chefkoudy's fry balls leave viewers looking for the ketchup
The food-comedy Short has passed a million views, with disappearing sauce and suddenly appearing skewers becoming talking points.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 996,583 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (79,141).
How to make the best FRIE- BALLS with ketchup for brother😭❤️🍟🍟| CHEFKOUDY
chefkoudy has turned a serving of fry balls for his brother into a fast-starting comedy sketch. The Short drew roughly a million views in its first day, far beyond the usual audience for his short uploads.
Despite its how-to title, this is food comedy rather than a straightforward cooking lesson. The replies focus as much on the presentation as on the snack: viewers ask where the ketchup went and how the skewers appeared so quickly. One compares the little fried balls to cereal; another wonders what food is underneath the sauce at all.
The repeated refusals are another recurring talking point. Several viewers single out the string of noes, while one describes the progression from refusal to thanks as a ketchup-filled journey.
Serving something to his brother is a familiar setup in chefkoudy's recent titles. A pineapple-soda upload offers another version of it, while a newer Short flips the arrangement and promises a way to take soda from his brother.
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What viewers say
WHERE DID THE KETCHUP GO AND THE SKEWERS COME FROM 😂❤❤?
@Jayleen-g2eSee it on YouTubeThe journey from denial to thanks is one filled with ketchup
@AbhishekKr.Singh1609See it on YouTubeIt's Like Fry Balls Cereal
@Killer.Bros.PicturesSee it on YouTube
4 more comments
The backrooms music never gets old
@marygonzalez1587See it on YouTubeWhat kind of food you put the kectup on? Ive rewatched this so many times and cant figure it out
@DerekShultz-g1gSee it on YouTubeMy favorite part is no no no no no no no no no 😂😂😂
@eulaliaherrera8482See it on YouTube„Uhm there are Fried Balls in my Ketchup“ 😂
@Night-s8dSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- chefkoudy
- Subscribers
- 12,300,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 16,245,241
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,154,460 (on a normal day: 2,121,067)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,341,746 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,251,850
The numbers
The fry-ball Short's estimated first-day views were more than twelve times chefkoudy's usual Short audience. Its comment count, however, was close to a normal first day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which fruit features in chefkoudy's other recent soda-making title?
His recent soda-making upload names pineapple soda for his brother.


