On this week's episode of "The Sporkful,"Slate's guest podcast for May, hosts Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison discuss strategies for getting the most and the best out of a buffet. Among the topics they discuss are seat selection, line etiquette, and how far one should go to win the age-old battle against the "buffet master." You can listen here:

You can also download the episode here or through the Slate Daily Podcast feed.

And check out this Sporkful video collaboration with Slate Vin which we put Heinz's new ketchup packets to the test.

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Posted on June 1 by Andy Bowers at 1:19 p.m.