The Kitchen hosts work together on a Labor Day cookout, each bringing a unique ingredient or technique to make the menu tasty and memorable. Sunny Anderson gives burgers the royal treatment with her Spicy Green Goddess Burger. Katie Lee Biegel leads the gang in sharing new and improved ways to spruce up corn on the cob. Jeff Mauro fires up the grill for a Hibachi-Style Hot Dog, and Alex Guarnaschelli cools things down with her Spiked Lemony Iced Tea. Finally, Geoffrey Zakarian and the hosts showcase some out-of-this-world ice cream toppings.
On the search for healthy sandwiches, Jeff Mauro heads up to Graze restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin to pick up some techniques from a chef who makes the most colorful and craveable veggie burger on the planet. Back home, the healthy swagger of a Caesar salad helps jazz up Jeff's Grilled Chicken Wrap, while he uses what he learned in Madison to help him put together a Middle-Eastern spiced mini burger. And on the side, a healthy snack that's almost too good to be true: crunchy kale chips with a barbecue flair.
Pat & Gina Neely share the flavor of a 'Tasty Tennessee' meal done right! With Beale Street Blues BBQ Burger, Pat's Spicy Onion Rings and Gina's Potato wedges w/Spicy Cheesy Seasoning! Plus a chocolatey Neely's Midnight Malted!
Byron, owner of B-Man's Teriyaki and Burgers in Pasadena, Calif., becomes suspicious when he notices a drop in customers. Charles Stiles sends in Mystery Diners Kiel and Eliot, who uncover a problem with the drive-thru staff.
The ultimate soup and sandwich, a burger that defies gravity, better-than-grandma's lasagna and a souffle the French would envy. Find out why these dishes and more have Giada, Ina, Alex, and Sunny smiling and saying "cheeeeese."
Entrepreneurs seek investments for mints that double as vitamins, a grill that takes tailgating up a notch, a microwavable "burger blaster," a pediatric prescription in drink form, and a robot that serves as a personal chef.
After seeing their first fellow chef sent home, the competition among the remaining 9 chefs escalates. In this episode, the Chairman’s charge is INNOVATION and for the Secret Ingredient Challenge, the chefs arrive at a coffee shop where they learn the secret ingredient is COFFEE AND DONUTS. The chefs must create two dishes featuring coffee and donuts in 30 mins. The cooking is fast and furious as the chefs struggle to innovate these American breakfast favorites. The Chairman’s Challenge, builds upon the coffee shop theme by demanding that the chefs INNOVATE classic diner foods like meatloaf, hamburgers and corned beef hash to Iron Chef level in 60 minutes.
A burger smothered in slaw, a lasagna sandwich, bread oozing with sweet decadent chocolate...these are just a few of the dishes Andrew Zimmern, Duff, Alton Brown and others say are delicious, gooey, sloppy and best of all... MESSY!