The BEST episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen season 12

#1 - Gettin' Judgey with It

Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2016

The Cutthroat Kitchen judges compete, and the first task is making a poached egg on a bench press prep station. Then, one judge has to make a grain bowl while working backwards, and finally, one judge enters a soundproof chamber.

#2 - Time Warp Tournament Grand Finale: 1990s

Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2016

In the grand finale of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1990s. First up, three chefs have to join a boy band as they make barbecue chicken pizza. Then, two chefs have to make fried calamari while riding on a ship bow. Finally, one chef has to go through a giant, physically-challenging obstacle course as they make cookie dough ice cream.

#3 - The Pesto Times, The Worst of Times

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2016

Two chefs must make pesto dishes while working in a personal pine forest, then one chef has to make shaking beef on a shaking prep station. Finally, one chef has to hit home runs over Cutthroat Kitchen's Green Monster stadium wall while making Boston cream pie.

#4 - To Kale a Mockingbird

Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2016

Three chefs have to work in a drum circle while they make a kale salad. Next, two chefs have to play air hockey to get their ingredients for poutine. Finally, one chef has to make their red velvet cupcakes behind a red velvet curtain.

#5 - He's Just a Po' Boy

Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/2016

#6 - Time Warp Tournament: 1980s

Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2016

In heat four of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1980s. First, one chef has to get their Chinese chicken salad ingredients from rented VHS tapes. Then, one chef has to make their blackened fish dish in a bouncing cigarette boat. Finally, one chef has to play a giant, live action video game as they make a toaster pastry.

#7 - Time Warp Tournament: 1970s

Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2016

In heat three of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1970s. First up, three chefs have to ride on a banana seat bicycle while making hamburger mac and cheese. Then, one chef has to make quiche on a disco dance floor. Finally, one chef must dress up like a human disco ball as they make crepes suzette.

#8 - Time Warp Tournament: 1950s

Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2016

In the first heat of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the 1950s. In the first round, three chefs have to stuff themselves into a phone booth as they make an all-American breakfast. Then, one chef has to make rock and roll moves to get ingredients for their TV dinner. Finally, one chef has to wear a dress blowing in their face while they make a milkshake and fries.

#9 - Frankly Alton, I Don't Give a Clam

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2016

One chef has to prep their biscuits and gravy on a tiny bed they wear on their head, then two chefs have to make linguine and clams while holding a noodle in their mouths between them. Finally, one chef has to make an ice cream float while floating in an inner tube.

#10 - The Mother of All Episodes

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2016

To celebrate Mother's Day, mother and daughter teams have to be driven around the kitchen in a minivan while they make breakfast in bed. Then, one team has to make lasagna while carrying a "bun in an oven." Finally, one team must make their chocolate-covered dessert while moving around the kitchen in a giant magazine cover.

#11 - License to Grill

Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2016

In this special grilling episode, two chefs have to hold grill grates for each other as they make hamburgers. Then, two chefs are strapped together in the ultimate grilling apron as they make a grilled chicken dinner. Finally, one chef has to make a grilled dessert on top of a bouncing trampoline.

#12 - The Upper Crustacean

Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2016

Three chefs must make their lobster rolls in a giant lobster pot, then two chefs have to tandem skydive as they make their navy bean soup. Finally, one chef has to make their peanut butter cookies in a giant jumper chair.

#13 - The Tong and Short of It

Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/27/2016

One chef has to join a "flash cobb" dance while making a cobb salad. Then, one chef has to make moo shu in a cowbell, and finally, one chef has to make baked Alaska while being pulled around the kitchen in a dog sled.

#14 - Freaks and Greeks

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2016

Two chefs have to play beer pong for their Greek salad ingredients, then one chef has to cook a surf and turf dish using only a branding iron. Finally, one chef has to make poppy seed muffins in an upside-down muffin tin.

#15 - You Dim Some, You Lose Some

Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2016

One chef has to get their dim sum ingredients by solving pictographs, then another chef has to boil their penne pasta in flaming vodka. Finally, one chef must make sugar cookies while carrying around a 'sugar baby.'

#16 - Shot Through the Tart

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2016

Two chefs have to become mimes and silently make each other's dishes of pain perdu. Then, two chefs have to walk around in "meatloafers" as they make meatloaf. Finally, one chef has to get their raspberry tart ingredients by playing a raspberry dart game.

#17 - The Breakfast and the Furious

Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2016

In this special breakfast episode, two chefs have to make their coffee and pastry dishes at a crowded coffee shop table. Then, two chefs have to make an omelet while walking around the kitchen on balance beams. Finally, one chef has to make a cereal and milk dish while balancing a giant cereal bowl on their head.

#18 - Time Warp Tournament: 1960s

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2016

In the second heat of the Time Warp Tournament, the chefs head back to the sixties. In the first round, three chefs ride around the kitchen in a mustard submarine. Then, two chefs have to prep chicken Kiev on protest signs. Finally, one chef has to make banana pudding while wearing a space suit.