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Clips from Top Chef - Don't Mess with BBQ (S19E19)

TV Series 2006 Season 19, Episode 5 1,052 clips

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but taste completely different.
This is a double elimination.
This challenge is all about survival.
That might be the best dessert we've had.
The panna cotta hasn't set.
Both domes are texturally off.
The winning team tonight is Jackson and Buddha.
It sucks being down here.
Robert and Sarah, please pack your knives and go.
At stake for the winner,
a feature in Food and Wine Magazine,
an appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen,
$250,000 furnished by San Pellegrino
and the coveted title of Top Chef.
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it's so hard to go out as a team.
Hi, chefs.
- Padma. - Twist! Oh no.
I know it's hard to say goodbye to two chefs,
but the competition has to go on.
and she'll tell you what your next challenge is.
Get some rest.
- CHEFS: Thank you. - PADMA: I'll see you later.
JO: All right guys, from now on,
someone has to be on watch out for the door.
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It doesn't feel like Padma would come in
and give us that omen if it was just a Quickfire.
If she's coming in to warn us,
it's going to be a hard challenge.
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- Good morning, chefs. - Good morning.
Follow me, I've got some cool things to show you.
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BROOKE: You guys, how cool is this?
- Beautiful. - We've been waiting for this.
It's the barbecue challenge.
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This is Texas, and as you know,
it's all about the perfect brisket.
Texas style brisket,
it's one of the most difficult things
to properly accomplish.
Locals have perfected new concepts like
So, for your elimination challenge,
and put your own twist on brisket.
You guys seem really intense today.
Girl's from Texas.
[laughing]
I have to represent.
This morning, you'll have 30 minutes
to select your brisket, trim it, rub it,
and get it on the smoker.
Once it's in the smoker,
I'm going to hang back with Willow Villarreal,
while you all go to Whole Foods Market
to shop out the rest of your dish.
You'll have until midnight tonight
to get your briskets done.
but really glad that we have way more hours
in order to prep and cook.
and 20 of Houston's best pitmasters.
- Oh, wow. - MONIQUE: Oh my gosh.
No pressure.
- LUKE: Wow. --it. - All right chefs,
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- JAE: Oh my God. - LUKE: Oh yeah!
NICK: Oh yeah.
At this point in the competition,
I've been pretty much consistently staying
in the middle.
Being from Mississippi, I have to crush this.
Those are the great memories from back home,
sitting by the grill with my family.
There we go.
As a chef from Texas,
You want that flavor to be dragged down
into the center of the meat.
ASHLEIGH: Some nice briskets, huh?
Yeah, they're nice.
If don't put enough flavor into your rub,
you won't find out until 12 hours later.
I almost always rub my brisket
with some like, paprika, harissa blend.
ASHLEIGH: Sounds good.
We have 12 hours of cook time,
so I'm gonna really think through this dish.
I am working on this little spice rub.
- It's called "kitchen pepper." - Love that.
It's just a simple broth with chicken
and these flat dumplings.
and sweet potato slicks.
Ginger...
15 minutes.
What about you?
and then just adding notes of different spices
that are going to be part of my dish as well.
I've been waiting to have the challenge
to really showcase my ability to make curries.
So, I'm going to be making a brisket curry.