Here at Flavortown Market, we are always searching
for perfection
especially when it comes to the perfect burger.
-Hunter, what do you got, bud? -Father, the perfect burger
is two meat patties, two tomatoes,
a piece of lettuce multiplied by cheese
and you get the perfect burger.
I love it, son, but Hunter,
where are the buns?
I knew I was forgetting something.
[Guy] Tonight's four chefs have devoted their life
to making mouth-watering burgers
and sensational sides.
Whoa!
Is it good? Is it good?
While I grill them with my wild games.
My head is [makes sound].
Oh, yeah!
See that? Look at that.
Hunter, that's what we call the big bun theory.
I'll tell you, it's burgers or bust,
right now on Guy's Grocery Games.
[tense music playing]
So, let's meet our chefs, now first up we have Anthony Brown
the Portland chef whose Mexican Southern fusion restaurant,
serves up a fajita guacamole burger.
Oh!
At Nacheaux with E-A-U-X, I like to get weird.
With my burgers, I like to actually like to make 'em
as unique as possible.
If people can get it somewhere else,
why are they gonna come to me?
That's what I'm talking about. Nacheaux.
Next, we have Nick Watts the chef/owner
of a Southlake City gourmet burger restaurant
who loves burgers so much,
he got one tattooed on his wrist.
I love burgers so much
that I actually got one of my logos
tattooed on my wrist.
My style of burger cooking is experimental comfort foo
with the unique ingredients like donuts
or a mac and cheese on burgers.
-I just wanna have fun. -[quirky music playing]
That's exactly the kind of crazy people I love here.
And then there's Emily Hopper, the Wisconsin executive chef
who specializes in cheese filled Juicy Lucy burgers.
Woo!
I live, eat, and breathe burgers.
Lucy's #7 Burger Bar is a burger joint in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Our menu is all Juicy Lucy.
So Juicy Lucy is a burger that's stuffed with cheese.
I love cheese.
I'm from Wisconsin the cheese state.
-[Guy] There she is. That's it. -All right.
And finally Travis Bushee,
self-taught chef
who is now the chef owner
of a Jacksonville burger joint.
[Travis] So our burgers are award-winning.
We get crazy, we get fun with it
because if you're not having fun,
what are you really doing?
I'm just so grateful for having
the opportunity to cook for Guy.
And one day I hope to accomplish what he has.
Chefs, welcome. I know that you love burgers
but you have to prove that burgers are more than just fast food.
Because I have got two nonstop burger games
-coming your way. -All right. Let's go.
The chef with lowest scoring burger at the end
of round one will be eliminated.
But the chef with the highest combined score
at the end of two rounds
will get to shop Flavortown Market
for up to 20,000 bucks.
So, I'm doubling the difficulty from the start.
I want you to make a...
-I want you to make a double burger. -[Anthony] Okay. [laughs]
I want you to elevate it, I want you to celebrate it.
I want you to make that double burger
-your own. -Yes.
Thirty minutes to shop, prepare,
and plate your double burger.
That's it?
You three...
will be able to depart in a moment.
Oh.
Well, because you're close to him,
you two are gonna stay.
Actually you are the one that can't go first.
You said three.
[laughing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[laughing]
Here they go folks. A big...
-What? -I'm sorry. Really quick, but...
-I'm trying to launch the show. -I know, I'm sorry.
So, there, uh, there's this truck.
A herd of buffalo came out of nowhere.
-What is that? -[Hunter] Out of nowhere...
Hunter, I'm trying to start the show.
He had the buns in the truck.
-He had the buns in the truck? -And the bread.
-And the bread? -[Hunter] Yeah.
So, there's no buns and there's no bread?
-Correct. -You're killing me.
[suspenseful music playing]
What? Oh.
No bread?
There's no bread.
I'm like, okay, I wanna go to the frozen
and get some garlic toast.
No garlic toast.
I look and there's no Hawaii loaf, there's nothing.
[laughs]
Attention, shoppers, I have been informed
that due to unknown circumstances,
all the buns and bread are currently out of stock.
[laughs]
They're out of bread?
Who's in charge here?
However, please feel free to get anything else you like
anywhere else in the store.
Thanks for shopping Flavortown Market.
-Are you kidding me? -Please don't fire me.
I guess we're gonna play a little game of out of stock.
Out of stock.
Flavortown is out of buns.
So now I have to real quick think about
what I'm gonna utilize in place of a bun.
No buns over here.
I'm thinking other types
of starches that I could use.
Woo! Okay.
In place of the bun, I'm gonna use pancake mix.
Why not?
Okay, I got an idea.
Breakfast burger. All right. I'm gonna do...
Okay.
People love breakfast, so for my double burger,
I'm going to make a breakfast Juicy Lucy.
A Juicy Lucy is a burger stuffed with cheese.
Instead of putting it out in the outside,
it's stuffed in the inside.
Get out the way, guys.
-Move it or lose it. -Okay.
Right behind you. Excuse me over here.
So, I'm over here thinking, what am I gonna do without bread?
Here we go.
Staying true to me, I'm gonna go Mexican Southern,
so I'm gonna get those tortillas
and I'm gonna make quesadillas
and make those my bread.
For my burger, I'm gonna do a double patty
mac and cheese, quesadilla burger.
Making mac and cheese is second nature to me.
Oh, God.
Milk, cheese, uh, black pepper.
I always tell them, do you ever trust me?
Because things are gonna get weird.
But it's gonna work for you.
[Guy] You have got to be kidding me.
Hey, buddy, no bread.
Would you believe that there was a truck,
and a buffalo, and a driver, and a jack knife?
Uh, these days, yes.
Well, that's what my kid's telling me.
[laughs]
It's all right.
We like to think outside the bun at Chedda Burger.
So, what can we use?
I go over and I look for the donuts.
Boom.
So I'm gonna lean sweet
because I'm using the donut
But I also have to think of salty.
So for my double burger,
I'm thinking the "Kill Me Softly."
It's two beef patties,
blue cheese, arugula,
cranberry sauce, and bacon.
Basically, if I was gonna go out,
that would be my last meal that I would wanna eat.
[screams]
Bam! No bread.
I'm looking around. I looked to my right and there's tortillas,
so bam, I'm gonna make the double quesadilla burger.
I run straight for the cheese,
so I grabbed some pepper jack.
So I grabbed my meat and we're going simple with it.
80/20 ground chuck just like we do back home.
Pineapple, avocado, where the hell would that be?
Burgers are everything to me they are my passion,
they are my legacy, they are my story,
they are what I have to pass down to my children
So, my strategy today
is just to do some fun stuff and creative stuff
and hopefully impress the judges.
Cilantro and parsley.
So, who better here to talk about double burgers
than our triple threat judges,
acclaimed boss and restaurateur
and winner of Tournament of Champions 3,
the one and only champ herself
sweet tea, Chef Tiffani Faison.
[applause]
Iron Chef Winner and owner
of a Minnesota restaurant empire...
-the one and only Chef Justin Sutherland. -[Tiffani] Hey, hey.
And James Beard award-winning restaurateur
who knows how to make a bellissimo burger,
-the one only Chef Scott Conant. -[all laughs]
What do you think is the biggest faux pas in the world of burgers?
-Bad ratio of bread to meat. -Absolutely.
Well, we don't have to worry about the bad ratio
-on the bread to meat thing we had a little... -[Tiffani] Nope.
-Did Hunter talk to you? Has he been by? -[Tiffani] No.
He's selling me some cockamamie story.
It sounds like somebody forgot to order the bread.
I think that's exactly what it sounds like.
That's exactly what it sounds like.
Oh, man, they kinda threw me a curveball man.
Um, not only do I gotta make this double burger
but now you take the buns away from me.
So, for my burger, I'm making a double stacked
quesadilla burger with pepper jack cheese,
some bacon, roasted Fresnos
roasted jalapeno mayo.
You guys roasting.
And some key lime guac to balance it all out.
Let's get this rolling.
So key lime.
Next, I wanna make a spicy jalapeno mayo,
so I throw the mayo in the food processor.
I throw in the roasted jalapenos
to kinda spice it up a little bit.
And whip it on up.
Oh, yeah. Work that magic, baby,
work that magic.
So, I'm also gonna make a quick ranch
to kinda cool down the heat from the Fresnos.
So, I know I'm up here competing
against some of the best burger makers in America.
Gotta get this guy going.
But they better not take me lightly
because I'ma come in here
and I'ma show 'em how we get down.
[tense music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Scott] So, all these chefs are here to give us burgers
This particular round, they're making
double burger, no bread.
Well, how do I hold this burger?
I mean, the whole game just flipped on its head.
-Hi. How are you? -Yeah!
Hello!
What's the game plan?
[Nick] I am making a double blue cheese burger
with bacon, cranberry sauce, arugula.
-What are you using for bun? -I am using a glazed donut.
Fantastic idea.
[Nick] So, first thing I get started on is my cranberry sauce.
Cranberries are tart,
so they're gonna counterbalance
with the bacon saltiness
and the peppery of the arugula
and then the pungent of the blue cheese.
Woo!
Now, mama's cooking.
[Guy] Eighteen minutes to cook.
[upbeat music playing]
So, I'm actually gonna be working on
doing a double stacked burger with a Creole seasoning
and I'm actually gonna, do quesadillas for the buns
since we don't have any bread.
I cut the tortillas to make
my quesadillas, add some cheese.
And then make eight small quesadillas for the buns.
-I love this take. -[Justin] I love this. I love this.
-[Tiffani] Like, so smart. -[Scott] Really clever.
[Anthony] I have my quesadillas.
Now, it's time to work on this mac and cheese.
I'm gonna use mozzarella and cheddar
for both my mac and cheese and my quesadilla.
Get that working.
We're actually doing a Creole curry seasoning.
At Nacheaux, we're known fo the Mexican Southern fusion
My mom's from Atlanta,
she married a guy from Mexico.
So, I grew up with a Mexican grandma,
so everything I cook
at the restaurant, anywhere I go,
I'm gonna make sure I bring myself and put it on a plate.
I'm wasting time on that.
For my double burger, I'm going to make
a breakfast Juicy Lucy
with a roasted pepper aioli over the whole top.
So, first thing I gotta get started
is my Juicy Lucy burger stuffed with cheese.
What is difficult about making a Juicy Lucy
is that it can go so wrong.
You have to be able to cook them low enough
and slow enough that you get a good sear
but you're still cooking the burger
all the way through and melting the cheese.
Breakfast is not complete without bacon and eggs.
I love bacon. The only way
that I eat eggs is over easy with bacon.
My favorite and two pieces of toast,
but anyway, that's beside the point.
Well, my burger and bacon, they're cooking.
I'm gonna work on my red pepper aioli.
Once I get a char on these peppers,
I'm gonna put it in the mayonnaise and let it go
[whirring]
-Uh... -I appreciate the no bread,
-that's a... That's really... -Not my fault.
What, you just start blaming that on me?
-That's really nice of you. -What's going on?
Uh, so, we are making a...
Who's the we? Got a mouse in your pocket?
We, as far as me, is making a quesadilla burger.
-[Guy] Quesadilla burger? -Yes, sir.
Okay. Good luck.
[Travis] That's what I'm looking for.
That beautiful crust is what we go for.
If you don't have that searing crust
to properly encapsulate the juice in the burger,
you're gonna end up with a dry puck.
No one wants a dry puck.
Three, four.
Being on Triple G is amazing
there's a lot at stake and it's a lot fun.
So, for me, it's more about just money,
for me it's about validation.
And if I win this, I'm gonna use it
to expand my business and open another restaurant
All right.
You got nine minutes
and you're weighing the burgers?
[Nick] Yeah, chef.
I'm good, man. How are you doing?
-Okay. Bye. Okay. -[Nick laughs]
I'm a little nervous about the time,
but I also know because I'm doing smaller burgers,
they're gonna cook faster.
Oh, yeah.
This is my first cooking competition ever.
I've never done one.
I wanna win this really badly.
Woo!
With COVID, we sold our food truck
and so if I win,
I would like to take that money
and put it towards another food truck.
They bring their luggage with them,
do not go to their room.
[suspenseful music playing]
-Is that an axe? -Look at that tomahawk.
[Anthony] I cut my cabbage, I use my hatchet.
Guy's looking at me like I'm crazy.
Don't knock it till you hatched it...
[chuckles]
In the restaurant, every single thing on my men
comes with some type of slaw
I cut my cabbage, I get my bell peppers,
hit it with some oil, lime lemon,
paying homage to my abuelita my Mexican grandma.
And I get the seasoning in there,
because once again, we're in Flavortown.
I'm not serving anything to the judges
that isn't flavored.
Chef Anthony, how we looking, buddy?
-I'm doing all right, man. -Well, you got...
you got seven minutes.
Yeah, these burgers aren't gonna take long at all.
-[Guy] Okay. -Yeah, down in Portland, we do
-what we call a smash burger. -[Guy] Okay.
[Anthony] I know it takes 45 seconds to do a smash burger.
Anthony has taken the entire half hour and really pushed.
We have quesadillas, we have mac and cheese, we have burgers.
I think we have some sort of slaw situation going on.
-I mean, he definitely came to play. -[Tiffani] Yeah.
Chef, please tell me there's a Juicy Lucy in their future.
There is.
For my double burger, I'm going to make
a breakfast Juicy Lucy.
So breakfast is pancakes, eggs, bacon, cheese,
and I'm gonna put it all in a burger.
[Scott] So I'm very concerne because Emily has
-four burgers on the fire. -[Justin] Okay.
They're meant to be double patty burgers,
-that's only four patties. -I don't know, Scott.
I would... I would debate you on that.
I would think that a Juicy Lucy
-is a double patty burger. -Oh.
What is your bun solution, chef?
Oh, shoot. Pancakes. I got to do pancakes.
-Thanks for that. -Oh, okay. Good talk.
[Emily] In place of the bun I'm gonna use pancake mix.
I never make pancakes.
[griddle sizzling]
[Guy] Four minutes!
[Anthony] The first thing I get on the plate
is a quesadilla bun, one down on each plate.
And then, next, I get my sla and I put it down
on all the quesadillas.
So I get my double patties,
they're stacking up pretty nicely.
And then, I grab my mac and cheese off the stove,
and I'm getting in there and I put a little bit
of mac and cheese on every single one.
And I take those quesadilla and I place them
right on top like little pillows.
[Emily] So we're building the burger,
the pancakes came out perfect.
And then, I get my Juicy Lucies
and put them on top of the pancake.
I set the bacon down and then, I do the egg,
and then, I do roasted peppe aioli over the whole top.
[suspenseful music playing]
90 seconds, chefs!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Nick] First, I'm plating my donut,
so then, I get my bottom patty,
and then, I do my top.
And then, I put my cranberry sauce
and my bacon first
and then, the arugula.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Travis] I didn't have a lot of time left,
so it's time to get moving.
So we take the grilled tortilla
and I spoon out the roasted poblano mayo
straight from the food processor
onto the tortilla.
Then I grab my patties and I swing it on over.
There's a lot going on, it's getting really crazy.
When I'm looking at my burger,
I know I could've done a better job plating it,
but it's what's inside that really matters.
Doing what we can right now.
[dramatic music playing]
[Guy] Six, five, four,
three, two, one.
That's it, chefs. Stop working.
-Great job, chefs. Great job. -Yeah.
All right, chefs. Those double burgers
deserve a lot of condiments.
I mean, compliments.
Let's take them to the judges right this way.
[tense music playing]
[Guy] All right, judges. Here we are.
This is game one of Burgers or Bust.
And it was a little out of stock and I apologize.
We asked you to make a double burger
without buns or bread.
What kind of show is this?
Up first, Chef Anthony, tell us about the dish.
All right. So today, I have for you
a double patty quesadilla mac burger,
but it has that slaw because you have that acidit
with the limes and the lemons in there.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
-It's a burger, y'all. -You want me to pick this up?
I mean, I don't know where you're from,
but I'm just figuring that...
You have to show that.
No, it actually holds up really well.
Chef, you created eight quesadillas.
-[Anthony] Yes. -[Scott] Eight patties.
-[Anthony] Yeah. -You made coleslaw,
you made mac and cheese
in less than 30 minutes.
I mean, that is incredible.
Not having a bun is Nacheaux problem,
I can tell you that right now.
Like, this is so smart.
But what I really would've loved
is, like, burnt cheese on top of that, right?
That crunch on the outside
of those... Uh, on your patties,
I mean, the sear that you got on them,
-um, it is incredible. -Thank you.
All right. Not to be outdone, up next, Chef Nick.
Hi, chefs. So for my stacked burger,
I did what I call the Killing Me Softly.
Uh, if I'm gonna go out, this is how I wanna eat.
Uh, it's, uh, two patties, blue cheese,
cranberry sauce, bacon, arugula
on a glazed donut.
You know, chef, there's a lot going on here
and, uh, yeah, it could
potentially kill me, like you said.
But I mean, it... It's delicious.
I think you put some good flavors together.
I think the donut was the perfect grab
for the vehicle for this burger.
Um, it's a natural choice, very smart.
-I think it's inventive and I think... -Thank you.
-[Tiffani] that your thoughts are really creative. -[Nick] Thank you.
But I don't think we put burgers in stoves, right?
You don't put them in, like, a cast iron skillet.
-No. -[Tiffani] And then, not be able to, like,
get your hands around it and pick it up.
I agree with Tiffani.
This is a wrong vessel to serve it in.
I think you have two burgers in one, though, right?
I feel like the blue cheese and the meat
really works very well.
The cranberry and the donut with the meat
would also work very well.
I... I'm not sure if they're working so great together.
-Okay. -[Guy] Great. Thank you very much.
Up next, Chef Travis.
Yes, sir. I made for you guys a quesadilla burger.
So we started with some roasted jalapeno mayo,
some fresh roasted Fresno chilies in there,
uh, key lime guac, bacon.
I hope you guys enjoy it.
It's really good. This is really good.
Uh, like, it came and it looked like
this little burger in a sleeping bag,
like I'm just gonna be hiding in here,
and all of a sudden, I was like, "Wow, we're here."
-This is so good. -Thank you.
That's good, man. It's spicy,
it got life inside there. It's all working.
I mean, wow. I mean, flavor bomb.
I think the use of the tortilla,
was genius for your gameplay.
And then, your bacon is cooked, I mean, perfectly.
Uh, when it comes to the plating,
it's just a little bit sloppy for me.
I know it's a quesadilla, but you could've
-just tightened it up a little bit. -Thank you.
[Guy] All right. Now, to be outdone,
finally, Chef Emily.
All right. So I did a breakfast burger.
Instead of the bun, we did a pancake on the bottom.
So the double, I did, uh, Juicy Lucy,
so it's two burger patties,
but I couldn't just stack them,
I had to develop them
and incorporate them togethe
with the cheese in the center.
And then, I did the bacon on top of that,
an egg for you all, and then, a roasted
red pepper aioli on top.
-Nice sell on the two patties. -Yes.
This is so smart of you
to think breakfast, make a pancake,
and then, lean all the way into it.
The challenge is you have to cook the burger
all the way through in order to melt the cheese
My cheese is just a little shy of being melted,
not quite there.
[Justin] I also love it. I think the pancake
was probably the smartest, vehicle that we've seen today.
It's very unconventional.
Chef, I love this. Really fun,
very whimsical, great gameplay.
-Good job. -Thank you.
Thank you very much, judges.
Chefs, you pulled it out.
Creative, unique, and flavorful.
We're gonna send you back to your kitchens
and we will call you back when we have a decision.
Thank you. Well done.
Judges, which burger is on a roll
and which one is in a real pickle?
Ooh.
-Well, one has to catch up. -Whoa!
Start off with the score,
20 points available on gameplay,
20 points on taste, 10 available on plating,
50 overall.
[tense music playing]
[Guy] Uh, a job well done.
Unfortunately, somebody goes home in this round.
Chef Anthony, we'll start with you.
18 out of 20 in gameplay,
16 out of 20 in taste,
8 out of 10 in plating for a 42, nice score.
Nice way to start off.
Chef Nick.
16 out of 20 in gameplay,
15 out of 20 in taste,
5 out of 10 at the plating for a 36.
Wow, that cast iron hurt you.
Emily.
17 out of 20,
17 out of 20 in taste,
8 out of 10 in plating for a 42 for a tie.
-[Tiffani] Yay! Woo! -[Anthony whistles]
Trav, you only need a 36 to stay alive.
17 out of 20 in gameplay,
18 in taste,
six in plating for a 41,
1 point behind the tied leaders.
And that takes our buddy Nick,
unfortunately, out of the game.
But I'll tell you, man. It was great to have you.
Love the attitude, love the energy.
-All right. Thanks, guys. -[Guy] Bye, bud.
-Thank you, Chef. -Good luck, guys.
-Nice work, chef. -Good luck.
Great. Thank you, guys.
I'm bummed,
but I would do it all over again
if I had the chance.
[dramatic music playing]
Final round.
This one will determine
who will be crowned the burger champ.
The Lord of the Onion Rings.
So I want you to make...
[suspenseful music playing]
I want you to make a loaded spicy burger.
Loaded spicy burger. Heard. Heard.
It can be elaborate, it can be simple,
as long as it has samples.
-Samples? -Samples?
Because this is "Keep It Sample."
That's right. Now, it comes to me.
-Oh. -We have sample tables
located throughout Flavortown Market.
You must use two of the four sample tables
incorporated into your burger.
-Oh, my God. -[Anthony laughs]
I do want you to shake things up a little bit
and I want you to make a milkshake
to accompany that burger.
-Ooh. -[Guy] Okay.
30 minutes to make your loaded spicy burger and shake
featuring the sample table ingredients.
One of things that I always feel is important
when you go by a sample table
is to make sure that you taste the samples.
So you have to promise me,
you're gonna taste at least
three of the four sample tables.
-Heard. -You have to use two
of those sample tables
in at least one of your dishes
that you're gonna go and serve the judges, okay?
[dramatic music playing]
All right, guys. We have hot spicy Sriracha peas.
They are phenomenal, they are spicy.
Give those a try. These are gonna...
What is "Keep It Sample?"
I've never seen this game.
My Sriracha peas, take two.
-That's not bad. -I know. They're delicious.
Yeah, I'm indecisive. I don't know.
They're crunchy.
No, I don't want to put crunchy things on my burger,
so pass.
-Hot chips. -Lunch lady with the crunch lady.
Okay.
I can take these potato chip
and mix them up into a powder,
and then, I'll incorporate them throughout my burger.
So for my loaded spicy burger,
I wanna get the heat with the chorizo
and pork combination mixture
Chef Emily, get over here. You got to taste the tuna.
What do you got? What do you got?
We have Sriracha tuna,
chipotle tuna, and jalapeno.
-Pass. -[buzzer buzzes]
What's over here, guys?
The samples.
[Hunter] Spicy noodles.
This will clear out any competition.
This is the spicy stuff right here.
-Careful. -Is it ridiculously hot?
-It looks like worms. -It's a good amount of heat. It's a good heat.
He sold me on them
and they looked cool.
-Ooh. That is a hot tamale. -[Hunter] You got this.
-Thank you. -Okay. I'm coming this way.
Thank you for being a great customer, yes.
Nothing goes better with a burger than a nice,
thick milkshake.
I am just gonna keep it simple
because I got a pretty complex burger going here
and I decided to go chocolate because I love chocolate.
[dramatic music playing]
Hi, there.
So I decided to go with the chips.
All right. So the chips are definitely
going into the ground beef as a binder.
Ground beef.
So I run down the aisle
and see the spicy tuna.
Take one of each, please.
Sriracha, jalapeno,
and chipotle tunas.
Gross.
I sprint back, I see the Sriracha peas.
-Go ahead. -Try those.
I mean, tell me, that's not gonna give crunch,
not gonna give heat, not gonna give some umami.
-I got you. -What's it like?
I know exactly what I'm about to do.
Peppers.
I'm thinking about doing a play off
my fajita guacamole smash burger.
You can't make a milkshake with no ice cream, right?
I wanna take this milkshake
straight back to the childhood.
So I grabbed the fruity cereal,
you know, those little toaster pastrie
that you had as a kid,
definitely getting some of those.
All right.
All right. We can go back.
-[Tiffani] I got wicked hot chips here for you. -[Anthony] Wicked hot.
-Yes, I'll take this. -Lunch lady with the crunch lady.
Wicked hot potato chips.
Man, I can really work with these.
[Justin] Peas, they are phenomenal, they are spicy.
-Sriracha peas. -Hey, they ain't looking so bad.
-Thank you. -There you go. Exactly. See?
[Travis] Now, I got my sample ingredients.
I'm thinking I can do
a sweet and savory burger
to balance out that spice.
If I were peanut butter, where would I be?
There's this burger I've always wanted to do.
It's a little crazy, it's called the Elvis Burger.
Elvis is known for this crazy sandwich
that he always ate and it was peanut butter...
Bacon.
bacon and bananas.
Bananas.
Habaneros.
This is a spicy burger challenge.
I wanna make a spicy chocolate shake.
[tense music playing]
[Travis] I know these two dishes
are a little bit unconventional.
But I feel like they're gonn go together really well.
Let's go with that.
All right. Let's do it.
This looks like a fun game.
I make burgers.
I think I need to be involved in this.
I don't know if I really have a chance
of pulling this off, but...
[upbeat music playing]
I gotta make the milkshake.
Let's see if I can do it. I don't think I have any time.
But we'll give it a shot.
[dramatic music playing]
It's Keep It Sample, guys.
They have to use two
of the samples that we provided,
it has to be spicy, has to be loaded.
[Guy] 23 minutes. 23 to go.
Killing it, aren't they?
So for my loaded spicy burger,
I'm gonna make a chorizo pork patty
with roasted bell peppers on top,
crispy fried red onions,
and then, pickled jalapenos
with a delicious chocolate milkshake.
It should be spicy enough that I don't need
too much seasoning.
I'm using chorizo because that's what's gonna bring the heat
and make my burger spicy.
Now, I'm gonna work on my red fried onions.
[Hunter] So you got the hot ramen?
[Emily] I got the hot ramen and the chips.
I have to incorporate these spicy chips
because it's one of my samples.
So I put them in the food processor.
Get them ground up and then
I mix them in with some flour,
more seasoning.
Once I get them nice and coated
with the spicy potato chip flour,
I get them dropped in the fryer.
[dramatic music playing]
So I'm gonna make a burger with pig patty.
Whoa.
I'm gonna make a kid's cereal milkshake.
Here we go.
Some cayenne cheddar cheese sauce going.
Now, what I'm gonna make is a dry rub,
spicy chickpeas,
there's the spicy chips,
the spicy ramen.
[dramatic music playing]
Hunter, check on the chefs for me.
Hi, bro. Talk to me.
-All right. -What's going on?
So spicy fajita, uh, avocado burger.
I got the spicy chips for the meat
and I'm actually gonna do a, uh,
a spicy wasabi cheese, uh, skirt.
I like the idea of that.
[Anthony] So the first thin I got to do
is got to get these peppers and onions,
and the Anaheim chili cut and get that sauteed down.
So now, I got to use the Sriracha peas.
So I'm thinking big fat cheese skirt.
-[Tiffani] How's it going? -[Justin] Anthony is again bringing the cheese.
And I'm here for it.
[Antony] Now, it's time to work on these burgers.
So I crunched up the wicked hot chips,
put them into my spicy burger patties.
My wife and I have been married
almost four years,
we are a family of four,
currently about to be five.
More cheese.
When I win today, I'd finally be able
to treat my family to the vacation
that they deserve.
Elvis Burger is Elvis Presley's favorite sandwich,
which was peanut butter, bacon, and bananas.
So we're gonna do our own little spin on that.
I wanna start on the Banana Foster,
so I get some butter, brown sugar,
a little bit of rum.
Let it simmer for a minute
and I throw my bananas in there
so they can all marry together.
And then this is the base for our cocoa mayo.
Spicy cocoa mayo, who does that?
And some of this cocoa powder.
I know it's crazy,
but this is all part of the gameplay.
The spice is gonna contrast the sweet
and really bring it to the next level.
[upbeat music playing]
Oh, that tastes good.
[Guy] Fifteen minutes. Fifteen to go.
Muscles, Emily.
So while the ice cream is blending
into that delicious chocolate milkshake,
I remember that I gotta use these
crazy black noodles because they're spicy
and it's part of the sample
So I've never cooked something like this before.
Five minutes, that seems like enough, right?
-Emily, how are we doing? -My mom said I can't cook.
She said, "If you forget how to cook,
just go with your personality."
So I think my personality's shining, right?
-Is it good? Is it good? -I love it.
Did your dad ever give you that advice?
I'm... That's a great one.
[Emily] I'm a wife and a mother
of two growing boys
who are always hungry, always want snacks.
So I need... I need a bigger kitchen.
So when I win the money,
I'm going to redo my kitchen.
Ground beef 80/20.
All of that is seasoned with salt and pepper.
This may work.
Come on, pig patty.
So, now I'm straining the cereal,
just getting the flavor of the cereal.
Now, I'm gonna take this
and then I'll make the milkshake out of that.
Hot mess, folks.
What's the plan with, what you got, Sriracha peas?
Check right here. So we're gonna do
ice cream with fruit cereal.
I can't argue with that.
Sounds like a milkshake to me.
There you go.
When the judges taste this milkshake,
I want them to be transforme
right back to when they were 10 years old,
sitting on the couch, eating cereal,
watching cartoons.
We got burgers rolling.
I gotta start on these burgers.
I'll roll them into a ball, season them,
and smash them onto that grill.
It's gonna develop a nice char
and a good sear.
Milkshake is going to be
a Habanero Chocolate Milkshake.
So I get my fresh habanero,
brown sugar, and ground cinnamon,
I throw it in the blender with the ice cream,
and I add milk with the cocoa powder
to get the right consistenc I'm looking for.
[Guy] Four minutes.
There you go.
So first I put down my toasted brioche bun,
next I put this beautifully cooked chorizo pork patty
onto the plate with the melted
pepper jack cheese over the top.
Then I add my sample item that I had to use,
the black ramen noodles,
then I added my sauteed red bell peppers,
and then I add my super crispy fried onions on top.
I feel good about the burger
The presentation looks nice
I'm a little bit disappointe
with the consistency of the milkshake
but I did everything I could
it's all plated, we're ready to go.
So here's my spicy mixture
from the ramen to the chips to the peas.
Spicy cayenne cheese sauce,
tomatoes.
My last thing here is the pig patty.
That was gnarly.
Two minutes, chefs.
[Anthony] So the first thin I get down on the plate
is my buns with the cheese skirt.
So then goes the burger
with the black pepper chees on top,
on top of that goes the Sriracha pea cheese skirt,
on top of that goes the fajita veggies,
more crema, avocado slice
because we're talking stacked,
and the top bun.
My milkshake looks good.
I would drink it.
[Guy] One minute. One to go.
[Travis] So now I got my sample ingredients
in my spicy chocolate mayo and I slather it
on the bottom bun,
then I swung my burger patty on top
with the banana foster and bacon on top.
Last ingredient is the peanut butter.
Lastly, I slap that peanut butter
right on top of the bun.
Presentation is everything.
So I get my Habanero Cocoa Milkshake
and I pour it into a martini glass.
[Guy] Four, three, two, one.
-[judges] Whoo! -That's it, chefs.
[applause]
-All right! -Wow.
Ahhh! Really?
[Justin] What did you make us, Dad?
-[Tiffani] Yes. Oh, my God. Thank you. -All right. So this is...
Chefs, you have a 80/20 ground beef,
a spicy cayenne cheddar
and I made the pig patty.
The pig patty is insane, that bacon is so crunchy.
[Tiffani] It's genius.
-[Justin] You're a genius. -[Tiffani] This is insane.
And this cheese sauce
is freaking fantastic.
-He's taking it. -That's all I got.
[dramatic music playing]
Judges, this is it.
Game two, Keep It Sample.
Our chefs had to make a loaded spicy burger
that included two of the awesome sample items
that we offered here at Flavortown Market.
And to cool you down inside,
I asked the chefs to make you a shake.
Chef Travis, you are up first.
What'd you make them?
So for my spicy burger, I made you guys
an Elvis Burger, which is a banana foster,
peanut butter, and bacon burger.
I incorporated the spicy chips
and the wasabi peas into a cocoa mayo
that's at the base of the burger
with a Cocoa Habanero Milkshake.
So we have spicy elements through the entire plate.
Oh. There's some heat in that shake.
This is delicious.
Bacon is crispy,
the bananas are gooey,
the beef is cooked perfectly
Chef, this is a wild approach, man.
Right? Peanut butter, bananas,
Elvis was on to something clearly.
The shake is really good.
It's super spice forward,
maybe a little bit too much
-for what it is. -Right.
As far as the gameplay, I'm not really picking up
the heat that I'm really expecting
when I want a hot loaded burger
-that chef told us to make. -Thank you, chef.
Up next, Chef Anthony, what do you have for us?
All right, so I have a, like, a play on a burger
that I do at the restaurant the Heated Guacamole Burger
The two ingredients that I use are the wasabi peas
that are in a cheese skirt on the...
on the burger but then also
there's the crispy chips inside the meat itself.
Then for you, I have a Fruity Cereal Milkshake
with a raspberry toaster pastries
on the inside as well.
Chef, you crushed this.
-Thank you. -That is a beautiful burger.
-Perfect. -Picturesque, gorgeous.
-Thank you. Thank you. -Gorgeous.
I love your usage of the hot chips
also inside the burger itself.
Beautiful presentation with your plating.
I really liked the shake.
By utilizing that strawberry toaster pastry,
it really just had so much beautiful depth of flavor.
The cheese blanket with the... with the Sriracha peas...
Yeah.
[Justin] that was genius.
It's delicious, it gives it texture,
it gives it crunch.
That was one of the smartest things
I've seen happen here in Flavortown.
My only critique would be
it might be missing a little salt.
I think some salt would have awakened
all those spices up that you put in there.
I feel you.
All right, she won't be outdone,
ladies and gentlemen, Chef Emily's next.
All right, so for the fully loaded spicy burger,
I did a Chorizo and Pork Burger.
And for the two items, I did the spicy ramen
and then I did the spicy chips.
Ground those up, put those in with the fried onions.
I made you a chocolate milkshake to cool it down.
I love your usage of the fried onions.
There's so much spice,
chorizo, the texture of that pork patty
is really, really good.
Let's talk about plating for a second
because we're... It's a burger, right?
And so we're saying make a burger and a milkshake.
Like how do you approach plating?
What you do is you give us a blue plate special
with this adorable diner vibe.
You absolutely brought the heat.
I think you were the only one brave enough to use those
extremely spicy ramen noodles and they absolutely worked.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, this milkshake
just kind of feels like an afterthought.
I was just looking for a little bit more
than milk and chocolate.
Judges, thank you. Chefs, you delivered.
You're rock stars.
We're gonna send you back to your kitchens
and we will call you back when we have a decision.
[dramatic music playing]
All right, judges, it's time to decide
who is the top burger bun.
So let's talk about the scores.
Travis, we'll start with you first
and you're 1 point behind.
Out of 20 points, gameplay,
14, taste, 17,
plating, 8.
For a score of 39,
that gives you a strong 80.
Emily,
gameplay, 16,
taste, 18...
Whoo.
[Guy] Plating, 9.
For a score of 43.
Dang, I wanna see 9 up there.
[Guy] 85.
Big, big numbers,
need a 43 to tie Anthony or a 44 to win.
Gameplay, 17,
taste, 17,
plating, 8,
for a 42.
And there's our winner, ladies and gentlemen.
-Chef Emily. -[Tiffani] Emily.
-Thank you, guys. -[Guy] Congratulations.
-Wow. Thank you. -Congratulations.
Thank you, chefs.
I'm just so grateful and thankful for being here
and having the opportunity to cook for Guy.
The only thing that I would do differently was give myself
a little bit of time to make a sauce,
other than that, play the game the same.
So I'm happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet our Burger or Bust champ,
Chef Emily.
Oh. Yeah, she did.
-[Emily] Whoa. -Great job.
All right. Let's go get some money.
Come say hi to the judges.
All right. Thank you.
Well done.
-Two ways to make money. -Okay.
First, we have what we call the recipe shopping spree.
That's where I give you two minutes
to grab ten ingredients
to make a sensational Sloppy Joe.
Each ingredient you put in the basket,
you get $2,000, you get all ten ingredients,
you're gonna win $20,000.
The other choice is mystery check.
-All right. -Right by that door,
you can even see the shadow of it,
has your name on it.
-[Emily] Does it? -[Guy] And it has money.
[Emily] Okay.
All right. Let's play the game.
-Yes. -That's why I'm here.
-Let's play the game. -Yeah. All right.
Fantastic. You know, let's see the check real quick.
Can we open the door?
-[Emily gasps] -[Tiffani grunting]
$16,700,
that means you have to get over eight items.
Okay. I got it.
-Let's go. -And your time starts now.
Go get the bell peppers, bell peppers.
Bell peppers, I used those twice today in both my burgers.
I knew right where they were.
-[bell rings] -Now you're looking for ketchup.
-[bell rings] -$4,000.
-$4,000, -$4,000.
[Guy] Looking for mustard.
Mustard right where the ketchup, easy.
Fantastic. Looking for ground beef.
Ground beef. You have a minute and 30 seconds.
It's on the other side of the store
-from the bell peppers. -[bell dings]
Now, you're looking for Kaiser buns.
Kaiser buns.
Where's the Kaiser?
Get the bread. Get the bread.
[bell rings]
[Guy] Looking for brown sugar.
Where's the brown sugar?
Brown sugar.
$10,000 already?
-[Guy] Fifty seconds. -Okay.
[Guy] Brown sugar. All right.
Looking for chili powder.
Chili powder. Go for chili powder.
Forty seconds. Chili powder.
All right. Looking for butter.
-$16,000. -$16,000.
-Go get the butter. -[Guy] Looking for butter.
-[bell rings] -Ten seconds.
Looking for garlic.
Eight, seven,
six, five, four...
-[bell rings] -[Guy] three...
Okay. Garlic. Looking for hot sauce.
Two, one, you're over.
-$18,000. -$18,000.
-For $18,000. -Whoa.
-What do you think of that? -Yeah.
I just won $18,000 in Flavortown.
-At $18,000. -Oh, I know.
Kitchen remodel coming your way.
See you guys next week, Guy's Grocery Games. Adios.
-I was coming back for the hot sauce. -Exactly.