Chopped

Four chefs are eager to impress as they race to make appetizers with mizuna and a weird pizza, but first round jitters are a real problem. A deep-fried oddity is part of the challenge for the competitors in the second round.

Four chefs cook Thai-inspired meals, starting with chicken feet in the first basket. A colorful entrée basket includes some pretty purple dumplings. Then, in the dessert round, a competitor must juggle two simultaneous snafus.

Four fearless chefs take on an auction before each round to determine their fourth ingredient. Things get interesting in the appetizer round when the chef who scores the most enviable auction item ends up struggling with a basic basket ingredient.

The chefs uncover just three items in their mystery baskets and must bid on their fourth ingredients in an exciting live auction. In the entrée round auction, a bidding war breaks out over a premium ingredient.

The chefs get only three items in each basket and must bid in a live auction for a fourth ingredient. The entrée round auction includes an unusual protein that gets big bids from more than one chef.

Four competitors are given baskets with just three items, and a live auction determines what each chef scores as their fourth ingredient. One chef raises expectations by spending a ton of money to secure a favorite ingredient for his appetizer dish.

In the tournament finale, the chefs are given a larger sum of money to bid on their fourth ingredient. In a fierce first round, all the items that the chefs win at auction seem challenging in their own way, and the judges' expectations are sky-high.

Four carnivorous chefs take on a bold breakfast sandwich and Berkshire bacon in the appetizer basket. Then, the final two chefs are not concerned about how to include bacon in their desserts, but the cruel clock gives them plenty to worry about.

This battle is all about indulging wholeheartedly in late-night cravings! In the first round, tacos and ramen in the basket force the chefs to make fusion plates. The entrée basket includes a very hot pepper and a beloved potato product.

The chefs rush to come up with smart ways to utilize the alligator in the first basket, but they soon learn their gator plans might be difficult to execute. In the dessert round, an ice cream machine fiasco spells trouble for one of the competitors.

Peaches and pancetta in the appetizer basket make for a creative first round. An unusual pork product in the entrée basket is a little bit gory, and the chefs are challenged to figure out the best way to make it shine on the plate.

In round one, the chefs figure out if anyone has a clue what to do with emu. The competitors find a savory cake in the entrée basket. A really weird soda and an ice cream machine battle make for an enthralling dessert round.

Four superhero chefs with huge hearts race to make mussels dishes in the appetizer round. The competitors' personalities and culinary points of view have a chance to shine in their skirt steak entrée plates.