Chopped: Volume 2

In this first of four preliminary competitions of the Chopped All-Stars Tournament, top talent converges in the kitchen to fight it out for a spot in the $75,000 finale.

Competing for a spot in the grand finale, the second group of All-Stars open the appetizer basket to find a sour surprise and then must match a cheesy party food with expensive offal before making a dessert out of airy cookies.

Four new All-Stars strut into the kitchen with sights set on the grand finale. They must pair a Spanish meat with an airy cookie followed by butchering a huge ingredient and taming tiny, sour fruits.

It's the fourth preliminary competition of the Chopped All-Stars Tournament, and there is just one more spot in the grand finale up for grabs.

The judges are set to enjoy a masterful meal when the four winning All-Stars return to the kitchen for the grand finale fight. Who will be awarded the biggest charitable prize in Chopped history?

The chefs get a very tough ingredient in the appetizer basket: beef tendon balls.

In this explosive first Grill Masters battle, big personalities and old rivalries create a firestorm in the al fresco kitchen. A cheese and a starch are two items that the finalists must make sing on the grills in their desserts.

In the first round, the Grill Masters find grilling classics hot dogs and hamburgers in the same basket. Rack of elk is a welcome ingredient in the second basket, but the 30-minute time limit presents some issues.

Four grilling experts have all the tools they need to get fired up for an awesome cookout. Whoever wins here will get one of four coveted spots in the $50,000 Grand Finale.

Perfectionists and pitmasters collide in this final preliminary battle before the Grand Finale! Spare ribs play the lead role in the appetizer basket. Then a specially-sourced, whole fish barely fits into the entree baskets.

The four finalists in the Grill Masters tournament are facing off for the $50,000 grand prize. Rattlesnake is the vicious surprise in the first round.

Four rock stars with a passion for cooking (Lita Ford, Kelly Hansen, Eddie Ojeda and Dweezil Zappa) take over the Chopped Kitchen in hopes of winning $10,000 for a favorite cause.

Fun at the carnival is the theme for this special Chopped competition. In a sign of what's to come, the chefs open the first basket to find that two out of the four ingredients are deep-fried.

Taking a break from their studies to crush it in the Chopped Kitchen, four college students compete for culinary superiority.

The baskets in this competition are packed with healthy ingredients to create delicious, nutritious and low-calorie dishes.

The chefs tackle burgers, pretzel rolls and fruity surprises in their baskets at the Chopped tailgate party.

The four chefs learn that the mystery ingredients must be transformed into delicious gastropub food.

Cooking Channel stars Gabriele Corcos, Kelsey Nixon, Roger Mooking and Jim Stacy take on a holiday challenge in the Chopped kitchen with $10,000 on the line for their favorite charity.