Bears, 5K on May 4, 2025! https://www.2bears5k.com For upcoming TOUR DATES: http://www.bertbertbert.com/tour Catch me on NETFLIX For all things BERTY BOY PRODUCTIONS: https://bertyboyproductions.com For MERCH: https://store.bertbertbert.com/ Follow Me! X: http://www.Twitter.com/bertkreischer Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/BertKreischer Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/bertkreischer YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/user/Akreischer TikTok: http://www.TikTok.com/@bertkreischer Threads: https://www.threads.net/@bertkreischer Text Me: https://my.community.com/bertkreischer Upside-Down Deep Dish Pizza, Garlic Knots + Beer Cheese Upside-down pizza: * 1 pizza dough * Red onion * EVOO * Spicy sausage * Pepperoni * Garlic * Marinara sauce * Garlic butter * Mushrooms * Green pepper * Sliced mozzarella cheese Steps: 1. Heat oven to 400°. 2. Cook sausage and onion in deep pan. 3. Add desired toppings to pan. 4. Pour sauce over toppings, the lay sliced cheese to cover. 5. Top with crust; drizzle olive oil and garlic butter over. 6. Cook for 35 min, until the dough is golden brown. 7. Take out of oven, allow to rest and set-- then flip and serve Garlic Knots: * 1 1/3 cups warm water * 2 ¼ tsp Platinum instant yeast * 1 TBS granulated sugar * 3 TBS olive oil * 1 tsp salt * ½ tsp garlic powder * 3 ½ cups flour * 5 TBS unsalted butter, melted * 3 garlic cloves, minced * 1 tsp Italian seasoning * ¼ tsp salt * ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese * 2 TBS chopped fresh parsley * Marinara Sauce Steps: 1. Whisk warm water, yeast and sugar; let sit and rest while covered for 5 min. 2. Add olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and half of the flour. 3. Mix; add remaining flour, then mix again. 4. Knead the dough on a floured surface. 5. Grease a large bowl with oil and place dough into bowl, turning it to cover all sides of the dough in the oil. Cover bowl and let sit for 1 hour to let rise. When dough is ready, punch it down to release the air. 6. Preheat oven to 400°. 7. Shape dough into knots and arrange on cooking sheets. 8. Let sit an additional 30 minutes before baking. 9. Melt butter then add garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt. 10. 10.Brush top of the knots with seasoned butter; bake for 20 min. 11. 11.Remove; brush with the remaining butter mix + sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley. Beer Cheese: * 4 TBS unsalted butter * 6 TBS flour * 1 ½ cups half and half * 1 1/3 cup Guinness * 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce * Good squeeze of Dijon mustard * 1 tsp garlic powder * ½ tsp smoked paprika * ½ tsp salt * 5 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese Steps: 1. Melt butter in pan, then add in flour mixing well. 2. Slowly whisk in milk, whisk until it thickens slightly. 3. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are garlic knots and how are they made?
And it's wildly popular.
It is.
I mean, and you know, I got to be honest with you, like, I remember... I'm the kind of guy, like, if I don't know you that well, I'm not going to your funeral, right? So, like, that's the way it works. But I'm that way also with, like, media. Like, when they came to me and they're like, you know, you need to start playing video games and streaming. They're making great money.
I was like, dude, I'm not going to disrespect the guys. This is their passion.
Yeah.
And I was like, yeah, I can play video games and get high.
And that would be a hit. It's just going to be a hit. Do you play video games? Yes, I do. What do you play? Madden. I'm more of a RPG game guy, though. What's RPG you? Dragon Age Origins.
RPG, what is that? Mission.
It's a role-playing game.
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Chapter 2: What is upside-down pizza and how is it prepared?
Hey, we got to move faster, guys. I'm already on Instagram. If it was going to take this long, am I making something? Yeah, I think you're supposed to be making something. I think I have something in the oven.
No, no, no, that's for me. Oh, that's you? Yeah.
No, here's what we're making, you guys, okay? We are making you garlic knots with a beer dip cheese. It's really good.
Okay.
And then I am making you, this is what I'm so excited. By the way, I am 100% keto. Not really, but lately. What? 90%. Like 90% keto. 90% keto unless I'm drunk and then I'm here. Keto adjacent. Keto adjacent.
He's keto adjacent.
Keto adjacent. Yeah. And so we're going to make an upside down pizza.
Oh, okay. I know, I can't wait to see it.
You put all the ingredients in the pan and you build it from the top up. So then the top is going to be awesome. I'm so excited to make this.
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Chapter 3: How did RG3 and Grete meet?
What south are you guys from?
I'm from Georgia. We had three yesterday. I'm from a real small town in Georgia, like 1,600 people.
Do you need help? What was all this for?
This is extra. This is topping stuff.
Oh, for real?
It was for the aesthetics.
They're not pretty.
You're just making four? The knots.
Yeah, I'm just making four. No, I'm not done yet.
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Chapter 4: What is a heptathlon and what events does it include?
Oh.
Oh my God.
Stupid. Am I y'all's black friend for the day?
Uh, yeah.
You're my black friend every day.
Every day. Black friend every day. Do you introduce them that way? I'd like you to meet my black husband. I said, I was saying, I got to say it again. I was like, is my face red? And they're like, it's very red. I go, we're going to look like Neapolitan ice cream.
Oh my God. That's good ice cream, guys. It's the best ice cream. A little bit of everything, right? A little bit of everything in that ice cream.
There's different shades.
What's like an Estonian dish, like a popular dish?
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Chapter 5: What are the differences between plaits and braids?
It's got chocolate on it, raspberries, sour cream.
It's a very, very simple cake. Main ingredient is sour cream.
Sounds good to me. By the way, I'm an eater. Me too. We could not tell that.
So messed up. He's great.
He's an indulger. He looks great. We were on Netflix together with the Christmas Day broadcast.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's right.
I was in studio watching your belly. It was phenomenal.
You were the only one. Phenomenal bod. Do you know the drama you caused? What drama did I cause? I was in the booth. I don't know if this ever got to you. Oh, it did not? You were the only one that came dressed in wardrobe.
Yes, that is true.
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Chapter 6: What unique Estonian dishes are discussed?
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
They say, nah, nah, nah.
Sorry to interrupt you about track and field, but... No, I wasn't saying anything.
So I'm assuming you came to FSU for track and field. Yes. Yes, right.
That's got to be crazy culture shock.
Oh, absolutely.
Tell them the story of how you got there.
To Florida State?
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Chapter 7: How does family life change with kids?
I love that she really doesn't do the math sometimes in these questions.
But, you know, it was. It's a real question. It's a real question, and the answer is exactly what you got to. It was just a bad experience.
A bad experience, right?
A bad experience, and you feel like you give everything to somebody, and you want that back. And when you don't get that, it can kind of crush you. I also believe that some of the biggest players in the world, not football players, but guys that are like, you know,
Yeah, players.
Players, you know, playa, playa, all that, were once good guys that got messed over by somebody so badly that they were like, I am never letting this happen to me again. And she saved me from that. And when you're a pro athlete and you have an opportunity to kind of just go out there and do whatever, it can be detrimental not only to your life, but also your mental health.
She saved me from from going through that.
So when did you meet her in my journey?
Yeah. So 2016, I was in a really I don't ever think I was depressed, but I was in a really bad part of my career being in Washington. I didn't play that year in 2015 at all.
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Chapter 8: What are the benefits of using Graza olive oil?
I just want you guys to see.
Wait, hold on. I learned shmell yesterday. I didn't know what that was.
I want you to see where we are. We've got sausage in here. We've got peppers. We've got onions. We've got garlic. We've got mushrooms. Then we've got a layer of mozzarella. And now I've put the cheese on. And now I'm going to put the dough on top of that, put it in the oven. And then I'm going to take it and do a flip. And it's just going to fucking pour everywhere.
This is going to be fucking nice shit.
All right, ACLs. I think it was a massive shock to Robert when he first tore his ACL because he had never had an injury before. I've had injuries my whole life. Oh, really? Yes. So when I tore my ACL, I just knew, oh, it's just another injury. I'll get over it. It'll be fine. Right. Robert was like, Maggie, life is over. My career is over. God, why did you do that to me?
Yeah, because I tore mine first in 2009, so... When we tore ours within a month or a couple weeks of each other, it was my second one. I tore my ACL first in college, and a lot of people don't remember that.
I did not know that. Same one?
Yeah, same one. I tore it in 2009. I played four games in 2009 at Baylor, and then I missed the rest of the season. Came back the next year, and then the year after that, we won the Heisman. So I had already been through it, but just talk about your experience of coming back from the injury.
Yeah, it's mentally the toughest. You know, your body, you'll recover. You do your rehab, whatever, you'll recover. It's mentally tough. I tore mine long jumping. So coach says, all right, let's do it one more time. Last one, we'll go home. I run down the runway. I know.
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