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title: We tested Babish's 15,000% claim!
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwU-ochogk
source: youtube-com-standupmaths
published: 2026-09-30T14:30:51Z
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summary: "Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this video! You can use my personalised link for your discount here:\nhttps://PIAVPN.com/StandupMaths\n\nHere’s the reddit thread where this all started:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1rl8ltg/solving_surface_area_of_spiralized_hot_dog/\n\nHere’s Babish’s Youtube video with the big surface area ‘claim’:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZftFVTkiAU\n\nHuge thanks to my Patreon supporters. You are the crispy onions who complete my helical hot dog adventures. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths\n\nParticular thanks to Patreon supporter Mark Reed who spotted a clarification in the video on an early-access release. Join Patreon if you too want to correct Matt's maths! \n\nAnd big thanks to Ben Sparks for making the helicoid GeoGebra plots! Check him out here:\nhttps://www.bensparks.co.uk\n\n\n\nCORRECTIONS\n3.01 - the correct form of the area of a circle is of course pi x R^2, not 2 x pi x R^2. If only integration were more straightforward. (Thanks simonlitvinskii1898 for spotting it!)\n\nWritten and performed by Matt Parker\nFilming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash\nProduced by Nicole Jacobus\nResearch by Rhys Jones\nMusic by Howard Carter\nDesign by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson\n\nMATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\nWebsite: https://standupmaths.com/"
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Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this video! You can use my personalised link for your discount here:\
https://PIAVPN.com/StandupMaths

Here’s the reddit thread where this all started:\
https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1rl8ltg/solving_surface_area_of_spiralized_hot_dog/

Here’s Babish’s Youtube video with the big surface area ‘claim’:\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZftFVTkiAU

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. You are the crispy onions who complete my helical hot dog adventures. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

Particular thanks to Patreon supporter Mark Reed who spotted a clarification in the video on an early-access release. Join Patreon if you too want to correct Matt's maths!

And big thanks to Ben Sparks for making the helicoid GeoGebra plots! Check him out here:\
https://www.bensparks.co.uk

CORRECTIONS\
3.01 - the correct form of the area of a circle is of course pi x R^2, not 2 x pi x R^2. If only integration were more straightforward. (Thanks simonlitvinskii1898 for spotting it!)

Written and performed by Matt Parker\
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash\
Produced by Nicole Jacobus\
Research by Rhys Jones\
Music by Howard Carter\
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\
Website: https://standupmaths.com/