James Oliver Cury From Every Day with Rachael Ray February 2007

Hot Potatoes More Big Bites All Shook Up And the Weiner Is... Bowled Over Cocoa Nuts Cold Play Culture Club Hitting the Sauce Hot Potatoes In the Chips Jam Session Just Add Chips Liquid Assets Master Blends Pop Art Pop Stars Sausage Fest Screaming Good Secrets & Pies Shake Your Bonbon Smooth Operators Take a Dip Thanksgiving in a Box The Thick of It The Upper Crust Top of the Brine Winner's Circle View All Big Bites We ripped open 132 bags to find out which chips are worth their salt. Kristen Strecker Finalists Best Barbecue Potato Chips Mike-sell's Kettle Cooked Bold Bahama Barbecue » Best Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips Ruffles Sour Cream and Onion » Best Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips Better Made Salt and Vinegar » Best Salt & Pepper Potato Chips Utz Salt and Pepper » Best Oddball Potato Chips Old Dutch Dill Pickle » Best Overall Potato Chips North Fork Among the classic salted potato chips, one batch stood out from the rest. North Fork's plain chips "look like they aren't made in a factory" and "appear dirty — in a good way," according to tasters. Read more » CHIP TRIVIA Those odd burnt-looking chips you sometimes find in a bag aren't overcooked casualties; they're from potatoes with an unusually high sugar content. It's the type of hot oil, not the potato, that gives a chip its distinct flavor. Almost all chips are made from specially grown low-moisture "chipping" potatoes. The potato chip met its best friend — sour cream and onion dip — in 1954. Tell us which goodies you’d like us to bite into next!

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