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Iron Chef America

Seen it?

2005 | 13 seasons | 46 min | Reality

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (42 on Metacritic), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for most people.
The mood
Easygoing.
The pace
13 seasons and 236 episodes: a long-haul commitment, episodes of about 46 minutes, about 181 hours in all.
What might put you off
A big time investment at 13 seasons.

American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    42 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Ran for 13 seasons and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 148K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 6 is the high point.

  1. Season 12005 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Season 22005 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  3. Season 32006 · 24 episodes
    Not rated yet
  4. Season 42007 · 9 episodes
    Not rated yet
  5. Season 52007 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet
  6. Sunday Safe Bet
    Season 62008 · 18 episodes · 7.0 out of 10
    Sunday
  7. Season 72008 · 28 episodes
    Not rated yet
  8. Season 82010 · 32 episodes
    Not rated yet
  9. Season 92011 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  10. Season 102011 · 23 episodes
    Not rated yet
  11. Season 112012 · 21 episodes
    Not rated yet
  12. Season 122013 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet
  13. Season 132018 · 10 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

Created by Alton Brown