Episode 1
Aired Jul 27, 2021
Chef's Best Friend
In addition to competing with appetizers, entrees and desserts, dog-loving chefs make treats for a canine judge.
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Episode 2
Aired Aug 3, 2021
Ballpark Baskets
The latest stadium fare is substantial and out-of-the-park sensational, so when four bold competitors get ballpark foods in every basket, the judges have high expectations.
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Episode 3
Aired Aug 10, 2021
Playing With Fire: Wild Things
In this battle of the live-fire tournament, the competitors take a walk on the wild side with wild game in every basket.
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Episode 4
Aired Aug 17, 2021
Playing With Fire: Hog Heaven
Four live-fire cooks are ready to claim the last remaining spot in the tournament's finale, and they get lucky with a promise of perfectly porky baskets; in the first round, one of nature's sweetest gifts may not be a treat to the competitors.
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Episode 5
Aired Aug 24, 2021
Playing With Fire: High Stakes
Playing with fire is serious business in this high-steaks preliminary battle of Chopped's flame-filled tournament.
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Episode 6
Aired Aug 31, 2021
Playing With Fire: Surf and Turf
Four talented chefs push themselves to the limit to modernize the old concept of surf and turf, hoping to impress the judges and win a spot in the $25,000 live-fire tournament finale.
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Episode 7
Aired Sep 7, 2021
Playing With Fire: Finale
In this finale battle, four winners return with their sights set on taking the title of "Chopped" Grand Champion; the baskets contain ingredients reminiscent of the preliminary battle themes: wild game, steaks, surf and turf and pork.
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Episode 7
Aired Feb 8, 2022
Cooking for Love
Eight single-and-ready-to-mingle chefs are set up with blind dates as their teammates for a quadruple date and culinary showdown; an aquatic aphrodisiac is a fun find in the appetizer basket; steak in the entree basket takes the date up a notch.
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Episode 8
Aired Jun 1, 2021
Time Capsule: '60s Foods!
The competing chefs have to cook with foods that were popular in the 1960s; a certain soda and some sweet meat are part of the appetizer basket, but the clock seems to be the most difficult aspect of the challenge.
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Episode 8
Aired Sep 14, 2021
Shakes and Fries
Two diner favorites find a home in the ingredient baskets, and the chefs have to make the most of milkshakes and french fries; a city's signature dish is part of the challenge in round two, and a toaster treat meets a fun fry variation for dessert.
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Episode 9
Aired Jun 8, 2021
Time Capsule: '90s Foods!
The chefs set out to make trendy 1990s foods yummy for a new millennium; the combination of ingredients in the first basket confuses the competitors, and missteps threaten to derail one competitor's plans in the dessert round.
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Episode 10
Aired Jun 15, 2021
Time Capsule: Future Foods!
The competing chefs have to cook with ingredients representative of foods we might be noshing on in the future, including insects in the first round.
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Episode 11
Aired Jul 13, 2021
Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 1
Alton Brown is at it again; the chefs in his Maniacal Baskets tournament are seriously tripped up by a canned wonder in the appetizer round, and a shelf-stable surprise in the entree basket is unlikely to be a crowd pleaser.
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Episode 12
Aired Jun 29, 2021
Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 2
The competitors brace for zany, brainy ingredients courtesy of Alton Brown, starting with a super stinky item in the appetizer basket; in the second round, a unique style of apple pie may have the competitors asking, why.
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Episode 13
Aired Jun 22, 2021
Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 3
Chefs get a big surprise ingredient with a challenging texture; in the entree round, some sticky beans and a peculiar salad are shockers; the final chefs attempt to make winning desserts from the wild ingredients in the third basket.
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Episode 14
Aired Jul 6, 2021
Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Part 4
Alton Brown and his fans curate maniacal baskets for an epic tournament, including a fermented Japanese dish and a strange banana product in the entree basket; the two chefs who make it to the dessert round must work with a fluffy, porky surprise.
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Episode 15
Aired Jul 20, 2021
Alton's Maniacal Baskets: Finale
In the wild conclusion of Alton Brown's Maniacal Baskets tournament, Alton has a big announcement that's sure to get the chefs fired up; for the entree round, the chefs open the baskets to discover one of the items staring back at them.
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