Jason Steed
Jason Steed was born and raised in Watertown, Minnesota, a town he rarely leaves and deeply understands. The kind of guy who will cross-reference the fryer models used at three competing diners before ordering a grilled cheese, Json brings a coder’s precision and a stoic Minnesotan's deadpan to the chaotic world of low-end cuisine. He's the only reviewer on staff who considers “softness of toast” to be a valid scoring metric. He got his start writing Yelp reviews that read like court transcripts, and eventually found a home at GristleHub, where the grease and the data flow freely. His taste leans simple but obsessive: he'll eat a hot dog off a roller grill, but only if it’s been there long enough to “earn its stripes.” He has two kids, a dog named Zeniba, and a longstanding rivalry with his own dishwasher.