Seasons & episodes
S2 · E13Pork Fiction 2000-07-05 · 21 min
Just how difficult is it to create finger-licking ribs?
S2 · E14Ear Apparent 2000-07-19 · 21 min
Alton shops, shucks and shares the history and methods of the summer fave: corn.
S3 · E1American Pickle 2000-09-20 · 21 min
There is no good reason that people do not make their own pickles. They are easy and delicious. Let Alton show you simple joys of pickling.
S3 · E2Mussel Bound 2000-10-11 · 21 min
Alton explains the simple pleasures of mussels.
S3 · E3The Egg Files II: Man With a Flan 2000-10-18 · 21 min
AB, in his second egg show, is out to show eggs don't have to be scrambled or an omlet.
S3 · E4What's Up, Duck? 2000-11-01 · 21 min
Watch as Alton proves to us Americans that Duck can be a regular dish.
S3 · E5Behind the Bird 2000-11-18 · 21 min
AB is out to show you can make a great meal with Thanksgiving leftovers.
S3 · E6Three Chips for Sister Marsha 2000-12-13 · 21 min
Alton uses time travel to explain the mystery behind cookies with three kinds: the thin, the puffy and the chewy.
S3 · E7Flap Jack Do It Again 2000-12-27 · 21 min
Great pancakes (flapjacks) don't have to come from a box...
S3 · E8The Case for Butter 2001-01-03 · 21 min
AB goes to court to defend butter against its bad wrap.
S3 · E9Flat Is Beautiful 2001-01-10 · 21 min
AB claims we won't be satisfied with pizza until we take matters into our own hands.
S3 · E10Pantry Raid III: Cool Beans 2001-01-17 · 21 min
AB takes us through what it takes to turn beans into a great meal.
S3 · E11Mission: Poachable 2001-01-31 · 21 min
Alton must pit his poaching skills against those of the evil ""Frenchman"".
S3 · E12Tofuworld 2001-02-07 · 21 min
Alton makes what once seemed foreign into an understandable all American classic.
S3 · E13Head Games 2001-02-21 · 21 min
Alton Brown gets inside a cabbage's head and comes out with a better understanding of what makes this potentially troublesome vegetable tick.
S3 · E14Grill Seekers 2001-03-07 · 21 min
Watch as AB shows the grill can be a great tool in making a great meal.
S4 · E1Where There's Smoke, There's Fish 2001-04-11 · 21 min
Get the lowdown on wood chips and creating a simple smoker for fish.
S4 · E2Pressure 2001-04-18 · 21 min
The scientific theory behind capturing meaty goodness in liquid form and why the pressure cooker makes great broth.
S4 · E3Fry Hard II: The Chicken 2001-04-25 · 21 min
AB pan-fries a chicken, also showing how to butcher it into perfect pieces. Buttermilk bathed, golden brown and deliciousmmm, mmm, fry some more, 'cause nobody doesn't love fried chicken.
S4 · E4Crustacean Nation II: Claws 2001-05-16 · 21 min
Host Alton Brown demystifies the buying, handling and cooking of the briny bug that put the surf into the surf-n-turf.
S4 · E5Ham I Am 2001-05-30 · 21 min
Country and city hams: cured, smoked, raw, brined or fresh, get your juices going for some good old American ham.
S4 · E6Let Them Eat Foam 2001-06-13 · 21 min
Chocolate layer and sheet cakes are more American than apple pie, yet few of us ever bake them anymore. We're going to change all that. Shop for cake pans, learn everything you need to know to keep your foam from flopping and produce a heavenly cake.
S4 · E7A Chuck for Chuck 2001-06-27 · 21 min
From ordinary chuck to sublime, melt in your mouth flavor: how to make the perfect pot roast without the pot.
S4 · E8Pantry Raid IV: Comb Alone 2001-07-11 · 21 min
The most mentioned food in the Bible; The only food produced for us by animals. It's a sweetener, it's an antiseptic, it's amazing.