It Doesn’t Get More Authentic Than a Concrete Made in a Cement Mixer —...
On tonight’s new episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, the name of the game in Round 3 was concrete, both literally and figuratively. Not only were chefs tasked with prepping this frozen concoction, but a...
View ArticleThe Making of a Culinary Wingman — Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
Where there are cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, there’s also likely a wingman, and that principle of barhopping held true on tonight’s all-new episode of Cutthroat Kitchen. Host Alton Brown turned one...
View Article“No Bowl, No Dignity”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
Where there’s a kitchen mixer there’s often a mixing bowl, right? Wrong, in fact. At least insofar as Cutthroat Kitchen is concerned. On tonight’s brand-new chocolate-themed episode, chefs were forced...
View Article“Let’s Get This Party Popping”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
The garlic crusher, lemon squeezer, apple corer — each seems to serve only one purpose in the kitchen. But on tonight’s all-new episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, one chef proved that another such item,...
View ArticleWho Cooks Stuffed Shells in a Seashell? — Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen...
It’s no secret that Cutthroat Kitchen loves a solid swap-out; from inferior ingredients taking the place of quality pantry picks to professional-grade utensils being traded for oddball replacements,...
View Article3 Different Pans, 3 Very Different Toad-in-the-Hole Dishes — Testing the...
While some judges demand inventive, next-level variations on a classic dish, Cutthroat Kitchen judges are indeed pleased to see chefs’ traditional takes, as one-third of the panel’s judging criteria...
View ArticleA Stationary Spoon Makes for Heightened Stirring — Testing the Cutthroat...
Click here to view the embedded video. A risotto’s success greatly depends on frequent stirring. So when Alton Brown auctioned off a fixed spoon — one suspended several inches in the air — on tonight’s...
View Article“It’s an Angry Pan”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
For mobile eateries like food trucks as well as brick-and-mortar hot spots, social media is the name of the game in terms of guaranteeing success. When Alton Brown auctioned off a savvy @-shaped pan...
View Article“Time to Go Fishing for Chicken”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
When it comes to new ways to make chefs suffer at the hands of the everyday chicken, Alton Brown is somewhat of a master saboteur (Chicken in a can: Need we say more?). He proved that theory once...
View Article“I Would Buy This at Any Fair”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
While all rounds of Cutthroat Kitchen are full of hilarious eviliciousness, tonight’s all-new episode took the funny to another level when Alton Brown, ever the sabotage ringleader, revealed that the...
View Article“This Is a Make-or-Break Moment”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
“You want your flour, you want your leavener and a little bit of salt.” Those three things are what Cutthroat Kitchen food stylist Jamie Peterson says are needed in order to concoct the usual...
View Article“That’s Going to Be an Issue Here”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
As far as sabotages go, one that’s made out of metal, provides stable support for food and stands up well to heat is practically a gift in the eyes of Cutthroat Kitchen rivals. Or at least it likely...
View Article“‘Cause It’s Science”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
As is the nature of the Cutthroat Kitchen beast, the situation inside the battle arena is constantly changing: Ingredients get swapped, chefs move from one station to another, and tools come and go....
View ArticleBegging a Sabotage to Work … and Failing: Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen...
From inflated blueberry suits to curry-inspired balance beams and a swinging hammock in place of a prep station, Cutthroat Kitchen is known for its over-the-top sabotages and seemingly impossible...
View Article“This Is Better Than a Regular Tuna Melt”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen...
Though it just so happens that many sabotages lead Cutthroat Kitchen chefs to turn out inferior dishes, thanks to the oddball ingredients and haphazard tools, each challenge is — believe it or not —...
View ArticleA Transformative Potato Chip Experience — Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen...
A competition like Cutthroat Kitchen can surely be a transformative undertaking for the chef contestants, as they’re almost always pushed beyond their culinary comfort zones. But their ingredients,...
View Article“Boxed” Chocolate Cake — Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
Click here to view the embedded video. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, tonight’s all-new episode of Cutthroat Kitchen focused on perhaps the ultimate sweet treat — chocolate — and surely no...
View Article“It’s Real Weird”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
From canned whole chickens to dairy milked from a plastic cow, Cutthroat Kitchen is no stranger to strangeness. In fact, it welcomes such oddness. It’s a good thing that’s the case, because on...
View Article“Brown-Bag Brownie. Nailed It”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
Cutthroat Kitchen is nothing if not punny, as Alton Brown is notorious for putting literal spins on the challenge dishes, all in an effort to create hilariously diabolical sabotages. When it came time...
View Article“Starting to Get Into a Cupcake Place”— Testing the Cutthroat Kitchen Sabotages
From giant whisks and ice cube trays to banana leaves and coffee filters, Cutthroat Kitchen contestants have faced their share of oddball trinkets that host Alton Brown eviliciously repurposed into...
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