Chopped

Four chefs who are obsessed with burger mastery compete to see who will reign supreme. The grinders get a workout with magnificent, premium beef appetizers, epic lamb burgers for the main course and challenging sweet burgers for the dessert round.

Four chefs hope for a sweet start as they open their appetizer baskets to find a green gummy shocker. In the entrée round, the big question for the competitors is how to deal with the veal, and it's a race to the ice cream machine in the dessert round.

It's Halloween, and the basket goblins have found ingredients that are positively spooky. The chefs struggle to wrap their heads around a "pasta brain," try to make something glorious out of something gross and take their final shot with tasty syringes.

Four Southern chefs aim to up their games against talented peers, all dreaming of the title of Chopped champ. The appetizer basket includes a questionable take on fried chicken, and the chefs must get creative with a casserole in the entrée basket.

When the chefs get fried potatoes topped with Korean chile powder in the appetizer basket, the judges could be in for some fusion confusion or satisfying first plates. The competitors find a versatile, lean cut of meat in the entrée basket: beef knuckle.

What the chefs know -- or don't know -- about uni (sea urchin) will play a factor in the appetizer round. Then, a simple soup is part of a complex puzzle in the entrée round, and a corn cake meets a classic candy in the dessert basket.

Four determined chefs open the appetizer basket to find a deep-fried treat and a special seafood surprise they'll have to make work together. Then, the competitors stick their necks out trying to make creative dishes out of ostrich neck and curry ketchup.

Four teams of best buddies compete to make a Thanksgiving feast. Mayhem ensues with eight chefs in the kitchen in the first round, as everyone tries to make the most of an iffy canned product. A weird hot dog is part of the entrée round puzzle.

Four Chopped newbies must figure out what to do with an alligator heart in the appetizer basket. Then, the entrée basket serves up a bird and birthday treat surprise before an oversized ice cream product has the competitors thinking big for dessert.

A trendy pastry in the first round inspires debate among the chefs, while the steaks in the second round aren't the gifts they seem to be. Then in final round, the chefs must figure out how to make a hybrid comfort food go with a savory frozen item.

Four Grand Champions are headed home to the Chopped kitchen for the holidays. The chefs are challenged with some extremely tough baskets, beginning with a kooky candy cane in the appetizer round.

The chefs create a kitchen traffic jam when the first basket inspires them to all use the deep fryer. Then, the competitors struggle to make juicy swordfish steaks, and an unusual cheese product for dessert prompts one chef to attempt a cheesecake.

In the first round, the chefs get cracking to procure crab meat to make their appetizers. Then, a strange dip in the second round is a big part of the challenge, while the dessert basket is filled with plenty of fun, including mocktails and fruit balls.