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Pumpkin queso joins Jack Mancuso's Australian food diary

Two new uploads pair steak bites with a paid-partnership roundup of his Australian food favorites.

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Jack Mancuso 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.

Pumpkin Queso Steak Bites

The pumpkin got its turn. Jack Mancuso's "Pumpkin Queso Steak Bites" drew roughly 113,000 views, making it the most-watched of his two new uploads this week. It brings a seasonal detour to a channel whose backyard-grilling experiments have included milk-tenderized steak and some unusually ambitious dry aging.

The comments find their own little details to savor: one viewer singles out the sound of white cheddar hitting the queso, while others discuss pumpkin seeds and suggest adding green chile. A few also ask whether they've seen the recipe before, though that remains a question rather than a confirmed re-upload.

Australia supplies the other half of the week. "Best Foods I ate in Australia" is a paid partnership with @australia, extending the trip beyond the reef-side catch-and-cook featured here earlier. That older upload, "Coral Trout Catch n Cook at the Great Barrier Reef," also carries a paid-partnership disclosure and features fisherman Chris Bolton. It remains the channel's strongest daily draw, with more than a million views overall; the new Australian roundup is drawing views faster than the pumpkin recipe right now.

Across the channel, daily viewing is comfortably above its usual level, and the subscriber audience grew over the week. Among nearby food channels, Chef Nick and Sam Shan Shops had substantially larger weekly viewing gains, while Mancuso's gain was larger than those of foodiechina888 and Ballerina Farm. For his own audience, the week's choice was pleasantly specific: backyard steak-and-queso comfort or another taste of Australia.

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What viewers say

The clap of the white cheddar hitting the queso was beautiful
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Pumpkin seeds grilled with a bit of salt is incredible
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pumpkin season strikes again
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