Grubhub is a very well known and well-reputed online food service that you can use to order food and get it delivered to your doorsteps. It released its Year in Food Report, and several interesting facts came to light which showed the highest ordered food in the country and also the most ordered food in every state.
It came as a surprise that people mostly ordered vegan since there were three vegetarian foods in the top 10 list of 2018 as compared to the 7 out of 10 in 2019. In the past year, Cauliflower pizza was on number 7, but now in 2019, it was the most ordered food in the country through Grubhub. Then at no 2 was Spicy Brussels, the third being the potabello mushroom empanadas.
The preferences of the most ordered food differed across every state according to people and lifestyle, different foods came at no 1 in each state.
For example, pork ribs were the most ordered food in Alabama while Chicken-style hot dog topped the list in Iowa. In Michigan, it was wet burrito while in New Jersey it was meatball Parmesan sandwich. The following is a list of states along with the most ordered food from Grubhub in 2019.
Pork ribs in Alabama
Chicken fried rice in Alaska
Orange chicken in Arizona
Pulled pork sandwich in Arkansas
Vegetable chow fun in California
Lamb shank in Colorado
Eggplant sandwich in Connecticut
Buffalo chicken dip in Delaware
Chicken macaroni and cheese in Florida
Gumbo in Georgia
Lemon Chicken in Hawaii
Chilli in Idaho
Chicken meatballs in Illinois
Fried pickles in Indiana
Chicago-style hot dog in Iowa
Country-fried steak in Kansas
Fried green tomatoes in Kentucky
Fried Brussels sprouts in Louisiana
Tom yum soup in Maine
Old Bay fries in Maryland
Clam chowder in Massachusetts
Wet burrito in Michigan
Beef ramen in Minnesota
Baby back ribs in Mississippi
French dip sandwich in Missouri
Butter chicken in Montana
Cashew chicken in Nebraska
Spicy chicken sandwich in Nevada
Chicken samosa in New Hampshire
Meatball Parmesan sandwich in New Jersey
Barbecued brisket taco in New Mexico
Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich in New York
Shrimp and grits in North Carolina
Gyro in North Dakota
Chicken chilli in Ohio
Twice-cooked pork in Oklahoma
Fried tofu in Oregon
Lobster lo mein in Pennsylvania
Fried ravioli in Rhode Island
Fried mushrooms in South Carolina
Cheesesteak in South Dakota
Stuffed jalapeno in Tennessee
Brisket taco in Texas
Lamb samosa in Utah
Barbecue chicken pizza in Vermont
Chicken corn chowder in Virginia
Salmon sashimi in Washington
Chicken and waffles in West Virginia
Corned beef sandwich in Wisconsin
Mozzarella sticks in Wyoming
The surveys of Grubhub are from January to November and it is used to compare results. Grubhub has a pretty good market share of 30% of the online food delivery service. It is above Uber Eats (20%) but lower than DoorDash(35%). With its customer base of 21 million users, it is safe to say Grubhub is in some serious business.