
Wow, everyone was really surprised when Rhoda was eliminated at the start of this episode, especially after how well she’d been doing! But we were all thrilled Jennifer was safe. Honestly, I thought we might get a lighter week after last week’s crazy waterpark challenge, but no such luck! Kristen announced it was all about barbecue, and skipped the Quickfire. Instead, we got a lot of mentions of the Wells Fargo Active Cash Credit Card – seriously, it got old fast! The chefs split into two teams, and each one had to smoke a whole hog. Each chef then created a dish using a different cut of the meat – shoulder, loin, belly, ham, or chopped – and presented it to the judges and a bunch of pitmasters. The winning dishes each got $5,000, and the chefs also got 2% of a $25,000 prize pool, which is pretty cool. It meant even if your team lost, you could still win money with a good dish, and vice versa. Not a bad deal considering we didn’t have a Quickfire!