Four great home cooks give their personal take on comfort food in this URS installation. In the signature round, the contestants have an hour and a half to cook up a feel-good dish. They don't have the luxury of time in the speed round, where they have to kick it to serve an equally delicious comfort food dish in just thirty minutes. Highest scoring recipe at the end of the competition will earn someone $25,000.
From finger food to full on entrees, four amateur and adventurous cooks bring party food to the Showdown. In the signature round, the cooks have an hour and a half to impress the judges with their original party food recipe. In the speed round, the cooks only have thirty minutes to serve up a second dish. Highest scoring recipe at the end of the competition will earn someone $25,000.
The heat is on for four of the country's best home cooks in this fiery competition. In the signature round, the contestants have one hour to serve up a hot and spicy dish. The cooks have to up their game in the speed round, where they will have just thirty minutes to bang out a second hot and spicy creation. The highest scoring recipe from either round will earn one contestant $25,000.
Burgers are the battleground in this episode, but these are not your ordinary backyard burgers. Rather four home cooks elevate the regular burger to the level of art over two rounds. In the signature round, the contestants have an hour to grill up a burger showstopper. In the speed round, the cooks will have only thirty minutes to create yet another burger masterpiece. The highest scoring recipe from either round will earn one contestant $25,000.
Four amateur bakers face-off in two classic categories: cakes and desserts. In the cake round, the contestants have two hours to bake up their best cake recipe. In the dessert round, the contestants have another two hours to wow the judges with a creative and delicious dessert. Highest scoring recipe at the end of the competition will earn someone $25,000.
Four amateur cooks come to the URS arena to show what hometown cooking is all about by whipping up local favorites. In the signature round, the cooks have one hour to create their down home masterpieces. The competition heats up in the speed round, where the contestants only have thirty minutes to crank out another hometown dish. Highest scoring recipe at the end of the competition will earn someone $25,000.