Demetrius Brown

Jamaican beef patties are not American food, despite the cuisine tag, and Demetrius Brown is not interested in pretending otherwise. He cooks at Bread & Butterfly and Heritage in Atlanta, where the patty is treated with the seriousness of a French pâté en croûte — because that, structurally, is what it is.

Bobby's patty, per the broadcast, had filling that was "a little tight." Tight filling means it was overcooked before it hit the pastry, which means it dried further inside the dough, which means the bite was crumbly instead of giving. Brown's was loose, almost juicy. The turmeric in his dough was a real yellow, not the orange-tinted yellow you get when you cut corners with annatto. Small choice. Visible plate.