Three chefs are forced to come up with new versions of BLTs when their main ingredients are taken away. A chef is forced to make ramen without noodles and someone is slowed down when they get a little puffed up while making a soufflé.

Alcohol is the only means of heat available to prepare a bar snack; one chef must make a breakfast burrito while literally in bed; and Alton cleans out the fridge for ingredients to be used in bread pudding.

Pasta art is up for auction in a pesto pasta challenge. A chef hangs loose when creating a Hawaiian plate lunch and someone gets their dose of sabotage when they're forced to use olive oil capsules for their muffins.

It gets a little too close for comfort when making pea soup; a chef's knives are replaced with lamb shears; and a super-sized whisk is used to prepare chocolate mousse.

A hot version of Cobb salad is created; random items in a shopping cart are used to build a kitchen; and a layer cake is made with a cement mixer.

A hockey skate replaces knives in the first challenge. Later, a chef's fingers are trapped while cooking General Tso's chicken; and garden tools are used to make a carrot cake.

The chefs face separating grains of rice to make risotto; waiting for a turn at a deli counter; and having to chisel ingredients out of a block of ice.

The competing chefs face obstacles while making French onion soup, blackened fish and banana splits.

Sloppy Joes are made with mystery meat. Other challenges involve chicken-coop wire and the carnival.

A frittata challenge has a twist involving eggshells; one chef is forced to cook with old kitchen supplies found at a yard sale; and steak Diane is put through the shredder.

The chefs are tripped up by a backyard grill suit, and later, equipment gets tangled in fish nets. Also: There's a trick to making a winning barbecue chicken sandwich.

The judges compete and have to overcome obstacles, including shredded tortillas and having to cook with one hand tied behind their back. Also: Alton holds a meatball lottery.

Making chicken potpie turns into a balancing act for one chef; and a challenge, which follows a childhood rhyme, proves nightmarish. Also: the winner is determined by who serves the best cheesecake.