TV-G
2013
15 Seasons
Food & Home
Food Competitions
Cutthroat Kitchen
: Host Alton Brown hands four chefs $25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money either helping themselves or sabotaging their competitors.
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1. Vive le Sabotage
Pocketknives and thievery turn a turkey dinner into a not-so Thanksgiving.
2. Pork Chops and Sabotage
Check out a sadistic competition full of savory sabotage as chefs battle.
3. Tac'o the Town
One chef tries to tempt the judge when forced to make tacos with bologna.
4. Let Them Eat Cupcakes
A chef forces mystery meat on an opponent to sabotage a cheese steak.
5. Winner, Winner, Fried Chicken Dinner
Which chef has the guts to serve giblets with fried chicken?
6. Wing It
Which chef's the most cold blooded to freeze an opponent for 10 minutes?
7. Tiny Tools, Big Problems
Fortune cookies actually change one chef's fortune in an egg roll showdown.
8. Steak Out
The stakes are raised when one chef is allowed to salt their steak.
9. Kiss My Grits
All the competitors throw their chips into the pot in a cutthroat auction.
10. Humble Pie
A chef has to create the perfect pie using a pie server as the only tool.
11. Un-Holy Trinity
Time to see how the chefs stack up for the round one pancake challenge.
12. Chicken Cordon 'Blue'
A chef is forced to make blue chicken cordon bleu.
13. S'more Sabotage
The chefs battle to make the most be"wich"ing sandwich.
Wham, Clam, Thank You, Ma'am
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.
Duck, Duck, Gnocchi
Things get messy when one chef is forced to wear a potato masher while making gnocchi. Then, one chef is turned into a handy man upon receiving broken cooking utensils and a roll of duct tape.
Shrimp or Get Off the Pot Sticker
One chef gets put in a sticky situation because of pot sticker wrappers doused in honey. Then, two chefs are forced to share ingredients to create their best peanut butter and jelly.
The Yolk's on You
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.
Cutthroat Kiddy Kitchen
It's a tough dilemma when one chef forces another to choose between cooking with canned chicken or forfeiting half of the total cooking time allowed.
Soupsy Daisy
One chef must get to work when handed a 500-watt work light as the only heat source to cook a quesadilla. Then it's careful cooking when someone is forced to cook chicken soup on a cookie sheet.
A Penny for Your Chocolates
A chef is turned into a potato artist when forced to mold French fries out of mashed potatoes. Then, one chef must build a fire to cook a kebab plate. And, another chef takes more turns than allowed while searching for chocolate.
A Crepe-y Situation
One chef has their arms full when forced to shop without using a basket. Then, a chef needs to start their huevos rancheros over from scratch. And a chef attempts not to get bent out of shape even though their crepe pan is.
Melts in Your Pot, Not in Your Hand
Two chefs must get creative when handed skinless potatoes to make potato skins. Then a chef must harvest all their water from coconuts to make pad Thai. Finally, a surprise party sends a chef hunting for a gift to complete a cake.
Foul Play
Two chefs learn the true meaning of improvising when forced to switch dishes in the middle of a challenge. Then, a chef gets innovative when given a loaf of sliced bread to use as a bread bowl for clam chowder.
Gluttons for Punishment
Four chefs return for more punishment and a second chance. A chef gets to pulverize one competitor's hot dogs in a food processor. Then, a chef is forced to cook pasta carbonara with a chemistry set.
It's Not Delivery, It's Old Delivery
A chef must decide to go sweet or savory with calzones when their entire stash of cheese is swapped out for tiramisu. In the final challenge, a chef is forced to downsize when they have to cook their fajitas on a mini skillet.
Pressed or Steamed
Things get extreme when one chef loses everything but a roll of tin foil and heat while cooking a dish. Then, Alton auctions off his compost bucket, forcing one chef to make a quiche out of the food bits normally thrown out.
A Few Good Ramen
Three chefs are forced to come up with new versions of BLTs when their ingredients are taken away. A chef is forced to make ramen without noodles and someone is slowed down when they get a little puffed up while making a souffle.
Breakfast in Bed
It's happy hour in Cutthroat Kitchen and one chef is forced to use alcohol as their only means of heat to prepare a bar snack. Alton Brown finally cleans out the fridge and one chef uses those ingredients to make bread pudding.
Hawaii 5-Oh No!
Pasta art is up for auction in a pesto pasta challenge. A chef hangs loose when creating a Hawaiian plate lunch and someone gets their dose of sabotage when they're forced to use olive oil capsules for their muffins.
Two Chefs in a Pod
Two chefs get up close and personal while making pea soup. One chef must come up with innovative uses for lamb shears when they're forced to use them instead of knives, and someone's whisk gets supersized for Chocolate Mousse.
Chain of Tools
One chef is forced to serve a hot version of Cobb Salad. A chef must build their own kitchen from random items inside of a shopping cart, while another gets down and dirty as they are forced to make layer cake with a cement mixer.
Tso Good
One chef is left skating on thin ice when their knives are replaced with a hockey skate. Next, a chef's fingers get trapped while cooking General Tso's Chicken. Finally, one chef finds new uses for gardening tools: carrot cake.
The Rice Stuff
Things get evil when a chef must separate grains of rice. A chef's patience is tested as they wait for their number at the Cutthroat Kitchen Deli. Revenge is served cold when one chef must chisel ingredients from a block of ice.
Ladel-ayheehoo
Serving ladles become one chef's cooking vessels for French onion soup. The Cutthroat Kitchen Wheel of Heat makes its debut for a blackened fish challenge, and one chef's bananas are pulverized to a pulp for their banana split.
Life's a Mystery ... Meat
The term "mystery meat" gets new meaning for chefs making Sloppy Joes. Alton Brown's leftover chicken coop wire becomes a big headache for one competitor, and it's game time when the carnival comes to town in the final round.
Hakuna Frittata
Making a frittata becomes nearly impossible as one chef must cook inside eggshells. A yard sale box of old kitchen supplies becomes one chef's worst nightmare and one chef earns the right to shred their opponent's Steak Diane.
Well, Hot Clam!
The ultimate backyard grill suit is unveiled. One chef's equipment becomes all tangled up in fish nets. In the final round, claw hands are the name of the game for a barbecue chicken sandwich.
Judging Judges
A chef's tortillas are shredded to make Taquitos. Then, two chefs are forced to purchase tickets to a meatball lottery. Finally, we see how easy it is for these chefs to cook with one hand literally tied behind their back.
Panini, Meeny, Miny, Moe
One chef is forced to perform a balancing act while they cook chicken pot pie. A childhood rhyme turns into one chef's nightmare and one chef must spring into action to save their cheesecake.
I Can't Believe It's Not Udder
A cocky chef goes under the culinary bus when an old breakfast buffet replaces his gourmet basket. Another chef tries to cook pasta Bolognese in an espresso pot. Finally, a cow is exchanged for milk products in tres leches cake.
You Wanna Pizza This?
One chef gets dirty hands while digging up all the ingredients from a wacky vegetable garden that grows anything but vegetables. Then one chef gets punished for trying to "phone it in" during a pizza challenge.
Anything but a Cake Walk
Things get hot when two chefs cook steak over a romantic candlelit dinner. A chef is cut down to size while stuck with a giant whisk as their only tool. A chef learns making cake is no cake walk when forced to walk on cake boxes.
Big Trouble In Little Chinese Chicken Salad
Three chefs discover that the Great Wall isn't as spacious as they'd like it to be. One chef's cooking tools get swapped out for a set of golf clubs, while another chef dunks doughnuts into coffee like they never have before.
Welcome to the Jungle
The kitchen erupts in flames when one chef cooks with Alton Brown's jungle torch. Later, an oversized fondue pot leads to an oversized mess.
I Like My Peppers Pulverized
It's tough to smoke out the competition when forced to use a cigar cutter to make a Cubano. Then two chefs get up close and personal when stuffed like peppers into a confined workspace.
Two Chefs, One Toga
Alton Brown hands off the Olympic cooking torch, and one chef is forced to spice things up when they have their ginger replaced with sushi ginger.
Ho-Ley Pot
One chef is forced to cook soup using a single brew coffee machine. Later, chefs get hands-on when Alton asks for peace in the kitchen.
Superhero Sabotage
One chef enters a phone booth and attempts to transform into a super chef. Next, two chefs get cozy in Alton's living room circa 1974, and then one chef attempts to ride a bike in the kitchen.
The Eggs-Orcist
One chef must make a lobster roll using a roll submerged in a lobster tank. Another chef is given a rather unusual chocolate platter to choose ingredients for making a chocolate cake.
When In Rome, Cook On A Scooter
One chef does as the Italians do and cooks while riding a scooter. One chef pays tribute to a 1950s housewife while making a casserole. A chef goes the distance navigating a red velvet maze that stands between them and victory.
Chili'd to the Bone
Things get chilly when one chef must use freezer-burned ingredients to make a chili cheese dog. One chef feels like they're going around in circles when forced to use a spinning cook station.
Tongue Thai-ed
One chef gets a helping hand from a Buddha. Then two chefs help each other out by shopping for each other. Finally, Alton Brown becomes the target as one chef tries to shoot for the win.
Crabs of Steel
A chef has to step up their game when they're forced to work on a traditional Japanese tea table, while another chef becomes crabby when forced to make a crab cake with a toy crab claw in one hand.
Tos-ta-da
One chef is brought back to childhood when made to cook in a high chair. Alton's new magic hobby forces two chefs to share a giant saw, then a chef has to use corn husks in place of cooking vessels.
SaBOOOtage
In this special Halloween episode, one chef pays a heavy price for a deal with the devil. Later, a chef digs themselves out of their own grave while another does all their cooking over a hell flame.
Superstar Sabotage: Heat One
Chefs Susan Feniger, Jeff Mauro, Michael Psilakis and Aarti Sequeira face off in the first heat of the Cutthroat Kitchen Superstar Sabotage. The chefs will face sabotages including a treadmill station and a hammer carnival game.
Here's Looking at You, Squid
Elbows are the perfect pastas for macaroni, so a chef uses a metal plumbing elbow to do all of their cooking. A chef must play ring toss for their calamari rings while another chef gets to use a coffee maker to make coffee cake.
Superstar Sabotage: Heat Two
Chefs Nadia G., Brian Malarkey, Marcel Vigneron and Justin Warner face sabotages including a very high prep table, cooking in a popcorn machine and getting a hand stuck in a cookie jar before one makes it to the Grand Finale.
Chip off the ol' Baklava
Three chefs receive a special delivery and must rummage through boxes to get their cookware. Next, a chef must use tortilla chips as their only tools and mixing vessels. Then a chef lands in a sticky situation.
The Undertater
One chef tries to outrun a giant boulder of aluminum foil while two chefs put aside their differences and cook for each other. Finally, a chef loses ingredients and must play a memory game to get them back.
Superstar Sabotage: Heat Four
There's only one more spot in the Superstar Sabotage finale and chefs Melissa d'Arabian, Elizabeth Falkner, Alex Guarnaschelli and Fabio Viviani each think they have what it takes to get there.
Superstar Sabotage: Finale
Four star chefs return to the Cutthroat Kitchen for the Superstar Sabotage Finale. In order to win the tournament, they must face sabotages such as prepping in a ball pit and facing down the notorious miniature kitchen.
Thanks, but no Thanksgiving
In this Thanksgiving episode, three chefs make a mad dash for all of their cooking equipment for Black Friday. Next, a chef loses their cooking vessels and must cook in nuts. Finally, a chef parades around in a turkey float.
Sabotage Is Comin' to Town
Chefs play white elephant to determine their sabotages for their ham dinner. Later, two chefs gather around the tree to open presents filled with their new ingredients. Lastly, a chef cooks their holiday cookies in a fireplace.
With a Chariot on Top
One chef rides a chariot in a culinary fight for the ages and then the South rises again in a Civil War-inspired sabotage. Finally, one chef makes an ice cream sandwich out of sandwich ingredients.
Empanada Chance
Three of the chefs will have to make their waffles in weird ways. Then, two chefs get stuffed together as they make empanadas. Finally, two chefs get a workout as they make lemon meringue pies.
In It to Twin It
There are two sets of twins competing for Cutthroat victory, and three of them deal with some calzone re-zoning. Then, pirates invade the Kitchen, and later, one chef has a really sad birthday.
S'Mortal Combat
It's a chilly chili sabotage when two chefs have to harvest ingredients from a block of ice. Then, chefs face the delicious danger of dim sum. Finally, s'mores are made after a chef shoots marshmallows at a giant target.
When Pigs Fry
Three chefs get sloppy as they dig for ingredients in a slop trough. Then, one chef has to grab their curry spices out of midair. Finally, one chef gets into a big, blue ball to make blueberry muffins.
I Would Do Anything For Loaf
A chef wears Alton Brown's ultimate poncho as they make a breakfast quesadilla. Then, one chef has to cook meatloaf while in a recliner. Finally, a chef has to walk on cupcake boxes when they make cupcakes.
The Cone Ranger
Two chefs have to cook breakfast as a tag team. Then, another chef gets to chop up someone's pork chop with an ax. Finally, someone has to cook an ice cream cone in traffic cones.
The Long Tools and Shortcake of It
A chef has to make breakfast has in a bunk bed. Then, another chef has to recreate Alton Brown's hike out of the Grand Canyon. Finally, a chef has to make strawberry shortcake with long tools.
Tiki Torch-Ure
One chef has to cook fish tacos on tiki torches. Then, one chef has to make pasta salad using water that they harvest from a patio mister. Finally, one chef has to bake an apple pie inside apples.
Baby Got Backpack
One chef must make grilled cheese and tomato soup while in a giant high chair. Then a chef has to cook orange chicken in oranges. Finally, one chef has to make granola using only the tools from the hiker's backpack.
The Supper Bowl
In this special big game episode, two chefs have to wear tailgates on their backs. Then, two chefs have to cook in bleachers. Finally, one chef has to make brownies while kneeling.
Alton and the Chocolate Factory
One chef has to make molten chocolate cake without chocolate. Then, two chefs have to make a savory chocolate dish with fish and eggs. Finally, one chef has to work a shift on Alton Brown's chocolate conveyor belt.
Gno-cchi to Victory
As they make gnocchi, one chef has to wear a potato masher on their hand. Then someone cooks drunken noodles on a keg of fire. Finally, someone has to make thumbprint cookies without the use of their thumbs.
Who Tarted?
Three chefs have to dig for clams in a clam bed. One chef has to make turkey burgers while wearing arm weights. Finally, one chef has to make a fruit tart with vegetables that are actually fruits.
Whatchoo Taco'ing About, Alton?
Two chefs have to get their ingredients for a deli sandwich from a vending machine. Then two chefs have to cook each other's tacos. Finally, one chef takes a lazy sundae drive around the kitchen.
You're Bacon Me Crazy
One chef must use finger tools while making a bacon-wrapped dish. Another chef must make lasagna while in a racecar seat. Lastly, a chef must make a black-and-white cookie while doubling movements on a black-and-white prep area.
Whisk-ey Business
In a speed round, three chefs have to make an omelet in one pan. Then a chef has to get all of their oyster Rockefeller ingredients out of an oil drum. Finally, one chef has to use finger whisks to make a cream puff.
Scone Home
Three chefs have to make a tuna melt with a glob of melted tools. Another chef has to cook Salisbury steak while standing on a 'high stakes' platform above the kitchen. Finally, a chef has a tea party while trying to make scones.
Great Egg-Scape
While making eggs Benedict, one chef has to harvest eggs from a chicken coop. Then, two chefs have to make British pub food in a double-decker bus. Finally, one chef has to mix everything for sandwich cookies in milk bottles.
You're all up Banh Mi
A chef can only use a martini glass while making banh mi. Then two chefs have to get their tortilla soup ingredients out of a pinata. Finally, one chef has to bake a tart on a tennis racket.
Lamb-a Dama Ding Dong
Two chefs have to make an egg salad sandwich on a picnic blanket they wear around their necks. Then one chef has to herd "sheep" while making a lamb dinner. Finally, one chef has to harvest carrot cake ingredients from a garden.
Evilicious: Canoe Jack City
Three chefs have to make fish stew in a canoe. Another chef has to make pasta carbonara in a moving mine cart. Finally, one chef has to use a chemistry set to make pound cake.
Evilicious: Frying First Class
Three chefs have to make stir-fry while sitting in airline seats. Then two chefs have to work as good neighbors to make chicken fried steak. Finally, one chef has to shop for their cobbler ingredients blindfolded.
Evilicious: 20,000 Leagues Under the Prep Table
Two chefs have to make fast food while carrying around a cardboard car. Then one chef has to prep their scallop dish underwater. Finally, one chef has to make doughnuts on the giant doughnut that they have to wear.
Evilicious: Moo-in' On Up
Three chefs have to play musical stations while making sushi rolls. Then two chefs have to walk the fashion runway while making veal Milanese. Finally, one chef has to wear a pumpkin on their head while making pumpkin pie.
Evilicious: Finale
Two chefs have to make meatballs in a ball pit. Then two chefs have to make a teriyaki dinner while on a seesaw. Finally, one chef has to harvest coconuts from a tree to make coconut macaroons.
Live and Let Diner
Three chefs find themselves on the other side of the diner counter. Then, two chefs must cook while riding a tandem bike in a French-inspired challenge. Finally, one chef has to make a rum cake in a bottle of rum.
21 Chum Street
One chef must use a shark jaw as a knife. Then, two chefs must cook out of, and on top of, a suitcase. Finally, a banana nut muffin challenge that drives the chefs both bananas and nuts.
Grill or be Grilled
Four chefs are fired up to be named Cutthroat's grill master. One chef makes a dish that almost tastes like chicken. Then somebody feels the heat while tied to a rotisserie. Finally, burgers as never before.
Carne Diem
One chef gets on a roll using a twisted pan. Then, a big burrito causes someone even bigger problems. Finally, a chef learns that there's nothing more helpless than a "kitchen" up a tree.
The Best of the Worst
The worst sabotages of all time. One chef finds themselves cooking upstream. Then, someone's chicken parmesan gets canned. Finally, a chef gets completely turned around while making crepes.
The Waffle Truth
One chef pops a wheelie while making a dip. Then, someone nearly has a meltdown cooking on Mt. Stromboli. Finally, a chef just might blow it making waffles in a saxophone.
Tikka Me Alton
Guest judge Susan Feniger samples the chefs' smoothie moves. Then, someone takes a ride on an elephant they'll never forget. Finally, a chef raises the roof in an oatmeal cookie challenge.
Circus Spectacular
It's big top fun when chefs make corn dogs in a clown car. Then, a ring of fire drives somebody nuts. Finally, a chef goes three-wheeling while making funnel cake.
Meanwhile, Back on the Huevos Rancheros ...
Chefs face off in an intense egg soccer match. Then, two chefs can't get off each other's backs. One chef is hounded by a bad memory while making blondies.
My Kitchen for a Horse
A gang of chefs on bouncy horses face a biscuit breakfast challenge. Then, it's two on a stroller making chicken nuggets. Finally, two chefs battle with long tools and short legs.
I Know Who Kilt Me
One chef gets hassled by haggis. Then, a pair of chopsticks becomes a huge obstacle for someone. Finally, a chef finds that they're not so sweet on key lime pie.
All in a Day's Jerk
It's all downhill for three chefs in a bobsled. Then, someone finds themselves making more than Swedish meatballs. Finally, one chef learns that peanut butter and jelly isn't child's play.
The Truck Stops Here
Four food truck chefs get locked in a breakfast sandwich showdown. Then, it's a double-decker burrito battle. Finally, one chef gets the scoop on their opponent, and it isn't pretty.
Molasses, Mo' Problems
One chef makes vegetable soup in a kitchen sink. Then, two chefs make Philly cheesesteak and really get on a roll ... really. Finally, a molasses cookie challenge slows the chefs down.
Stop, Drop and Flambe
One of the firefighter chefs gets hosed in the chili cheese fries challenge. Then, a burning Buffalo chicken sandwich factory fires up the contestants. Finally, the chefs' dishes go up in flames.
Camp Cutthroat: Porks and Rec
Two chefs share a blindfold during a pork and beans challenge. Then, someone finds out just what a bear does in the woods. Finally, one chef finds themselves followed by a very persistent dark cloud.
Camp Cutthroat: Wet, Hot, American Sabotage
It's a balancing act for two chefs making a pancake breakfast. Then, someone gets their mind blown by a high-powered fan. Finally, everything is at stake during a steak dinner challenge.
Camp Cutthroat: Rock Wall Me, Amadeus
Competitors struggle to hold on to their ingredients. Then, there's a big obstacle between two chefs and their barbecue chicken. Finally, one chef has to hang in there while cooking on a rock wall.
Camp Cutthroat: If It Bleeds, We Can Skillet
One chef hits the trail in search of new ingredients. Then, it's a skillet breakfast cookout from atop a lookout tower. Finally, one competitor finds themselves in chilly waters while making chili.
Camp Cutthroat Finale: The Great Troutdoors
Two chefs rock the finale making a trout dinner. Then, it's time for opponents to chase down their cheese. Finally, it's a tight squeeze for someone making a Camp Cutthroat-style dessert.
Greece Lightning
Two chefs rumble on ancient Greek rubble. Then, it's the blind leading the blindfolded in a seafood risotto challenge. Finally, it's a head-to-head battle that's nothing but monkey business.
Grandma-tage
One grandma gets down to the "knitty" gritty on an afghan. Then, a granny cooks a casserole with a torch. Finally, someone is forced to eat a whole lot of humble pie.
Taco Dirty to Me
Guest judge David Alan Grier dives into some breakfast tacos. Then, things get romantic when two chefs get hitched. Finally, one chef gets taken for a ride on the CTK Express.
Operation Gumbo Drop
One chef finds themselves working around the clock. Then, someone makes gumbo by tossing their ingredients from a balcony. Finally, white chocolate macadamia drives everybody nuts.
We Came, We See-Sawed, We Conquered
It's toad-in-the-hole on a trio of funky pans. Then, it's up and down for two chefs cooking on a see-saw. Finally, one chef's plan for a perfect Napoleon is "blown apart."
Sabootage 2: Electric Boo-Galoo
The chefs make wraps that only a mummy could love. Then, a ghoul-ash challenge turns gruesome. Finally, one chef slams the front door on another in an all-out candy competition.
The Full Monte Cristo
A chef draws a sword during a Monte Cristo challenge. Then, it's not exactly the "lab" of luxury for one chef. Finally, rocky road really lives up to its name.
A River Runs Canoe It
Guest judge Susan Feniger tests the fish sandwich waters. Then, one chef hits the rodeo on the back of bucking bronco. Finally, someone gets sent up the river while making Mississippi mud pie.
Actions Speak Chowder Than Words
One chef takes Manhattan ... clam chowder, that is. Then, someone gets shell-shocked by their opponent. Finally, it's a cold, cold winter when one chef feels the heat.
Veni, Vidi, Ceviche
Two chefs dive head first into a ceviche challenge. Then, somebody gets a raw deal from the "Half-Cooked Cafe." Finally, one chef tries to make cookies with laser-sharp precision.
The Hunt for Bread October
Four members of the Armed Services square off to make steak and eggs. Then, it's "tanks, but no tanks" for one chef. Finally, it's hooray for a red, white and blue dessert challenge.
Secrets of Survival
This special episode reveals the secrets to surviving even the most wicked sabotages. Discover tips and tricks to outmaneuver the competition, impress the judges and become the last chef standing.
I'm Thanksgiving Up
Three chefs make Thanksgiving dinner while carrying around a table. Next, two chefs make turkey tacos over an open fire with antique tools. Finally, one chef pushes around a football tackle dummy while making sweet potato pie.
Fajita the Moment
One chef has to cook hush puppies in Alton's Hush Puppet theater. Then, two chefs have to share a giant knife while making fajitas.
I Love It When You Call Me Big Papaya
Two chefs roll around in a rickshaw while they make green papaya salad. One chef rides a mechanical bull while making a barbecue bacon cheeseburger. Finally, one chef has to bake a spice cake in a spice grinder.
A Dingo Ate My Dutch Baby
Two chefs have to make Dutch baby pancakes while double-Dutch rope-jumping. Two chefs join the queen's guard while making bangers and mash. One chef has to snap photos while making gingersnaps.
Naughty vs. Nice
In a holiday episode, chefs harvest party-dip ingredients from Christmas stockings, pull Santa around in his sleigh while making a beef tenderloin dinner, and make a snack for Santa in Santa's workshop.
We Don't Need Another Gyro
An old trend makes a comeback as one chef planks while making a crab cake Benedict. One chef has to make a gyro while spinning around on a giant spit. Finally, one chef has to make rhubarb pie in a pi pan.
Holi-Dazed and Confused
In a special holiday episode, chefs prep their Christmas quiche on a pile of snow. Then two chefs must make a duck dinner while sitting on Santa's lap. Finally, one chef has to make an eggnog dessert in a giant snowglobe.
Get Rich or Die Frying
Two chefs make a Hawaiian pizza on a swaying hula prep station. While making shrimp stir-fry, one chef has to ride around in a shrimped-out ride. Finally, one chef has to make a candy bar in an actual bar.
I Crisped a Grill and Liked It
One chef must make potato pancakes with tiny tools stuck in potato people. Then, two chefs have to make tandoori chicken while their arms are strapped in tandem. Finally, one chef has to make a crisp while working on an ab bench.
Cacciatore by His Toe
Three chefs make potato salad while wearing one potato sack. Two chefs must play catch with their ingredients while making chicken cacciatore. One chef has to make doughnuts with ingredients from a giant box of doughnuts.
50 Shades of Sorbet
One chef has to drive around in a delivery car while making a breakfast pizza. Another chef has to make jalapeno poppers in a popcorn machine. Finally, one chef has to make sorbet while dragging around a giant action-movie poster.
Showdown at the Croquet Corral
Two chefs have to play croquet with their ingredients as they make croquettes. Then, two chefs have a sumo showdown as they make yakitori. Finally, one chef has to ride on a banana boat while making bananas Foster.
Hit Me With Your Best Pho
Three chefs have to make pho in a photo booth. Then, two chefs have to make flatbread while lying flat on their backs. Finally, one chef has to make cherries jubilee in a giant pit of cherry pits.
Superstar Sabotage: Knife, Knife Baby
First, one chef has to make an English breakfast while wearing knight armor. Then, two chefs have to make a tofu dish while strapped toe-to-toe. Finally, one chef has to make an angel food cake on top of their head in a halo.
Superstar Sabotage: All About the Bouillabaisse
In the second heat of the Superstar Sabotage tournament, chefs face sabotages that include making Swedish pancakes in a Viking boat and turntable bouillabaisse. The last chef plays a giant board game while making a brownie sundae.
Superstar Sabotage: Deep Pupu
In round one, three chefs make pu pu platters while working in a giant pu pu platter. Then, one chef makes tortellini while torte-leaning. Finally, one chef creates whoopee pies with whoopee cushions attached to their feet.
Superstar Sabotage: Burrito the Line
Only one spot remains in the Superstar Sabotage finale. To prove their skills, these chefs face sabotages like making an omelet on a hamster wheel, playing pin the tail on the donkey, and making New York cheesecake with Rockettes.
Superstar Sabotage Finale: It's Raining Ramen
The final four come to play in the Superstar Sabotage finale. In round one, a chef cooks fish sticks in a weather chamber. In the second round, chefs create monster ramen, and the last chef standing makes a dessert with no hands.
When Cherry Met Salad
Three chefs have to make their chopped salads with gardening tools. One chef has to use belly dancing "tools" to make tagine. Finally, one chef has to wear a giant cherry while making a cherry cobbler.
Chocotage XXL
One chef plays roulette for chocolate-chip-cookie dessert ingredients. Then, two chefs have to play Whac-a-Mole for their mole ingredients. Finally, one chef has to play a giant marble maze while making chocolate marble cake.
The One With William Shatner
Three chefs make their bacon dishes while sitting on a couch. Then, two chefs get in the wrestling ring to make burgers and onion rings. Finally, one chef has to shoot pool to move around the kitchen and make a boozy dessert.
Hedwig and the Angry Enchilada
The chefs face several sabotages as they try to win their enchilada ingredients, make a Bibimbap dish and create a frozen custard.
My So-Called Trifle
Three chefs have to make stuffed cabbage while stuffed into a cab. Then, two chefs have to play a "shock"-shuka game for their shakshuka ingredients. Finally, one chef has to make a trifle one layer at a time.
Duck L'Orange Is the New Black Coffee
Two chefs have to prep their duck a l'orange on rubber duckies. Then, one chef has to make glazed salmon in tiny fish molds. Finally, one chef has to prep a coffee dessert on a jittery table.
Split Happens
Two chefs have to make spring rolls on a prep table they make of bungee cords. Then, two chefs have to make brick chicken in a brick building. Finally, one chef has to make a banana split with a bowling ball on one hand.
Frankly Alton, I Don't Give a Clam
One chef preps biscuits and gravy on a tiny bed worn on the head. Then, two chefs make linguine and clams while holding a noodle in their mouths together. Finally, one chef makes an ice cream float while floating in an inner tube.
To Kale a Mockingbird
Three chefs have to make a kale salad in a drum circle. Next, two chefs have to play air hockey to get their ingredients for poutine. Finally, one chef has to make red velvet cupcakes behind a red velvet curtain.
The Breakfast and the Furious
Two chefs make coffee and pastry dishes at a crowded coffee shop table. Then, two chefs make omelets while walking on balance beams. Finally, one chef has to make a cereal and milk dish with a giant cereal bowl on their head.
Freaks and Greeks
Two chefs have to play beer pong for their Greek salad ingredients, and then one chef has to cook a surf and turf dish using only a branding iron. Finally, one chef has to make poppy seed muffins in an upside-down muffin tin.
The Pesto Times, The Worst of Times
Two chefs must make pesto dishes while working in a pine forest, then one chef has to make shaking beef on a shaking prep station. Finally, one chef has to hit home runs over a stadium wall while making Boston cream pie.
The Mother of All Episodes
To celebrate Mother's Day, mother and daughter teams are driven around the kitchen in a minivan while they make breakfast in bed. Then, one team has to make lasagna while carrying a "bun in an oven."
Shot Through the Tart
Two chefs have to become mimes and silently make each other's dishes of pain perdu. Then, chefs have to walk around in "meatloafers" as they make meatloaf. Finally, one chef has to get ingredients by playing a raspberry dart game.
License to Grill
In this special grilling episode, two chefs must hold each other's grill grates while making hamburgers. Then, two chefs are strapped together as they make grilled chicken. Finally, one chef must make dessert on a trampoline.
Gettin' Judgey With It
The Cutthroat Kitchen judges compete, and the first task is making a poached egg on a bench press prep station. Then, one judge has to make a grain bowl while working backwards, and finally, one judge enters a soundproof chamber.
You Dim Some, You Lose Some
One chef has to get their dim sum ingredients by solving pictographs, then another chef has to boil their penne pasta in flaming vodka. Finally, one chef must make sugar cookies while carrying around a 'sugar baby.'
The Upper Crustacean
Three chefs must make their lobster rolls in a giant lobster pot, then two chefs have to tandem skydive as they make their navy bean soup. Finally, one chef has to make their peanut butter cookies in a giant jumper chair.
The Tong and Short of It
One chef has to join a "flash cobb" dance while making a cobb salad. Then, one chef has to make moo shu in a cowbell, and finally, one chef has to make baked Alaska while being pulled around the kitchen in a dog sled.
Time Warp Tournament: 1950s
To kick off the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1950s! Challenges include stuffing three chefs into a phone booth while they make breakfast and fending off a dress blowing in their face to make a milkshake.
Time Warp Tournament: 1960s
In heat two of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1960s! Kitchen fiascoes include riding in a mustard submarine, prepping chicken Kiev on protest signs and wearing a space suit to make banana pudding.
Time Warp Tournament: 1970s
The '70s are back! In the third heat of the Time Warp Tournament, chefs will make mac 'n' cheese on a banana seat bicycle, whip up a quiche on the disco floor and then dress up like a human disco ball to make crepes suzette.
Time Warp Tournament: 1980s
Chefs are going back to the tubular '80s! Challenges include getting chicken salad ingredients from rented VHS tapes, making blackened fish in a cigarette boat and playing a live-action video game while making a toaster pastry.
Time Warp Tournament Grand Finale: 1990s
In the finale of the Time Warp Tournament, chefs revisit the 1990s! They'll join a boy band as they make barbecue chicken pizza, and one chef will run a giant obstacle course while making cookie dough ice cream to win it all.
Superhero Sabotage: The Age of Alton
Three chefs have to dress up as Cutthroat Kitchen superheroes as they make hero sandwiches. Then, one chef flies through the kitchen to make a gyro. Finally, one chef makes a superfood dessert on their own flaming hand.
Fry Hard
Three chefs have to carry a fish as they make fish and chips, then two chefs have to wear giant chicken parts as they make fried chicken. Finally, one chef is sandwiched between churros to make churro ice cream.
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat One, Axe to Grind
In the first heat of Camp Cutthroat 2, three chefs have to cook a scramble with an ax, a knife or an arrowhead. Then, two chefs must make meat and potatoes while wearing a giant life jacket.
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat Two, Big Foot Loose
In the second heat of Camp Cutthroat 2, three chefs will make hunter's stew while dressed as forest animals. Then, two chefs must make their lunch while wearing a giant big foot.
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat Three
In the third heat of Camp Cutthroat 2, two chefs must make waffle breakfasts with their arms stuck in rocks. Then, one chef has to have Bob the Bear cook their grilled fish dish for them.
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat Four, How to Get Away With Burger
In the fourth heat of Camp Cutthroat 2, two chefs make a breakfast burrito while hanging a net. Then, one chef has to be pulled behind a jet ski to get new ingredients for their trail mix dessert.
Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Finale, The Great Out S'mores
In the finale of Camp Cutthroat 2, two chefs must make their chili dogs in a leaky boat. Then, chefs must make their game dishes while helping each other balance on a log, and two chefs go to war to make their s'mores desserts.
Tournament of Terror: Heat One
In heat one of the Tournament of Terror, two chefs have to cook their liver and fava beans while being rolled around on a dolly. Then, one chef has to get their blood orange dessert ingredients from a possessed seance board.
Tournament of Terror: Heat Two
In the Halloween Tournament of Terror, three chefs have to make deviled eggs while dressed as monsters. Then, two chefs make spider rolls on a giant spider web. Finally, one chef must make a flambe dessert in a haunted kitchen.
Tournament of Terror: Heat Three
In heat three of the Halloween Tournament of Terror, three chefs have to make their frogs' legs in a graveyard. Then, two chefs have to make their witch's stew while riding around on a witch's broom.
Tournament of Terror: Heat Four
In heat four of the Halloween Tournament of Terror, the chefs must cut their steak tartare with deadly weapons, dig up fra diavolo ingredients in a graveyard and make a pumpkin dessert in a spooky autumn chamber.
Tournament of Terror: Finale
The finale of the Halloween Tournament of Terror makes the chefs shop for their ingredients in a haunted pantry. Then, one chef has to cook their bone-in dish on a flaming organ. Finally, one chef has to cook on a possessed bed.
The Chefshank Redemption
In a special redemption episode, all of the chefs have to face the same sabotage they were eliminated with as they make the same dish. Then, the final two chefs must make a pineapple upside-down cake while hanging upside-down.
Fry-Day Night Bites
Former NFL pro Chad Johnson judges in a special big game episode. The sabotages include cooking loaded nachos on a flaming halftime show stage and making a fried chicken sandwich wearing a helmet with a football stuck on it.
Valentine's Day Massacre
Couples compete in Cutthroat Kitchen for a special Valentine's day episode. The sabotages include cooking chocolate chip pancakes on candles floating in a tub and preparing a romantic strawberry dessert while blindfolded.
Bolognesed and Confused
A chef must flip their stir-fry ingredients into a chef's hat, two chefs have to cook their Bolognese dish in espresso devices and one chef holds a bat in bunt position while making a bundt cake.
The Good, the Hash and the Ugly
In a special cowboy episode, one chef must use breakfast hash ingredients that are slid down a bar. Then, two chefs cook their steak dinners in a covered wagon and one chef preps their cornbread dessert on moving saloon doors.
Domo Arigato, Mr. Gelato
The chefs have to prep their breakfast sandwiches on a table covered with eggs and make Korean barbecue while sitting at a crowded restaurant table. Finally, one chef has to make gelato using only tools attached to a statue.
Do You Really Wonton Hurt Me?
Two chefs prep popcorn dishes in a giant bucket of popcorn, and one chef has to harvest wonton soup ingredients from a ton of soup that Alton won. Finally, one chef gets caught in the rain making a pina colada dessert.
Profiterollin' with the Homeys
One chef cooks flautas on a flaming jazz flute. Then, two chefs make pork chops and applesauce while rolling around the kitchen on a "chopper" prep table. And a chef rolls around in a tube as they make profiteroles.
Fast Times at Cutthroat High
Four teenage chefs battle it out while facing high school sabotages. First, three chefs must join a clique to make a carpool breakfast. In the last round, one chef must prep their dish while standing inside a locker.
I Ain't Afraid of No Toast
Three chefs make a toast while making a toast dish, then two chefs have to battle it out with giant shish kebabs for their choice of meat. Finally, one chef has to hopscotch around the kitchen and make a butterscotch dessert.
How Does That Crab Ya?
One chef has to make their nachos on a metal nacho pan, then two chefs have to make their crab melt in a rocking crab boat. Finally, one chef has to play flip cup as they make their filled cupcakes.
Fowl Play
In a special Thanksgiving episode, family teams make their holiday dinner in a crowded kitchen, make a turkey dish with ingredients from a giant cranberry mold and keep balloon floats from flying away as they make pumpkin pie.
A Very Cutthroat Christmas
Three chefs have to swap stations every time a bell rings. Then, one chef has to grab presents full of ingredients for their feast of fishes dish. Finally, one chef has to make their gingerbread dessert while stuck in a chimney.
For Alton Lang Syne
Three chefs have to make a hangover breakfast while attending a spin class. Then, two chefs have to make a salad while fitting into a little black dress and one chef has to prep their cheat day dessert on a moving New Year's ball.
I'm Kind of a Big Dill
One chef has to make their loaded hash browns on a pan shaped like Alton Brown's face. Then, two chefs have to prep and cook their Cubanos on baseball bats. Finally, one chef has to make their tiramisu while holding tiny hands.
Mission Impastable
Two chefs have to prep breakfast on the go on a table that's moving around the kitchen. Then, one chef has to crawl through a laser maze to make baked pasta. Finally, one chef has to ride a chairlift while making linzer cookies.
Hold Me Closer, Fire Dancer
Three chefs have to make shepherd's pie as they work together in a "coat of arms." Then, one chef has to prep Hawaiian barbecue inside a shark's mouth. Finally, one chef has to do a "lemonade stand" as they make their lemon bars.
Cutthroat Kitchen
Genres
Food & Home, Food Competitions
Episodes
15 Seasons Available (193 Episodes)
Release Year
2013
About This Series
Just how far is a chef willing to go win a cooking competition? Host Alton Brown hands four chefs $25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money either helping themselves or sabotaging their competitors.
Cast and Crew
Starring: Alton Brown
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