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Post by Adam Awesome on Aug 18, 2013 23:14:30 GMT -5
I'm surprised this hasn't been created yet. Basically, just post what you're watching and be at least a little bit specific.
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Post by Adam Awesome on Aug 19, 2013 0:02:30 GMT -5
The Great Food Truck Race has returned for Season 4! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! So the teams this time: Boardwalk Breakfast Empire - A seafood New Jersey area type truck, Bowled and Beautiful - Classic Californian dishes all in bowls, Aloha Plate - Hawaiian dishes of course, Murphy's Spud Truck - Corn beef/nachos/Salads, Frankfooters (Sp?) who of course sell hot dogs, Philly's Finest Sambonis - Apparently some sort of meat and cheese sandwich well-known in Pennsylvania, The Slide Show - Mostly sliders but also other small versions of stuff, and Tikka Tiku Taco - Mexican food (When isn't there a Mexican Food Truck somewhere in this competition ). It's starting off in Hollywood, California and the host, Tyler Florence, has said this is the hardest task they have ever had to accomplish. He mentioned how one team will be eliminated every week based off of who makes the least profit and the last team standing will get to keep their food truck and win $50,000. These teams are only getting $250 to start off with and they won't be able to sell in the big city of Los Angeles, but rather Beverly Hills. Tyler said he's feeling very "chatty" this year to which can't be good. He has a history of throwing roadblock after roadblock against teams in the past and this is already a big one. He added on that they can only create one thing for these customers in Beverly Hills to and it must be $20. Murphy's Spud Truck is surprisingly doing the worst even though they are from California as they ended up getting lost! On the up side, of the $250 they were given, they only ended up using about $175 of it so it could come to benefit them a little there. And with only 24 hours left to this first competition, Tyler is bringing out his phone and he's telling them that he's shutting down the food trucks for Beverly Hills immediately as in the morning, they're going to San Francisco! And now it's the morning and Tyler is throwing ANOTHER twist at them . The team who made the most money in Beverly Hills is going to San Fran right now while the team who made the least can't leave for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Bowled and Beautiful made the most and can leave now. Meanwhile, Tyler says the other teams have to wait another 15 minutes before anyone can leave next. The Philly Food Truck is next, and now the Slide Show, Boardwalk Breakfast Empire is next, now Aloha Plate, Tikka Taco is next, and now finally the weiner girls are leaving an hour and 45 minutes later having made the least. I guess they finally realized nobody would pay 20 fucking dollars for a hot dog . And now yet ANOTHER twist. They all have to make a new signature dish, but can change prices now and another thing, he's sending them all to a well-known park in San Francisco where not only will they all have to compete against each other, but there will be other very popular food trucks. And now Murphy's is having another issue. They can't get there cooking equipment properly lit which is hurting them A LOT. Now they'll have to serve just salad and limeade . OMG this thing isn't even a salad xD! It's basically just some lettuce, cheese, a dressing and some crumbled corn beef on top. Some mechanic just came out to assist them in fixing the problem and it was just a mere switch that made the propane turn off. While the problem is fixed, it's a little too late as they can't change their dish and with this being their 2nd mistake in this 1st episode, Murphy's Spud Food Truck are most likely to go home. And with that, the day of selling has ended and up next is Tyler's favorite part, the elimination ceremony! In first place with a total of $1,321 is Philly's Finest Sambonis so they are safe! In second place with a final total $1,284 is Bowled and Beautiful and they are safe. $1,130 Tikka Taku Taco - they are safe. $860 - The Slide Show - they're safe. $812 - Aloha Plate - they're moving on. $723 - Boardwalk Breakfast Empire - and they're moving on. $486 - Frankfooters survives by a close call. Murphy's Spud Food Truck ended up losing by only $66 and what cost them was getting lost at first in Beverly Hills and then there propane mishap over in San Francisco. They're handing over their keys and will have to go back to Los Angeles where they're from. They seem to be very emotional about it. And with that, Tyler Florence has mentioned how these 7 teams have moved one step closer to $50,000 and their very, own food truck! But it will be much harder and from San Francisco, California, they are heading north into another Democratic area.....Portland, Oregon! The 2nd episode is next Sunday at 9 PM Eastern.
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Post by Adam Awesome on Aug 19, 2013 1:03:04 GMT -5
And now it's time for Cutthroat Kitchen! Alton Brown's game of sabotage which could be worth $25,000 in cold, hard cash, but it requires skills and brains to be able to win this cunning and tricky game. Each of them will have to compete in 3 culinary challenges and will only get 60 seconds in the pantry to grab all the food they need for Alton's dish he wants them to make. Out of these 4 contestants, every single one of them will get $25,000 that they could potentially win and will also have to use to auction off in increments of $100 to try and mess with their other contestants. And Alton is having them make pork chops and applesauce (weird combo) and they now have 60 seconds to grab what they think they need. If they're not out of there by then, he'll shut the slide door on them and they'll be eliminated. BUT, everyone made it out in time...just barely. The first item up for auction is some frozen pork chops, packaged pulled pork, some disgusting overcooked pork chops, and the only good 1 there - boneless, tender pork chops that are easy to cook. Now it's time for the bidding! Chef Gianchetti has successfully bought it for $8,100 and now has the power of putting all 3 of those bad chops with someone else while he gets to keep the good chops. This next auction item is diabolical! In terms of their applesauce, whoever wins this next item will be able to switch their apples with this sour apple candy to make their applesauce with. LMAO, this next item is tin foil and the starting bid Alton put out was $500 which was then increased by 1 of the female contestants to 10K which she's won! What that does is it forces one of the contestants she picked to use it for cooking with. And in the middle of the cooking process, Alton wants to auction something else off! He's got a lovely basket of apple and whoever buys it off of him will force them to incorporate raw apples onto their main dish as something creative. The problem with this is it will be hard to convince the judge that a raw apple belongs on the plate. It was bought for $1,500 by Chef Gwen and gives it to Chef Pink for a little bit of revenge for when Chef Pink gave the tin foil to Chef Gwen. Simon Majumdar who's a food writer will be taste testing these food now that culinary challenge #1 is over. Chef Taylor, who had to use overcooked chops in his dish, is first and Simon said the truffle oil is by far the worst thing he ever tasted, but the rest was good. Chef Gwen, who had to use packaged pulled pork, is being criticized for her dish being "muddy" and dense according to Simon and said the pouched egg wasn't actually poached. Chef Pink is next who had to use frozen pork chops and raw apples and that got her big time as it lacked seasoning and he said the raw sliced apples didn't belong there. Chef Gianchetti, who had to use that sour apple candy, wasn't the actual problem as it was the problem with his overcooked pork chops despite the fact that he got the best pork chops going in. So there were big critical things on every dish by Simon, but as for who he's sending home this round, it's going to be..............CHEF PINK because of her lack of seasoning and texture. She now has to hand over all the remaining money she had and she's now eliminated. And at her closing comments. She said she's going to go drink some whiskey now and think about this. For Round Two, Alton Brown now wants a delicious, macaroni & cheese so as to keep with comfort food and will have 30 minutes to make it and 60 seconds to go grab what they need in the pantry. And they all get out in time. A bunch of brown sugar, dried fruit, and chocolate for the first auction item which the winner will be able to put on someone else to make dessert macaroni and cheese. It gets bought for $1,200 by Chef Gianchetti and is using it on Chef Taylor. The next item is artificial cheese products like cheese puffs for example is the next devious auction item. Whoever wins this will be allowed to use it on one of their opponents and can take away their real cheese for this lower quality cheese basket. It got bought for $5,000 by Chef Taylor and for sweet, sweet revenge, is giving it to Chef Gianchetti. And Chef Gwen is using a smart strategy as she said she'll let the 2 boys just fight at it and sabotage each other while she stands back. And the mid-time auction item is now and it is bought for $2,100 by Chef Taylor and is being used on Chef Gianchetti who can no longer use the stove as a result, so not only does Gianchetti have to use artificial cheese, but he has to use a microwave! Chef Taylor says the reason he put it on Gianchetti was because Chef Gwen was destroying herself as her cauliflower was falling everywhere . Simon reappears to test this food and he believes Chef Taylor's pasta is cooked nicely, but the seafood idea was terrible though to coincide with dessert stuff. As for his opinion on Chef Gwen's dish, he says the cauliflower and cheese is great and says the deep fried pasta is awesome, so she's most likely safe from elimination and stepping back seemed to pay off. And as for Chef Gianchetti's dish, he says the food tasted pretty bad as he sensed a low quality feel in the mac and cheese. And Chef Taylor gets eliminated because Simon did not appreciate the lobster in the dessert mac & cheese, but mentioned how he's surprised about it since Simon couldn't even eat Chef Gianchetti's food. In Round Three, it's only Chef Gianchetti and Chef Gwen who are left. What Alton wants to finish it off is fish and chips which he says Simon is an expert on. They will only have 20 minutes to cook this dish and the auction will actually happen while they're cooking. For the 60 seconds of pantry time, both of them made it out. The first item up for sale is a sheetpan with a whole unappetizing, flat fish which if won by either chef can use it on the other and would force them to use it as their fish and it replace it with their current. Chef Gwen buys it for over $1,000 and Chef Gianchetti said he's welcomed to it as he said he could deep fry it to make it taste good, but not so fast! This next item is the ability of whether or not chefs can fry stuff or not and this one is pivotal. Chef Gwen buys it for $2,500 and it means Chef Gianchetti can no longer use his deep fryer which was incredibly vital to his french fries and turbot fish. This is it here. Simon's final pick on who wins this episode of Cutthroat Kitchen and walks away with their money left. Simon says Chef Gianchetti's dish said he's never seen baked fish and chips, but likes the taste of the turbo, although the skin tastes pretty bad and the fries are a bit bad. Chef Gwen's dish he said had good batter and the fish tasted good, but said the fennel and asparagus brings very little to the dish. Because of the skin, Simon says Chef Gianchetti is going home and will have to hand over his $17,600 he had left. And with that, Chef Gwen has won Cutthroat Kitchen! (I didn't see how much she won).
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Post by Joey on Aug 19, 2013 19:39:14 GMT -5
21 Jump Street....so funny thus far!
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