Big flavors meet big personalities as regional rivals from the thriving Kansas City barbecue world compete to see who will advance to the $50,000 Grill Masters grand finale and face winners from Texas, North Carolina and Memphis. A 20-minute appetizer round doesn't seem long enough to deal with the double cut pork chops in the first basket. Then, a bubbly surprise in the second basket prompts the chefs to bring the sweet to their entree dishes. Pineapple and banana are two of the flavors that must be married on the last two competitors' dessert plates.

Starring:

Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marcus Samuelsson, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Aarón Sánchez, Maneet Chauhan, Chris Santos, Zac Young, 9 more, Marc Murphy, Joseph "JJ" Johnson, David Guas, Stuart O'Keeffe, Tiffani Faison, Jason Kieffer, Adam Sobel, Angie Mar, James Briscione

Genre:

Food