Things steam up when a chef is forced to cook an entire meal with a household iron. Then, a chef's clams casino gets supersized when they're forced to use geoduck.
Things get messy when one chef is forced to wear a potato masher on their hand while making gnocchi.
One chef gets put in a sticky situation when their pot sticker wrappers are doused in honey. Then, two chefs are forced to share ingredients to create their best peanut butter and jelly.
Giada De Laurentiis guest judges and is welcomed with a sweet version of a deviled egg. To keep from being canned, a chef must create chicken and waffles with a canned chicken. A chef must make a delicious dessert with sugar cane.
It's a tough dilemma when one chef forces another to choose between cooking with canned chicken or forfeit half their cooking time.
One chef must get to work when they are handed a 500 watt work light as their only heat source to cook a quesadilla. Then it's careful cooking when someone is forced to cook chicken soup on a cookie sheet.
Alton Brown
Host
Steve Hryniewicz
Director
Shauna Minoprio
Producer
Melissa Stokes
Blake Davis