I feel like a large subsection of popular Americanized foods are designed to be eaten with your hands.
Tacos, quesadillas, burritos, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches, calzones, all chicken limbs whether fried or grilled. I'd have a plate for all of those to hold the meal and any sides, but I'd almost never use cutlery to actually eat any of them. Maybe a particularly floppy pizza, or a giant burrito that wasn't wrapped.