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The Worst Episodes of The Great Food Truck Race

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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 Worst Episode
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    The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 7 - Close to the Finish Line
    4.4/10(23 votes)

    S15:E7

    The three remaining food trucks meet Tyler Florence at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calif., where they must create a dish inspired by a chili cheese Coney dog. One team is awarded an extra hour of selling time, giving them a coveted head start. On day two, the trucks are challenged to create their own riff on a longtime Long Beach favorite -- chicken and waffles. The teams push themselves to the limit in hopes of winning the reward of tripling their sales total, but only one team can win -- and one team must head home.

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  2. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 6 - Dunes Day
    4.8/10(25 votes)

    S15:E6

    The four remaining food trucks travel to Glamis, Calif., where they race down sand dunes to win their choice of protein. An innovation challenge from Tyler Florence puts everyone's creativity to the test, but the teams struggle to beat the heat while facing their biggest crowds yet.

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  3. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 2 - Hot Season, Cold Location
    4.9/10(23 votes)

    S15:E2

    Although eight teams arrive to compete, it's the Los Angeles heat that leads the race -- and not in a good way. Special guest and all-star season winner Lime Truck challenges the teams to an eye-opening, head-to-head selling competition. As if that weren't tough enough, all the teams struggle with finding good spots with enough crowds to sell in the City of Angels. Tensions come to a boiling point when one team's home field advantage adds fuel to the already smoldering rivalries.

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  4. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 5 - Who Are the Secret Eaters?
    5.0/10(23 votes)

    S15:E5

    The competition heats up in Manhattan Beach, Calif., where Tyler Florence challenges five food trucks to impress a trio of secret foodies with three courses of international fare. Next, the teams compete to create the best recovery snack for local athletes before assembling for a shocking elimination.

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  5. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 8 - San Diego Showdown
    5.0/10(21 votes)

    S15:E8

    The final two teams go head-to-head at a San Diego brewery where they must sell a dish based on the other team's signature menu item. After tasting a flight of craft beer, the teams create new specials to sell as a paring to brewery patrons. Next, Tyler Florence and Chef Ruffo Ibarra challenge the trucks to cook with the hottest chilies in the world. Both teams pull out all the stops, but only one team is awarded the $50,000 and crowned winner of the hottest season ever!

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  6. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 3 - No Time to Swap
    5.1/10(22 votes)

    S15:E3

    Seven teams arrive in Venice Beach, Calif., ready to sell. Chef Antonia Lofaso challenges the teams to craft a signature dish that reflects who they are as a food truck. On the streets of Venice, Tyler Florence makes the trucks to swap teammates for the day, a rivalry heats up, and one team member is pushed over the edge.

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  7. The Great Food Truck Race Season 16 Episode 3 - Team-plosion
    5.3/10(21 votes)

    S16:E3

    Tensions rise as seven teams face their third set of tough challenges in the city of Los Angeles. One truck attracts the attention of movie star Kumail Nanjiani, but inner turmoil between teammates pushes them towards imploding. The rookies still struggle to make it to the top rankings, and one pro team finally hits their stride while another plummets to the bottom two.

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  8. The Great Food Truck Race Season 12 Episode 6 - Hollywood Homecoming
    5.5/10(11 votes)

    S12:E6

    In the season finale, the final two food truck teams return to the competition's starting point for an ultimate face-off in the City of Angels. Tyler Florence brings the trucks to an upscale winery, and they're forced to pull out all the stops, knowing that one team will have to close its doors forever and one will walk away with the grand prize of $50,000.

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  9. The Great Food Truck Race Season 16 Episode 4 - Can They Do That?
    5.5/10(7 votes)

    S16:E4

    A truck shocks the competition by replacing a member of their team with a previously eliminated competitor. One rookie truck strategizes and sets their sights on taking out one of the pros, but their plan backfires in an unexpected way. Then, a pro team that's been on the bottom turns up the steam and scraps their way up the rankings. Plus, acclaimed Chef Antonia Lofaso returns with a unique challenge of her own.

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  10. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 4 - Teams Fall Apart From Within
    5.6/10(21 votes)

    S15:E4

    In Redondo Beach, Calif., special guest food truck and all-star season runner-up Seoul Sausage challenges the teams to craft a game-changing box lunch and sell it on the boardwalk. Sales improve for most of the food trucks, with one truck selling more than they've sold in the entire race. But one team struggles with sales -- and with each other, forcing Tyler Florence to pay them a visit and lead a makeshift therapy session.

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  11. The Great Food Truck Race Season 15 Episode 1 - Laguna Beach Heat
    5.7/10(30 votes)

    S15:E1

    Tyler Florence welcomes nine food truck teams to Laguna Beach, Calif., where they begin the battle to win the hottest season ever. In their first challenge, Tyler dares the teams to light him up with their hottest dish, but only one team can bring enough heat to make him cry tears of spicy joy. Maybe Cheese Born With It, a mac 'n' cheese food truck team, starts off with stellar sales but gets less than stellar reviews. Meanwhile, Senoreata, a plant-based Cuban truck, instantly forms a rivalry with Mexican food truck Salsa Queen, pitting their head chefs against each other. The team with the lowest sales is sent home.

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  12. The Great Food Truck Race Season 13 Episode 5 - Frostbite
    5.8/10(20 votes)

    S13:E5

    Three teams battle it out in the coldest and most remote location to date -- Talkeetna, Alaska. In a scavenger hunt for a local favorite, chaga mushrooms, the competitors strategize to win varying amounts of money to spend on supplies. Tyler Florence is forced to give some harsh feedback and issues a challenge to help them turn things around. The food truck teams can almost taste victory as elimination decides the final two teams of the competition.

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  13. The Great Food Truck Race Season 13 Episode 6 - Fairbanks Finale
    5.9/10(20 votes)

    S13:E6

    The final two teams meet up with Tyler Florence and go head-to-head in rugged Fairbanks, Alaska, where intense challenges and tough sell days test both food trucks like never before. With unparalleled grit and determination, one team will be named the champion and win the grand prize of $50,000, and one team will leave Alaska with only dashed food truck dreams.

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  14. The Great Food Truck Race Season 16 Episode 1 - This Is Food Truck Heaven?
    6.0/10(22 votes)

    S16:E1

    For the first time in The Great Food Truck Race's history, Tyler Florence pits four food truck pros against five food truck rookies in an epic David vs. Goliath battle to win $50,000. The nine teams arrive in Los Angeles ready to fight, but no one is prepared for the twists and turns Tyler has in store. With over 4,000 licensed food trucks already on streets, the competition in Los Angeles proves to be one of the toughest challenges.

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  15. The Great Food Truck Race Season 17 Episode 5 - Attack of the Tag Teams
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    S17:E5

    Tyler Florence brings in All Elite Wrestling tag teams The Acclaimed and The Gunns to join the food trucks in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for an all-out brawl. One team thinks they're being clever by sitting out on Tyler's challenge, but they soon come to regret their choices.

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  16. The Great Food Truck Race Season 19 Episode 8 - The Legends of Louisville
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S19:E8

    After a sales day at the Louisville Slugger Museum, the final two teams battle for $50,000 at the legendary Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY; the winner-takes-all showdown is judged by 500 fans, along with Tyler Florence and guest judge Damaris Phillips.

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  17. The Great Food Truck Race Season 16 Episode 5 - Ready, Jet, Go
    6.1/10(17 votes)

    S16:E5

    World-renowned Chef Jet Tila helps Tyler Florence challenge the five teams to make dishes that reflect their culinary origin stories -- and his favorite gets a reward! The pro versus rookie rivalry intensifies with catastrophic consequences for one team in particular. Then, the rookies claim their first number one finish, and in a shocking elimination, one of the top-ranked teams tumbles to the bottom two.

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  18. The Great Food Truck Race Season 13 Episode 2 - Fire and Ice
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    S13:E2

    Tyler Florence challenges the six remaining food truck teams to practice their survival skills by starting a fire to make delicious s'mores, and the judges for the taste test are the other teams! Because of its long daylight hours in the summer, Palmer, Alaska, is home to some of the largest vegetables in the world. The teams are tasked with creating dishes using some of Palmer's most famous vegetables, but the obstacles mount as the teams start to sell amid short daylight hours, raging winds and blistering cold.

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  19. The Great Food Truck Race Season 13 Episode 3 - Alaskan Alliance
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    S13:E3

    The five food truck teams are tested as they go deep-sea fishing in order to earn their seed money from Tyler Florence. The Alaskan elements are taking their toll not just on the teams but also on the trucks. One truck breaks down on the side of the road, and several teams underestimate the huge demand for their food in Homer, struggling to meet demand and keep their kitchens stocked. A surprise judge visits all the teams and tastes their dishes, and his favorite dish will win its creators a huge advantage -- immunity from elimination!

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  20. The Great Food Truck Race Season 12 Episode 3 - Hustle in the Heat
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    S12:E3

    Things are getting hot in Palm Springs, Calif., where the food truck teams have to conquer the extreme heat as well as their fears to tackle an unprecedented aerial challenge from Tyler Florence. A mystery ingredient enhances all the teams' dishes, and the locals show the trucks big love. After two days of selling, however, one food truck will have to shut its doors forever.

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  21. The Great Food Truck Race Season 13 Episode 1 - Battle for the North
    6.7/10(21 votes)

    S13:E1

    In the wilds of Alaska, seven aspiring food truck teams kick off the biggest, boldest season of the Great Food Truck Race. On Flattop Mountain overlooking Anchorage, Tyler Florence welcomes the teams to the competition. They have to break the keys to their food trucks out of 200-pound blocks of ice, and that's only the beginning of their adventure. They won't just be battling each other -- they will be battling the elements as they compete to see who can prep and sell the most food and who will say goodbye to their food truck dreams forever.

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  22. The Great Food Truck Race Season 16 Episode 7 - Need for Speed
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    S16:E7

    With a key team member out sick, one food truck is forced to operate as a two-person unit, placing them at a severe disadvantage. Culinary powerhouse Chef Joe Sasto joins Tyler Florence to challenge the final three teams to a taste and speed challenge. On day two, the competitors work beside some of Los Angeles' best food trucks for a nighttime rally in Venice Beach, where they'll meet Daniel Shemtob, head chef of two-time Race winner Lime Truck.

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  23. The Great Food Truck Race Season 17 Episode 4 - Highway Robbery
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    S17:E4

    Tyler Florence brings the teams into Biloxi, Mississippi, where they hope to rack up some big sales. One team struggles to stay together and comes back stronger than ever, while another team that was previously on top plummets to the bottom two. Though sales start booming, none of the teams are prepared for the backlash when they're accused of price gouging.

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  24. The Great Food Truck Race Season 12 Episode 4 - Viva Las Food Trucks!
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    S12:E4

    Tyler Florence meets up with the four remaining food trucks in Las Vegas, and Sin City proves to be the toughest sell yet. The teams have to get creative on the casino floor when they spin the "protein roulette" wheel, and they put their service skills to the test for an in-suite dining challenge on the strip.

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  25. The Great Food Truck Race Season 12 Episode 5 - Mission: Santa Barbara
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    S12:E5

    In Santa Barbara, Calif., Tyler Florence puts the final three food truck teams to the test on a sprawling avocado farm, where they race to pick and pit 50 avocados. Team morale is tested when they're challenged to one-up each other's avocado dishes, and one team's family makes a surprise visit. The final two teams are revealed.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Close to the Finish Line" is the worst rated episode of "The Great Food Truck Race". It scored 4.4/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/17/2022. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dunes Day".