--- title: "7 Kitchen Quotes By Alton Brown" description: "7 Kitchen quotes by Alton Brown. Plus more from Alton Brown and more Kitchen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/alton-brown-3699_charcoal_culinary-tradition-is-not-always-based-o_80541.png" --- > [Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/culinary-tradition-is-not-always-based-on-fact-sometimes-it-s-based/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/alton-brown-3699_charcoal_culinary-tradition-is-not-always-based-o_80541.png) > [The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/the-kitchen-s-a-laboratory-and-everything-that-happens-there-has-to/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/alton-brown-3699_artistry_the-kitchen-s-a-laboratory-and-everythin_155408.jpg) > [I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-m-not-a-slave-driver-or-a-yeller-i-was-yelled-at-in-kitchens-and/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/alton-brown-3699_drivers_i-m-not-a-slave-driver-or-a-yeller-i-was_223555.png) > [Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/now-my-wife-may-think-she-s-locked-me-out-of-the-kitchen-but-macgyver/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/alton-brown-3699_kitchen_now-my-wife-may-think-she-s-locked-me-ou_1527303.png) > [The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/the-only-unitasker-allowed-in-my-kitchen-is-a-fire-extinguisher/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/alton-brown-3699_fire_the-only-unitasker-allowed-in-my-kitchen_2148780.png) > [I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-keep-the-thundercats-thermos-safely-in-the-kitchen/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/alton-brown-3699_food_i-keep-the-thundercats-thermos-safely-in_2369414.png) > [For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/for-me-it-was-kind-of-like-going-into-the-military-or-something-and/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/alton-brown-3699_about_for-me-it-was-kind-of-like-going-into-th_2648788.png) ## Other authors on Kitchen ## More by Alton Brown > [My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/my-feeling-has-always-been-that-good-eats-would-have-never-happened/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/culinary-tradition-is-not-always-based-on-fact-sometimes-it-s-based/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-grill-almost-all-of-my-fish-with-the-skin-on-because-that-gives-you/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-like-television-i-still-believe-that-television-is-the-most/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [Remember, America: organization will set you free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/remember-america-organization-will-set-you-free/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I do know I'm a control freak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-do-know-i-m-a-control-freak/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes, there's artistry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/the-kitchen-s-a-laboratory-and-everything-that-happens-there-has-to/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-m-not-a-slave-driver-or-a-yeller-i-was-yelled-at-in-kitchens-and/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-m-prickly-i-fuss-over-every-single-detail/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/you-don-t-want-flame-to-hit-your-food-flame-is-bad-flame-does-nasty/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-have-nothing-but-sympathy-for-the-people-who-are-forced-to-work/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/very-good-cooks-who-are-employed-as-chefs-rarely-refer-to-themselves/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [What tends to happen is that people will go - they've got hot broth, you know, they've added some liquid to their drippings, they've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/what-tends-to-happen-is-that-people-will-go-they-ve-got-hot-broth-you/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [A pie dough comes together exactly like a biscuit only there is very, very little liquid and no leavening involved. Other than that, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/a-pie-dough-comes-together-exactly-like-a-biscuit-only-there-is-very/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/good-service-can-save-a-bad-meal-but-there-is-no-level-of-food-that/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kitchen/alton-brown/#itemlist", "name": "7 Kitchen Quotes By Alton Brown", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. 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