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 appetiser 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.

Alton Brown is in charge of an extraordinary Chopped tournament, and the competitors must brace themselves for shocking surprises in the baskets selected with help from Alton's conspiring fans.

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

Alton Brown is at it again! The chefs in his Maniacal Baskets tournament are seriously tripped up by a canned wonder in the appetiser round, and a shelf-stable surprise in the entrée basket is unlikely to be a crowd pleaser.