Take everyday recipes to the next level with Katie Lee's Barbecue Potato Chip-Crusted Salmon and Jeff Mauro's Pickle-Brined Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Peppers. Restaurant secrets are revealed to help make your food taste better, then it's a showdown between Geoffrey Zakarian's Cherries Jubilee French Toast and Marcela Valladolid's Cafe de la Olla French Toast. Plus, cookbook author Candice Kumai shares some hidden healthy ingredients in desserts while making truffles with dates and Geoffrey makes a Balsamic Boulevardier cocktail.
In the final showdown, two teams go head-to-head preparing a five-course barbecue tasting menu, highlighting the pinnacle of live-fire cooking and the team's unique point of view. This is their final chance to impress judges Andrew Zimmern, Ernest Servantes, Jess Pryles, and Moe Cason by demonstrating their creativity, innovation, and mastery of the pit. Every bite counts. Every technique matters. And in the end, only one team will walk away with $30,000 and the title of Pitmasters Champion!
The teams face off in a "Reality Roast" game of culinary challenges inspired by iconic reality TV shows, testing their taste buds, technique and kitchen skills. Then, for the skill drill challenge, chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso teach the recruits to make an all-American breakfast. For the main dish challenge, things get smoking as the teams throw down on the grill with barbecue chicken. The two least successful recruits face a blind elimination challenge to make the ultimate breakfast sandwich.
Take everyday recipes to the next level with Katie Lee's Barbecue Potato Chip-Crusted Salmon and Jeff Mauro's Pickle-Brined Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Peppers. Restaurant secrets are revealed to help make your food taste better, then it's a showdown between Geoffrey Zakarian's Cherries Jubilee French Toast and Marcela Valladolid's Cafe de la Olla French Toast. Plus, cookbook author Candice Kumai shares some hidden healthy ingredients in desserts while making truffles with dates and Geoffrey makes a Balsamic Boulevardier cocktail.