The BEST episodes of The Great Food Truck Race
Every episode of The Great Food Truck Race ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Food Truck Race!
Seven food trucks in a competition to see who earns the most money, with the lowest earning truck kicked off at the end of each episode.
#1 - Off-Road Eats in Arizona
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/30/2015
Before the six remaining teams make it to Flagstaff, Ariz., Tyler Florence calls them up to let them know that their first challenge is underway: The team who sells the most in Flagstaff will get a one-hour head start to their next stop, Sedona, Ariz. In Sedona, the teams must make a dish incorporating the local delicacy, rattlesnake/rabbit sausage, and leave the comfort of their trucks to sell from Pink Jeeps.
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#2 - Spicy Showdown in Santa Fe
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/2015
In Santa Fe, N.M., Tyler Florence challenges the five teams to use peppers to create the ultimate spicy Sante Fe meal. The hot challenge comes with a hot $1,000 prize. Then, the teams must put their planning skills to the test, as they only have one hour to shop for the entire weekend. Selling head-to-head at the farmers' market, some teams discover their best laid plans are their worst enemies.
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#3 - High Steaks in Texas
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2015
In Amarillo, Texas, the final four teams are in for a steak-filled day: The seed money is determined by a steak-eating contest, and all the teams must add a steak dish to their menu. The team to sell the most of their steak dishes earns $500, as will the team with the best tasting dish. Prior to elimination, Tyler Florence makes each team send two members to pick up essentials, leaving their chances at the top three in the hands of their remaining teammate.
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#4 - Showdown in Chi-Town
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/27/2015
The two remaining teams arrive in St. Louis, ready for their final big sell. Tyler Florence challenges the teams to create three different dishes in 30 minutes to serve to two of the most renowned grill chefs in St. Louis, with the winner getting a valuable head start on the finale weekend. On their way to the Chicago showdown, they hit Springfield, Ill., for a Lincoln-themed sale. Once in Chicago, the teams have to hit three different ethnic neighborhoods with three different ethnic dishes. The team that first sells 50 dishes in each location will be crowned the champion of the Great Food Truck Race and drive away $50,000 richer.
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#5 - All-American Road Trip
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/2015
Seven teams of food truck owners start The Great Food Truck Race selling their signature dishes on the Santa Monica Pier. They then embark down historic Route 66, stopping in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., for their first Truck Stop Cooking Challenge: The first team to sell 20 orders of their twist on Fish and Chips will get a bonus that might be enough to keep them safe from elimination.
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#6 - Hustle in the Heat
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2020
Things are getting hot in Palm Springs, Calif., where the food truck teams have to conquer the extreme heat as well as their fears to tackle an unprecedented aerial challenge from Tyler Florence. A mystery ingredient enhances all the teams' dishes, and the locals show the trucks big love. After two days of selling, however, one food truck will have to shut its doors forever.
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#7 - Lost in the Redwoods
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2021
As they gather in a forest of California redwoods, host Tyler Florence tells the five remaining food truck teams that they need to forage for ingredients to make a tasty treat. Surprise judges determine whose creation wins the prize. Using the ingredients from the challenge, the teams must make a dish with the power to keep them in the race, but for one team, it's the end of the road.
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#8 - Viva Las Food Trucks!
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2020
Tyler Florence meets up with the four remaining food trucks in Las Vegas, and Sin City proves to be the toughest sell yet. The teams have to get creative on the casino floor when they spin the "protein roulette" wheel, and they put their service skills to the test for an in-suite dining challenge on the strip.
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#9 - Mission: Santa Barbara
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2020
In Santa Barbara, Calif., Tyler Florence puts the final three food truck teams to the test on a sprawling avocado farm, where they race to pick and pit 50 avocados. Team morale is tested when they're challenged to one-up each other's avocado dishes, and one team's family makes a surprise visit. The final two teams are revealed.
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#10 - Hollywood Homecoming
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/2020
In the season finale, the final two food truck teams return to the competition's starting point for an ultimate face-off in the City of Angels. Tyler Florence brings the trucks to an upscale winery, and they're forced to pull out all the stops, knowing that one team will have to close its doors forever and one will walk away with the grand prize of $50,000.
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#11 - Battle for the North
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2021
In the wilds of Alaska, seven aspiring food truck teams kick off the biggest, boldest season of the Great Food Truck Race. On Flattop Mountain overlooking Anchorage, Tyler Florence welcomes the teams to the competition. They have to break the keys to their food trucks out of 200-pound blocks of ice, and that's only the beginning of their adventure. They won't just be battling each other -- they will be battling the elements as they compete to see who can prep and sell the most food and who will say goodbye to their food truck dreams forever.
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#12 - Fire and Ice
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2021
Tyler Florence challenges the six remaining food truck teams to practice their survival skills by starting a fire to make delicious s'mores, and the judges for the taste test are the other teams! Because of its long daylight hours in the summer, Palmer, Alaska, is home to some of the largest vegetables in the world. The teams are tasked with creating dishes using some of Palmer's most famous vegetables, but the obstacles mount as the teams start to sell amid short daylight hours, raging winds and blistering cold.
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#13 - Alaskan Alliance
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2021
The five food truck teams are tested as they go deep-sea fishing in order to earn their seed money from Tyler Florence. The Alaskan elements are taking their toll not just on the teams but also on the trucks. One truck breaks down on the side of the road, and several teams underestimate the huge demand for their food in Homer, struggling to meet demand and keep their kitchens stocked. A surprise judge visits all the teams and tastes their dishes, and his favorite dish will win its creators a huge advantage -- immunity from elimination!
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#14 - Gold Rush
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2021
The four remaining teams pan for gold to earn their seed money, and some teams gain a clear head start on shopping and selling. Meanwhile, extreme cold and winds continue to challenge everyone. Tyler Florence issues a challenge to the teams to use a quintessential Alaskan ingredient -- crab -- to create a special dish for their menu, and the team that sells the most will win an extra $500 in their till.
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#15 - Frostbite
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2021
Three teams battle it out in the coldest and most remote location to date -- Talkeetna, Alaska. In a scavenger hunt for a local favorite, chaga mushrooms, the competitors strategize to win varying amounts of money to spend on supplies. Tyler Florence is forced to give some harsh feedback and issues a challenge to help them turn things around. The food truck teams can almost taste victory as elimination decides the final two teams of the competition.
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#16 - Fairbanks Finale
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2021
The final two teams meet up with Tyler Florence and go head-to-head in rugged Fairbanks, Alaska, where intense challenges and tough sell days test both food trucks like never before. With unparalleled grit and determination, one team will be named the champion and win the grand prize of $50,000, and one team will leave Alaska with only dashed food truck dreams.
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#17 - Welcome Back, Winners
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/2021
Seven incredible food truck teams assemble at Fisherman's Wharf in the food capital of the United States, San Francisco, to do battle as Great Food Truck Race All-Stars. Host Tyler Florence challenges the food trucks -- Aloha Plate, The Middle Feast, Seoul Sausage, The Lime Truck, Waffle Love, NOLA Creations and Mystikka Masala -- to complete a special bread bowl challenge to uncover the keys to their trucks. The teams head out to shop and sell for the first day of the intense competition. When these best-of-the-best teams face off, a small decision has huge consequences and sends one all-star team home.
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#18 - Old-School Selling
Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/2021
In Napa Valley, Calif., the six remaining food truck teams go head-to-head in a grape-stomping competition with a unique prize. Host Tyler Florence challenges them to incorporate red wine in a dish for a taste test he judges, and he forces the teams to get back to their roots and compete for sales the old-fashioned way. After two days of selling, one team has a stellar sales total, and one truck must close its doors for good.
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#19 - Back Nine Barbecue
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/16/2019
Eight food truck teams arrive at the prestigious Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, S.C., where Tyler Florence awaits on the 18th hole with a putting challenge and a mandate to sell classic Carolina barbecue. Then the teams head to Shelter Cove for two days of selling to hungry locals and tourists alike. Tyler throws a wrench in their plans when he devises a challenge with a South Carolina treat: boiled peanuts.
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#20 - Food Trucks Ahoy!
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2020
The six remaining teams roll into San Diego, where Tyler Florence makes them pair up for a taxing team challenge involving a slimy sea creature. At elimination, one team has a shocking announcement that changes the rest of the competition.
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#21 - First-Class Food Fight
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/2020
Tyler Florence kicks off the race in Los Angeles, the food truck capital of the world. Seven teams of food truck owners are challenged to make and sell luxe versions of traditional food truck fare. From private plane hors d'oeuvres to champagne-infused main dishes, the teams have to elevate their skills to the next level to win a shot at the $50,000 prize.
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#22 - New Champ in Newport
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/18/2019
Tyler Florence meets with the final two food truck teams at a bustling farmers market in Newport, R.I. They go head-to-head, serving the biggest crowds yet and facing the challenge of winter weather. One team will win a holiday prize of $50,000, and one team will go home with coal in their stockings.
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#23 - We Three Trucks
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/11/2019
Tyler Florence challenges the three food truck teams to tree decorating and tubing down a mountain for the prize of choosing their protein for the day. Then, the teams race for sales at a Killington, Vermont, ski resort before heading to Rutland, where they vie to win and move on to the next round.
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#24 - Candy Cane Clash
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/2019
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Tyler Florence presents the four remaining food trucks with a fast-paced challenge to create holiday lunches for 70 VIP judges, who turn out to be their toughest critics yet. Then, a surprising peppermint challenge puts the teams to the test.
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#25 - Blizzard Brawl
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/2019
Five aspiring food truck teams kick off the season in snowy Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Tyler Florence challenges the contestants with naughty and nice holiday ingredients, and they compete for sales while battling the elements in a winter wonderland.
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