Andy Cooks tackles lechon, with viewers comparing notes on crispy skin

Six new uploads also take in a world pizza ranking, pancakes and chicken cooked with beef fat.

Channel: Andy Cooks Story of October 19, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Join me as I learn to master Lechon 🇵🇭🐖

"Join me as I learn to master Lechon 🇵🇭🐖" makes the learning part explicit. Andy Cooks' Filipino roast-pig upload is the week's biggest new draw, reaching roughly 1.6 million views, and its comments have become a discussion of how to get the skin right.

Viewers offer theories about charcoal placement, distance from the heat and drying the skin before roasting. Several specifically single out Andy's willingness to show an attempt that wasn't quite where he wanted it. These are viewers' suggestions, rather than a settled diagnosis, but they give the upload the feel of cooks comparing notes rather than simply admiring dinner.

The rest of the week's menu moves between practical questions and a much broader tasting project. "Less fat = better pancakes 🥞" had the strongest first-day start among the new uploads with a full day's views available. The newest chicken upload asks about poaching in beef fat before roasting; it is already drawing daily views at almost the same pace as lechon.

Then there's "Ranking The 10 Best Pizzas From Around The World," a Gozney-sponsored video spanning New York, São Paulo, Detroit, Chicago and more, with Argentine fugazza and calzone toward the end. A separate fugazza upload gives that part of the pizza itinerary another outing.

Across the channel, the week added about 12 million views while the subscriber count remained unchanged. Daily viewing is currently above Andy's usual level. Among nearby food channels, Nick's Kitchen had a particularly strong week for subscriber growth, while BeardMeatsFood also drew substantial weekly viewing. For Andy, the most active uploads are firmly rooted in this week's cooking: lechon, chicken and pancakes.

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The videos drawing views on Andy Cooks right now

What’s the secret to better cooking? 🧑‍🍳806,028 views · 2026-10-12 Less fat = better pancakes 🥞705,354 views · 2026-10-17 Ranking The 10 Best Pizzas From Around The World542,883 views · 2026-10-15 Should we be poaching of roast chicken in beef fat first?307,004 views · 2026-10-18 Fugazza with @gozney Arc XL146,104 views · 2026-10-16

The numbers

Here's how Andy Cooks' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Nick's Kitchen

23,046,683

BeardMeatsFood

22,838,820

Andy Cooks

12,104,805

Cooking with Kian

5,645,024

Kyle Istook

5,571,768

Jamie Oliver

2,284,092

Great Big Story

1,230,616

subscribers

6,340,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,840,141,291

views per day

2,501,922

typical day: 1,928,449

first-day views of each video posted this week

Join me as I learn to master Lechon 🇵�…

228,879

What’s the secret to better cooking? 🧑…

307,895

Less fat = better pancakes 🥞

526,542

Ranking The 10 Best Pizzas From Around …

264,679

Fugazza with @gozney Arc XL

105,555

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

BeardMeatsFood

6,890,000

Nick's Kitchen

6,440,000

Andy Cooks

6,340,000

Epicurious

6,320,000

Kyle Istook

6,300,000

Great Big Story

6,280,000

Jamie Oliver

6,220,000

Cooking with Kian

5,950,000

Guga Foods

5,880,000

As of October 19, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.