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The Best Episodes of The Great Food Truck Race Season 18

Every episode of The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Great Food Truck Race Season 18!

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The Great Food Truck Race is a reality television series, that originally aired on August 15, 2010, on Food Network, with Tyler Florence as the host. It features competing food trucks. The fourth season premiered

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 2 - Crushing Charleston
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    S18:E2

    Seven food trucks hit Charleston, S.C., and Chef Kardea Brown shows no mercy as she judges their attempts at Gullah Geechee dishes. Then, host Tyler Florence releases the teams to sell on the wild streets of Charleston, revealing who's ready for the hard sell and who falls way short. Finally, facing torrential rains, Chef Rodney Scott brings his signature BBQ to the teams to see who can make a dish worthy of a real pitmaster.

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  2. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 3 - Son of a Myrtle Beach
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    S18:E3

    Host Tyler Florence unleashes the food trucks onto the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where one team blows past the competition and makes an enemy in the process. Teams that previously led the pack plummet in the rankings while one team skyrockets from the bottom to the top. Then, the real shock comes at elimination when a fan favorite gets the worst possible news.

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  3. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 7 - Bad News in Newport News
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S18:E7

    The final three teams have no idea that host Tyler Florence is evaluating their food truck workflow in a secret surveillance challenge in Newport News, Va. He shuts the loser down for an hour, but his penalty comes with a silver lining. The top two teams both blow challenges they could have easily won, and one truck sets an all-time sales record.

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  4. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 5 - Darlington Dash
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S18:E5

    Host Tyler Florence gives the food trucks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dash around Darlington Raceway in South Carolina and cook for NASCAR's Mamba Smith and Todd Gilliland. One team wins their first challenge but follows it up by making a shocking decision with devastating results. No one is prepared for the shocking outcome of this week's elimination.

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  5. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 1 - Surviving Savannah
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    S18:E1

    Host Tyler Florence kicks off an action-packed, eight-city ride, starting in Savannah with nine food trucks and racing up America's Southern Atlantic Coast. Baseball's funnest team, the Savannah Bananas, raise a ruckus, and as the trucks tackle their banana-themed challenge, a clear front-runner emerges. On the final sales day, three teams must fight for their lives to stay in the race. The season's first elimination brings a shocking, never-before-seen surprise.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 8 - Norfolk Fork-Off
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S18:E8

    Host Tyler Florence kicks off the finale with the two winningest teams in Great Food Truck Race history competing in a sales frenzy, feeding the sailors of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in port at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. After the sailors are fed, the trucks move to town, and one team misses the perfect sell spot by just a few feet, with unforeseen consequences. In the final challenge, one team proves they've truly outperformed the rest, but it all comes down to sales to see who will win $50,000 and the title of Great Food Truck Race champion.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 4 - Wilmington Revenge
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S18:E4

    It's payback time as host Tyler Florence brings the trucks to Wilmington, N.C., and two teams with a serious beef attempt to settle the score. Meanwhile, another team gets shut down by county officials, jeopardizing their chances of staying in the race. All the trucks fight to win a breakfast challenge worth $15,000 in reward money, and this week's eliminated team gets served an ice-cold plate of revenge.

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  8. The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 Episode 6 - Yes, Virginia, There Is a Beach
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    S18:E6

    Host Tyler Florence leads the trucks to Virginia Beach, Va., where one team's past catches up to them despite their best showing in the race yet. The strongest competitors conspire against each other, one of them to great success. Another team struggles to prove they have what it takes to win.

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Season 18 Ratings Summary

"Crushing Charleston" is the best rated episode of "The Great Food Truck Race" season 18. It scored 8.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/10/2025. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Son of a Myrtle Beach".