Martha Stewart takes the reins for another gripping battle. Martha has some tricks up her sleeve regarding the timing of the rounds; Cornish hen entrees.

Martha Stewart shocks the four competing chefs in the Martha Rules tournament when she reveals that she plans to make them switch stations and dishes at any time. The basket ingredients include everything from sea urchin to peanut brittle.

There's only one spot in the dessert round because a mysterious fifth chef is waiting in the wings to compete against whomever makes it that far.

Martha Stewart pulls out all the stops to make the road to $50,000 extra challenging. In the appetizer round, the chefs wonder what's up when they find footwear in the ingredient basket.

In this taco competition, four chefs attempt to prove who deserves to win the prize money; a frantic first round leads to some missteps in the kitchen; the chefs find red snapper in the baskets so fish tacos are in order for the entree round.

The competing chefs have to cook with foods that were popular in the 1960s; a certain soda and some sweet meat are part of the appetizer basket, but the clock seems to be the most difficult aspect of the challenge.

The chefs set out to make trendy 1990s foods yummy for a new millennium; the combination of ingredients in the first basket confuses the competitors, and missteps threaten to derail one competitor's plans in the dessert round.

The competing chefs have to cook with ingredients representative of foods we might be noshing on in the future, including insects in the first round.

Chefs get a big surprise ingredient with a challenging texture. In the entree round, some sticky beans and a peculiar salad are shockers. The final chefs attempt to make winning desserts from the wild ingredients in the third basket.

The competitors brace for zany, brainy ingredients courtesy of Alton Brown, starting with a super stinky item in the appetizer basket. In the second round, a unique style of apple pie may have the competitors asking, why.

Alton Brown and his fans curate maniacal baskets for an epic tournament, including a fermented Japanese dish and a strange banana product in the entree basket. The two chefs who make it to the dessert round must work with a fluffy, porky surprise.