
Pack Your Knives
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Ep 56Under Deconstruction (S6:E6 Recap)
Tom and Kevin deconstruct the Penn & Teller episode of Top Chef Season 6 and dish about Eli's pressure cooker incident, Toby Young, the Eli line and an unfair linguistic disadvantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 55Giddy Up! (Ep 5 Recap)
Tom and Kevin recap a hot ‘n spicy episode of Season 6 and break down Tom Colicchio’s famous spit-out in the desert sand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 54C’est la vie (Ep 4 Recap)
Kevin and Tom break down a French powerhouse episode and debate the benefits of kitchen technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 53Mess Kitchen: Ep 3 Recap
Tom and Kevin break down Episode 3 of Season 6 Las Vegas and serve up some praise on the challenges. Tom rants about greek salad and offers a mea culpa to Kevin. We look forward to Episode 4, where the real fun begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 52Let's BroGo: Ep 2 Recap
Kevin and Tom get their bachelor party on and break down an episode full of cringe. Kevin and Tom bid farewell to a cheftestant and debate Top Chef's ability to identify and groom successful chefs. Also, Kevin pitches his new bachelor party consulting biz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 51What Happens In Vegas (S6:E1 Recap)
Kevin and Tom hop into a time machine and rewatch the season premiere of Season 6 Top Chef Las Vegas, starting a new chapter of Pack Your Knives. The hosts break down how all the surprising ways that the show has changed and take in a heavy dose of Top Chef nostalgia. Which chefs stand out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 50Season 6 Rewatch Teaser
Kevin and Tom preview their upcoming rewatch of Season 6 Las Vegas and discuss their memories of the star-studded season. @packknives on Twitter packyourknives on Instagram www.countthedings.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 49Top Chef's Magical Elves
Kevin and Tom bring in Magical Elves executive producers Doneen Arquines and Tara Seiner to take us behind the scenes on Top Chef. Plus, Kevin and Tom's big announcement about PYK's next chapter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 48Finalists Roundtable
Tom and Kevin are joined by Top Chef Season 17 All-Star finalists Melissa King, Stephanie Cmar and Bryan Voltaggio to review the epic season, get the inside scoop on their music video and learn about their future endeavors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 47Cooking GOAT
Kevin and Tom recap the Season 17 All-Star finale and debate the winner's placing in all-time Top Chef ranks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 46With Chef Kevin Gillespie
Tom and Kevin sit down with Top Chef Season 17 All-Star Kevin Gillespie to talk about his run on Top Chef, what viewers didn't see about his pork coppa, his Atlanta community service initiatives and his decision to re-join Top Chef after his cancer battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 45The Final Three
Kevin and Tom review Part 1 of the Finale, debate the merits of Voltaggio's home game and assess the critiques of the Italian chefs. Plus, Kevin and Tom share their picks for Top Chef Season 17 winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 44Duffles of Truffle
Tom and Kevin recap the Tuscan truffle hunt episode and bid farewell to a juggernaut. Uproxx's Vince Manciini, the man behind Top Chef Power Rankings, joins the show and discusses the season and why he loves the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 43Champagne Padma
Kevin and Tom go deep on 30,000-foot cuisine, gush about Champagne Padma and discuss Chef Brian Malarkey''s moment of crisis at the judge's table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 42Let The Games Begin
Kevin and Tom piece together their brains after a mind-blowing week of Top Chef and Last Chance Kitchen and break down the Olympics episode. Later, Top Chef Jennifer Carroll joins the show to dish on this season, the Philly food scene, her past appearances on Top Chef and the Whodunnit mystery of Top Chef All-Stars: Who turned up the heat on her coriander cashew butter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 41With Top Chef's Tom Colicchio
An interview three years in the making, Kevin and Tom finally land their biggest guest in PYK history: Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio. The Emmy award-winning, James Beard award-winning chef reveals his favorite season of Top Chef, explains why Kevin and Tom's Elimination Challenge pitch needs serious work and tells us why he initially turned down Top Chef. Colicchio also shares his food policy reform ideas and reflects on his secret friendship with UNC basketball legend Dean Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 40Straight-Up Hunger Games
ESPN's Mina Kimes joins the show and breaks down the Summer Camp episode with Kevin and Tom. The trio assess the favorites for the rest of the competition and debate Voltaggio's stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 39Comfort & Chaos
Kevin and Tom battle on the merits of this Restaurant Wars and break down the jewel episode of Top Chef with special guest Season Colorado winner Joe Flamm, who tells us about his new Croatian restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 38On The Double
Kevin and Tom recap Episode 7 of Top Chef All-Stars and get on the phone with cheftestant Eric Adjepong to talk about this season, that damn mood board and the promising future of West African cuisine in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 37Monkeys On Crack
Tom and Kevin bid farewell to a Top Chef fan favorite, crown the greatest of all-time six-episode start and argue, once again, about Brian Malarkey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 36Doubles
Kevin and Tom recap the loved-ones episode of Top Chef All-Stars, assess the virtues of Malarketing and sketch out the tiers of remaining cheftestants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 35Now I Get / I Get What I Want
Tom introduces Kevin to Kelly Clarkson before breaking down the first contentious episode of the season. A mid-round juggernaut emerges from the group while Kevin loses another cheftestant in Last Chance Kitchen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 34'Jus Eat?'
Kevin and Tom get their art history on and break down Episode 3 of Top Chef All Stars. Also, a cheftestant gets picked up off the waivers and a trade is proposed. www.countthedings.com www.patreon.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 33Wicked Oops
Kevin and Tom recap Episode 2 of Top Chef All-Stars and pay tribute to culinary legends Jonathan Gold and Floyd Cardoz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 32The Fire Next Time
Tom and Kevin recap the season premiere of Top Chef Season 17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 31Draft Day
After the long layoff, Kevin and Tom are back for Top Chef Season 17 All-Stars. Ahead of Thursday's premiere, it's time for their third annual Pack Your Knives draft of cheftestants. Kevin and Tom make their picks, break down each contestant, tweak the fantasy scoring system and review the Los Angeles cast as we await the star-studded return of Top Chef. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 30"Congratulations, you are Top Oyster and Buttermilk"
Tom and Kevin review Season 16 and recap the surprising finale in Macau. Per PYK tradition, the finalists --- Chef Eric, Chef Kelsey and Chef Sara -- join the show to answer all our burning questions about the finale -- Eric's menu, what was in their luggage and the things they couldn't say on air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 29Durian and Spirit Animals
Kevin and Tom recap the Final Four episode of Macau and discuss the virtues of durian and the game theory of cooking with the stinky fruit. Chef Michelle Minori joins the show to explain why she's the quickfire champ, fava bean prep and of course, her admiration of a certain Golden State Warrior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 28High Top Chef IQ
Kevin and Tom discuss Macau, this season's darkhorse and chef Eric's performance. For the second half of the show, cheftestant Kelsey joins the show and dishes all things Top Chef including the one rule she'd change, the Restaurant Wars fiasco and the secrets of the party boat challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 27Bye, KY
Kevin and Tom are joined by Top Chef superfan and ESPN personality Mina Kimes to recap the Kentucky finale, handicap the remaining chefs and reflect on Season 16's drama (or lack thereof). Who's going to win in Macau? One chef or the Field? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 26Kentucky TKO and WaffleGate
Tom and Kevin recap the Muhammed Ali episode, discuss fried chicken spots and bid farewell to a juggernaut on the show. Cheftestant Sara Bradley joins the show to discuss WaffleGate, being a Southern Jew, Paducah cuisine, her sensitive nose and what it's like to be the Kentucky representative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 25Homemade!
Tom and Kevin analyze the most contentious episode of the season with the help of cheftestant Eric Adjepong. What's the best food? Who's to blame for WaffleGate? Is Eric a big, bad bully? We also talk Ghanaian cuisine, Eric's beloved Knicks and what really happened at Rupp Arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 24Grand Ole Opportunity
Kevin and Tom review the season's cheftestants after yet another first-time winner steals the show. We also hash out our hypothetical songs of inspiration, handicap the favorites and scout the next episode at Rupp Arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 23Soiree or Kegger?
Kevin and Tom analyze all things Boat Party Wars -- Eddie's draft, the jiggle juice and whether their souls belong to Team Blue or Team Green. The hosts also pay tribute to the late Fatima Ali, a PYK and Top Chef fan favorite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 22Carne! Brother!
Kevin and Tom dissect Episode 7 like Dario Cecchini on a Decca patio. Kevin parades Eddie while Tom laments Brian. Also, Kevin and Tom talk to old friend Brother Luck about his up-and-down year on Top Chef and Last Chance Kitchen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 21Brian And Justin
Top Chef cheftestants Brian Young and Justin Sutherland join Kevin and Tom for a recap of Restaurant Wars and the latest Canapé episode 1606. Why did the cheftestants go on a hunger strike? Which cheftestant practice quickfires before the show? What are they up to now? On the latest episode of PYK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 20The Forgotten Crudo
Kevin Arnovitz and Tom Haberstroh take you behind the scenes at Restaurant Wars and reveal what it’s like to attend Top Chef’s signature event. Special guest Hershy Ash re-joins the show to analyze this season’s three-restaurant twist and assess the performance of Third Coast, North East and Thistle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 19The First Restaurant War of 2018-19
Tom and Kevin are joined by restaurant consultant Hershy Ash to break down the first of a 2-part special, 12-contestant Restaurant Wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 18Naughty and Nice
Tom explains to Kevin the workings of Quick Fire White Elephant Gift Exchange, and the hosts debate whether Nini or David should be the early favorite and wonder if Natalie has the goods to run the table in Last Chance Kitchen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 17Ask For More Lemons
Kevin Arnovitz and Tom Haberstroh break down a stunning exit, the infamous $500 lamb tab and handicap the frontrunners for Season 16 Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 16With The 1st Pick ...
Kevin and Tom recap the Season 16: Kentucky premiere while conducting a live draft of all 18 contestants, including the Last Chance Kitchen field. Who will go No. 1? Who is the villain? Which contestants have the biggest trade value? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 15Top Chef Season 16 Preview!
Kevin Arnovitz and Tom Haberstroh are back for Season 16 of Top Chef. Gearing up for this week's season premiere, Arnovitz and Haberstroh preview season 16, scout the bios of the 15 contestants and share their favorite Kentucky spots and cuisine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 14The Finale
Tom and Kevin break down the exciting finale of Top Chef Season 15, and are joined by the finalists, Adrienne Cheatham and Joe Flamm to recap the season, what went into their dishes, and what's next in their journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 13Gone Fishing
The episode before the finale. Tom and Kevin break down the penultimate episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 12The Final Four
Tom and Kevin break down the final four episode of Top Chef 15, including the rocky mountain oysters quickfire and family recipe elimination challenge, then visit with chef "Mustache" Joe Sasto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 11High End
Tom and Kevin are joined by ESPN's Mina Kimes to welcome back the Last Chance Kitchen winner, break down Episode 11 and scout the remaining Top Chefs as we approach the final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 10Return of the Curse
Tom and Kevin break down Episode 10 of Top Chef with the help of special guest and father of Baby Jude, Bruce Kalman. Kalman goes behind-the-scenes to explain why he went on Top Chef and why he ate candy bars out of a baby diaper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 9The Risotto Curse Returns
Kevin and Tom recap the Super Bowl episode, mourn Team Kevin and geek out about Top Chef myths with Lynn from the essential TopChefStats.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 8Restaurant Wars
Tom and Kevin recap Restaurant Wars with the help of restaurant fixer-upper Hershy Ash and check in with Top Chef’s Fatima Ali about her cancer battle, being a Baby Bear and cooking Pakistani cuisine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 7The "Olympics" Competition
Tom and Kevin break down Top Chef's high-intensity, super-tense "Olympics" competition, and debate whether cliquey-ness is a good thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices