Fried Chicken Time

• Episode 1

The chefs take on fried chicken. To start, a weird syrup and savory pancake are among the mandatory appetizer ingredients. Later, peach cobbler must be incorporated into entrees. And finally, the judges prepare for an interesting fried chicken-themed dessert round.

Snail Snafus

• Episode 2

The chefs have just 20 minutes to make snails work with their other appetizer ingredients, including troublesome spouts. Later, garlic knots are easy to use in the entrée round; and a light and airy cake leads to focused and inspired desserts.

Hot Doggin'

• Episode 3

The chefs cook with hot dogs. Other mystery basket items include an uncommon condiment in the appetizer round; and a problematic and tiny ingredient in the entrée round.

Souper Chefs

• Episode 4

A seventy-something competes. Included: in the appetizer round, trout dishes must include dill pickle soup as a component. Then, a weirdly spicy beer is one of the entrée basket ingredients. And finally, dough and sugar in the dessert basket give the chefs a false sense

Chili Cook-Off

• Episode 5

A chili cook-off begins with chocolate and sausage as the mandatory ingredients in the appetizer round. Then, degrees of spice and levels of creativity are big factors, when judging entrees. Finally, the chefs find sweet inspiration.

Worst Cooks Challenge

• Episode 6

Anne Burrell helps judge, when former winners and runners-up of Worst Cooks in America (2010) compete. Challenges include frog leg appetizers, cooking steak entrees correctly, and making desserts with ready-made dough, cocoa powder and pears.

Teen Tournament: Battle 1

• Episode 7

The tournament begins with the challengers having to create an appetizer with a strange hybrid snack and a decadent pork product. Then, in the entrée round, poultry must be combined with a weird casserole; and desserts are made using a spicy nut and a savory green fruit

Teen Tournament: Battle 2

• Episode 8

In Round 1, nerves and indecision keep everyone guessing whether four teen chefs will finish their sausage appetizers. Later, seafood surprises are discovered in the entrée baskets; and breakfast items are turned into desserts.

Teen Tournament: Battle 3

• Episode 9

Teen chefs put their energy to good use making short rib appetizers. Later, they are puzzled by an already cooked, artificially colored ingredient in the entrée basket. And, for dessert, it's a wonder what to do with a pastry bag of pate a choux.

Teen Tournament: Battle 4

• Episode 10

Teen chefs battle it out for the last spot in the $25,000 finale. First, they must deal with a can of something strange and a bottle of something sour, when making appetizers. Later, one competitor decides to deep-fry the entrée round's protein. And finally, the cake.

Teen Tournament Finale Fight

• Episode 11

Conclusion. A teen tournament ends with one young chef winning $25,000. But first, they face a surf and turf combo in the appetizer round; a test of their butchering skills when making entrees; and one competitor correctly predicts mango as a dessert ingredient.

Twins For The Win

• Episode 12

Teams of twins compete. they face some improbable eggs and incomplete crustaceans. it gets interesting when making entrees with a royal-inspired meat product and a soda shop staple. And some surprising choices are made, when pastry dough is found in the dessert basket.

Naan The Wiser

• Episode 13

Poor time management gets one chef in trouble during the first round, which features naan and blood sausages. Then, a very expensive fish has the judges hoping that it's treated right. Finally, creative juices are flowing when faced with a fruit-filled dessert basket.

Smorgastarta Your Engines

• Episode 1

The chefs get the competition underway with smorgastarta appetizers.

Tailgate Greats

• Episode 2

Four football tailgating greats must prove themselves in the kitchen.

Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay, Part 1

• Episode 3

Chopped joins forces with Beat Bobby Flay for a crossover event.

Midnight Snack Attack

• Episode 4

Four chefs set out to create the perfect midnight snack.

Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay, Part 2

• Episode 5

Four returning champions return to the kitchen to take on Chef Bobby Flay.

Hearty Party

• Episode 6

In round one, the chefs get to work with an "offal-y" special Cajun dish.

Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay, Part 3

• Episode 7
• PG
• 01:00:00

Some of the chefs struggle to keep track of their ingredients in round one.

Cheap Eats

• Episode 8
• PG
• 01:00:00

The chefs work with yummy finds like pork buns and a pickled product.

Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay, Finale

• Episode 9
• PG
• 01:00:00

The final three battle in two rounds, and the last chef takes on Bobby Flay.

Battle Of The Butchers

• Episode 10
• PG
• 01:00:00

Butchers take over Chopped to show what practiced protein pros can do.

Beast Feast

• Episode 11
• PG
• 01:00:00

The competitors face off in a protein-packed battle featuring some fierce ingredients that are too big for the baskets. In the entrée round, the chefs get to choose what part of an imposing whole animal to use for their dish.

Back in Time

• Episode 12
• PG
• 01:00:00

A familiar can and a space-age beverage in the first basket, something frozen in time and something nostalgically spherical for round two, a drink named for a movie legend must be used for dessert.

Viewers' Vengeance

• Episode 13
• PG
• 01:00:00

Four chefs complete viewer-chosen tasks, the fans pick a creepy protein and a bloody soup, something hearty and something hot in the second basket, dessert dishes made with offal and atole.

Entree Basket Blues

• Episode 14
• PG
• 01:00:00

Canned ham and mussels challenge the chefs in the appetizer round, things get tougher with a bright blue ingredient in the entree round, the final two chefs try to impress the judges with fruit-and-fries creations.

Taco Time!

• Episode 15
• PG
• 01:00:00

Sweet Heat

• Episode 16
• PG
• 01:00:00

Chefs must overcome a basket that includes something that's called pizza but isn't recognizable as the classic dish, before moving on to a two-protein round and a dessert which must include both sweet and spicy elements.