MDFoodieBoyz

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About

MDFoodieBoyz, or MD Foodie Boyz, refers to a podcast featuring four teenage boys from Maryland — nicknamed Chub Perm, Nonchalant Kid, No Name and McLovin — who discuss food. They post clips to TikTok and Instagram Reels. Their podcast clips went viral because of their vapid discussions that lacked substance and nuance. The criticism was often related to their young age between Gen Z and Gen Alpha. They were given their nicknames by viewers based on their appearances. For instace, Chub Perm was given the nickname because of his heavyset weight and Zoomer Perm haircut. Nonchalant Kid was given the nickname based on the Nonchalant Dreadhead meme. McLovin was a reference to the Superbad character of the same name. MDFoodieBoyz gained traction in early 2025 and amassed parodies and memes en masse.

History

On October 21st, 2024, the MDFoodieBoyz TikTok^[3] account shared its first post which was a photo announcing that the podcast was coming soon. On November 1st, the MDFoodieBoyz Instagram^[1] account shared its first post, showing the boys in a podcast studio with Instagram Story text reading, "Coming soon."

On December 3rd, 2024, the MDFoodieBoyz posted their first full-length podcast episode to YouTube,^[6] receiving over 9,000 views in two months (shown below).

On December 20th, the MDFoodieBoyz posted a Reel on Instagram^[2] that was the page's first. The clip showed the boys discussing celery having zero calories in their first episode. Over two months, it received over 150,100 likes. The video was also shared on their TikTok^[4] on the same day (shown below).

In the comments of the abovementioned Reel,^[2] some Instagram users commented GIFs of McLovin from Superbad. On their second Reel,^[5] top comments called the kid in a Nike Tech "Nonchalant." In the following weeks, commenters began calling the third boy Chub Perm.

Their Reels continued to go viral in 2025, like on January 1st, MDFoodieBoyz shared a clip to Instagram^[7] of them discussing the Chick-fil-A sandwich, receiving over 133,400 likes in a month. The same clip was posted to TikTok^[8] on January 5th (shown below).

On January 21st, MDFoodieBoyz shared the second episode of their podcast to YouTube,^[9] receiving over 4,400 views in a month (shown below).

Online Reaction

On January 10th, 2025, Instagram^[10] user @clipmodego reposted one of the MDFoodieBoyz' Reels,^[7] gaining over 2,100 likes in a month.

On January 15th, Barstool Sports employee Kevin Clancey posted a Reel^[11] about the MDFoodieBoyz, gaining over 5,300 likes in a month (shown below).

On February 12th, 2025, the Talking Talk Tuah podcast posted an Instagram Reel^[12] breaking down a moment during the MDFoodieBoyz' pilot episode, receiving over 37,200 likes in a day. They posted the same video to TikTok^[13] on the day, receiving over 15,100 likes (shown below).