The Great Food Truck Race (2010–…): Season 10, Episode 1 - Rumble on the Boardwalk - full transcript

Summer is here

And this season's
competition is scorching hot.

Ooh!

The battle to win "the great
food truck race" is back.

Whoo!
How exciting is this?

And this year,
for the first time ever,

We've got nine food trucks...

We are open for business, man.

...All competing

For that grand prize
of $50,000 in cash.

Ohh!



It's a summer beach
battle of epic proportions.

--you're kidding me.

From myrtle beach,
south carolina,

To key west, florida.

Each week, we'll roll
into a new seaside town.

Get your crab cakes here.

And the teams will get just

Enough seed money
to cook their food,

Face incredible challenges...

This is crazy.

...Solve unexpected problems...

We can't be dealing
with this crap.

...And sell, sell, sell.

- Order in.
-Get your nachos.



Flipping for tots
over here.

The road to victory
will be no day at the beach.

Oh, dear lord, it's
raining in our truck.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I still don't know
what happened.

The summer battle
starts right now.

Food-truck road trip!

I can't believe we made it, man.

We're gonna come into
this thing, take the "w."

We're gonna win the thing.
We getting it. We good.

I'm terrell.
I'm anna.

I'm darrell.

And we're nola creations.

I've been in this
business for 25 years.

I've worked with
some great chefs.

I love it.

It's not just what
I do, it's who I am.

I've got my wife right here
who can sell salt to a snail.

I've been cooking
for at least 16 years.

Our concept is
everything new orleans.

We talking bourbon street,
we talking the french quarter,

We talking mardi gras.

We are new orleans
born and bred.

You get to meet tyler,
you guys.

I know.
It's gonna be so great.

I've been cooking his
recipes for years.

Hi, I'm jacquelyn.

I'm stephanie.
And I'm malyssa.

And we're
sol food collective...

A vegan food truck.

Positive energy,
lots of light, lots of love.

My whole goal is to make
the most delicious food

And get that stigma away of
vegans only eat grass and dirt.

And we're kind of just a
traveling truck of sunshine.

Teams, welcome to
myrtle beach, south carolina,

And welcome
to "the great food truck race."

Now, you may have noticed

That there are more of you
than ever before.

Look around.

There are 9 teams
competing for $50,000.

This is gonna be the longest

And the hardest fight
we have ever had.

And winning is gonna take
everything you've got.

Your "summer beach battle" is
about to begin right now.

We are on the boardwalk
of myrtle beach --

The grand strand
of the coastline

Of the beautiful state
of south carolina.

And teams,
you may not know this,

But I am from south carolina.

This is my home turf.

Now, when I think
about summers visiting

The boardwalk as a kid,

My best memories
are about the food.

Frozen custard, funnel
cake, corn dogs,

Delicious food
that you can carry.

So, teams, for your
first challenge,

You will have
40 minutes to create

The perfect boardwalk bite.

Boardwalk bite.
Yeah.

We're kind of freaking out.

The competition
begins right now.

We have picked 10
beachgoers to taste

All of your dishes and pick out
their absolute favorite.

The team that wins
the most votes

Will receive $300 in
addition to their till.

It's a nice way to kick off
the race, don't you think?

Pretty nice start.

But first, your trucks are
just down the boardwalk

And they are already stocked
for this particular challenge.

I'm gonna give you five minutes
to get to know your trucks

And then the boardwalk bite
competition begins.

Are you ready?

Yeah!

What are you guys waiting for?
Let's get rolling!

Head out!

- Oh, my god!
-Oh, my god!

Oh, my god!

Whoo-hee! They gonna see us.
They gonna love us.

They gonna smell us.
This is gonna be beautiful.

Sugar me timbers, baby.

Let's go, let's go,
let's go.

Whoo!
Man, we've gotta practice that.

That was pretty lame.

We're running out of time.
We've got it!

Get in there.

I'm sue.
I'm charlie.

And I'm paulette.

And we are make it maple.

My son charlie
is a big old ham.

Show me what you got.

And paulette is one of
my very best friends.

She will be doing
most of the cooking.

Alright, a little of
the green mountain state.

We are from vermont,

And that is where most
maple syrup is produced.

There is no other
flavor in the world

Like vermont maple syrup.

We are gonna maple it happen.

You're just ridiculous.

We already know
that we're blondes

And we know what people
are thinking of us,

So let's show them
what we're made of.

So we're the brunch babes.
My name's lara.

This is my cousin lydia.

This is my baby sister mariah.

I don't see myself as a chef.

I see myself as
a super-passionate home cook,

And the concept behind our food
is breakfast, lunch, brunch.

Brunch is fun.

So teams, you will
have 40 minutes

To create the absolute
best boardwalk bite.

Let's go!
What are we gonna do?

How about a doughnut sammie?

Perfect
with the challenge.

Handheld, sweet, fun.

We're gonna take
a yeast-glazed doughnut,

Layer it with a yummy
breakfast sausage,

Throw some scrambled eggs,

A nice piece of cheddar cheese,

And then candied
jalapeños right on top.

- Oh, yeah.
-Yum.

I'm gonna start with
these eggs first.

Get them all cracked
and whipped on in.

I'm gonna get
that butter on

And start
whipping up the cream.

We're gonna make beignet balls,

And then we're gonna top them
with white chocolate sauce,

And then toss them in
some powdered sugar.

Make you want to harlem
shake when you eat it.

I'll put you
in charge of this.

I'm gonna get chopping.

We're making
vegan street corn.

It's corn on the cob that is
charred with a lemon crema

Sprinkled with
garlic and cilantro.

And it's gonna be
the best corn anyone

In the south has ever had.

Hey, kyle, make sure
you know you're putting

A good stream of
that fluff on there --

The marshmallow fluff.

A lot of people
still hear, "idaho?

All you've got are 'taters."

But we've got a lot
more than just 'taters.

I'm gonna finish
this last one here.

We do s'mores in idaho in
the backcountry, camping.

Here you go.

We decided to come up
with egg roll s'mores.

We're just gonna get
a simple egg roll,

Put some marshmallow
fluff on it,

Sprinkle it with chocolate chips
and crushed graham crackers,

And quickly deep-fry it.

Bring the food
to the people.

That's all we gotta do.
People's fry, let's go.

Comfort food will be
right up our alley.

We're right
by the beach.

And so we decide to
make a shrimp taco.

It's definitely what
the people want.

We'll make our
tortillas out of cheese,

Top it with the griddled shrimp.

We have a cabbage
and cilantro slaw,

Topped with avocado,

Serve it to the people.

And if you don't
like tacos, man,

You're just not american.

Right now, I'm
making a deep-fried

Funnel cake monte cristo.

The theme of our truck is
actually a '50s diner truck.

We're gonna make it look like

Just a delicious little
funnel sushi roll.

I'm gonna take
a monte cristo sandwich,

But instead of a
traditional tempura batter,

I'm gonna deep-fry it
in a funnel-cake batter.

This sandwich is
so unique because

It can be eaten for
lunch, breakfast, dinner.

I want to bring
indulgent items

And the idea of indulgent food.

Let this be your cheat day.
Let me be your cheat day.

Let me give that to you.

Here's the thing
about these maple dogs.

They are singing with happiness.
Can you hear 'em?

We're making for this
challenge a maple dog,

Which is
the all-beef frank

Glazed with
flavor of maple.

We rolling, rolling,
rolling now.

I want to make
a sweet potato jack.

It's a crispy biscuit crust

Filled with
a sweet-potato filling.

We top that off
with the powdered sugar.

When you taste it, you're
definitely gonna feel the love.

Virginia is for lovers
and we're from virginia,

So we're gonna bring this
recipe to myrtle beach.

I'm hope.
This is my twin sister, faith.

This is my husband, andre.

And we're madea made.

Madea means "mother dear,"
a term of endearment.

Down south, everyone's
grandmother's name is madea.

The concept
of madea made food truck

Is taking recipes
from our families,

Remembering those
Sunday dinners coming together

And having an innovative way

Of bringing it to
this generation.

I'm gonna start
chopping up some bacon.

Once that's ready,
we can start deep-frying.

Our boardwalk bite

Is a deep-fried
chipotle mac and cheese ball.

We'll do, like, a chipotle
cheddar sauce for it.

I can get
on board with that.

I'm just gonna
crush everything.

That's the fun part.

I'm clinton,
I'm the head chef.

I'm sam,
I'm the mouth.

I'm rosa,
I'm the sous-chef.

And we are baby got mac.

Baby got mac is
a '90s-themed food truck.

We specialize in
macaroni and cheese

Turned into your local
hometown favorite foods.

We're very
social-media people.

We met on myspace, fell
in love real quick,

And we've been married
for almost 10 years now.

And I actually met
rosa on twitter.

Now she's my mom.

Yeah, I'm the mom.

So let's try our first one.
Hang on.

- Is it not on?
-It's not hot.

Threw the first ball in
and nothing happened.

You're kidding me.

Apparently our fryer's
not working right now.

And it's just not hot.

I know
I'm running out of time.

Okay, okay.

Are we
re-thinking it?

Yes.

This deep fryer hates me,
and it's heartbreaking.

It hurts.

Okay.
I'm trying to think
what else we can do.

Okay. Okay.

You're kidding me.

Apparently our fryer's
not working right now.

Okay.

Are we
re-thinking it?

Yes, and
I'm gonna put oil on

The flattop and
get it smoking hot.

We want to get the
crispiness in there anyway,

So I'm just gonna throw
all the macaroni and cheese

On the flattop

And we'll get that crispy mixed
all throughout it.

Yeah, it's gonna
taste great.

- Guys, where we at on time?
-We've got about three minutes.

It's about time
to start assembling.

I'm finishing this sauce up.

We've got our pickles ready.

Perfect.
This one's perfect.

Go, go, go.

They're ready to serve.
They are absolutely amazing.

Alright, we've got it.

Trucks, are you ready?

- Yeah!
-Yeah!

Ladies and gentlemen,
the trucks are yours.

Please enjoy.
-Here they come.

This is going to be kind of cool
'cause I'm gonna get a chance

To walk around and taste
the food as well.

My vote is gonna get folded into
the mix with everybody else.

Let's see what we got.

We have a little
doughnut sammie

With some breakfast sausage,
scrambled eggs.

The doughnut is really sweet.

With the sausage,
it mixes very well together.

The jalapeño
definitely, it makes it.

It's fricking delicious.

Oh, my god!

Tyler tells us that our
doughnut sammie is delicious.

Best day of my life.

Sorry, honey,
wedding was good.

This is up there.

So today we're selling
our tiki taco bites.

Taco shells are four cheese
blend mexican cheese.

Never seen it before.
Spectacular.

I'm dareka.
I'm mahdi.

And I'm terrance.

And we're the people's fry
from nashville, tennessee.

We specialize in different types

Of loaded potato fries.

We're just trying to bring the
humble fry to the forefront.

Fo' sho'.

Terrance and I are married.

We've been together
for 10 years.

And mahdi, she's a beast
in the kitchen.

We work
excellent together.

What makes our team unique
is our cultural differences.

I'm west african, terrance
is barbecue smoke skills,

And dareka is
classically trained.

Let it marinate.
It's a taco shell, bro.

Yeah, yeah.
I like it.

I just gotta figure
out what I'm liking.

What you got?

Today we have our
chipotle mac and cheese,

But it is a chipotle mac
and cheese with bacon

And it's got garlic
and onion in it.

It's a little spicy,
but not too spicy.

Nice texture. I think
it's really, really good.

I've never seen
a griddled pasta that gets

Turned into a macaroni
and cheese,

So I think
it's kind of unique.

I'm super proud of clinton
for pulling it off.

Nice macaroni and cheese.
Great job.

This is a sweet
potato love jack.

It's absolutely delicious.
Madea knew what she was doing.

Can I give you
one note on this?

Yes.

I think you should probably
fry this a little more.

Because the dough is just
a little undercooked.

You want to try
a nola-style beignet?

It is white chocolate beignets
rolled in powdered sugar.

It is wonderful.

Can I get an amen?

The flavor is ridiculous.

These would be on
the permanent menu

If I were you 'cause
these are great.

We have
egg roll s'mores.

Frank-n-slides
is your name.

I thought I was gonna
be eating a hot dog.

These look awesome.

I'm craig smith.
I'm steve weston.

I'm kyle moore.

We are frank-n-slides.

Frank-n-slides does
sliders, hot dogs,

And fresh-cut idaho fries.

Nobody from idaho has been
in "the great food truck race,"

So it would be
a great big thing for us

To bring this
championship home to 'em.

It's really important for us
to represent the state of idaho.

Oh, my goodness.
Delicious.

Graham crackers,
marshmallow, chocolate.

You're at the beach, so why not?

I think it's a great dish, guys.

Definitely looks like something

That you would get
at a boardwalk.

This one's my favorite, by far.

The street corn is awesome.

It's got the sweetness
of sweet corn

And you've got
a vegan white sauce

That's over it,
so you've got the sweet

And the salty all at one time.

That's bananas.
That's so good.

It's bright,
it's refreshing.

I would feed this to my
kids in two seconds flat

Because it's kind of,
like, low sugar, right?

I love your enthusiasm.
Keep it going, okay?

Thank you so much.

Welcome to the race,
welcome to the race.

At rolling indulgence,
you're gonna find

A kind of more
'50s diner theme.

I'm drew.
I'm jess.

And I'm travis.

And we're rolling
indulgence from dayton, ohio.

So we all work in the
same restaurant together.

I actually bartend.

I am
a cocktail server.

I'm the head chef
of the restaurant.

So the day I got the call
that I was gonna be

On "the great food truck race"

Was the most exciting day
of my life for two reasons.

I got the call and
then four hours later,

I go to the top of
the empire state building

And I propose
to my now fiancée.

So today you're about
to roll yourself

In an indulgent sandwich.

It's gonna be sweet,
savory, a dessert,

A lunch, a breakfast item

Kind of all
wrapped into one.

I'm so impressed.

Yeah!

Wasn't really sure
what to expect

With ham
in a funnel cake.

It's kind of a nice
mix of salty and sweet.

I'd say
it's pretty indulgent.

You guys ready
for a taste

Of the green mountain state?

It's delicious.

I never would've thought
of this combination.

Excellent.

It's sweet,
but it's not, like, overbearing.

Excellent.
That's good stuff.

I think this is a very,
very good hot dog.

I think the second
time you make this...

- Heat.
...Push it to the next level.

Even if it's a maple mustard,
I'm all about that.

That's from me to you.
A little maple mustard.

Alright, so, food trucks,
did you have a good time?

- Yes!
-Yes!

Now, let's get down to
the business of this.

I'm gonna award one team

300 additional dollars
in their till.

My jury behind me of my
beach-going buddies

Have tasted all of your food,
but there is only one winner.

I am happy with
the final dish we made.

I think this
personifies who we are.

I feel like can't nobody
beat this dish right here.

Madam foreman, do
we have a verdict?

We do.

We are very proud to announce
it's sol food collective.

Oh, my god!

We're here and we're vegan
and we're here to win!

Ladies, congratulations.

I'm a huge fan
of vegan food,

And that was
a fantastic ear of corn.

Who the heck thought
a vegan truck

Would've won this
doggone challenge?

With corn.

How I lose to corn?

I'm talking about corn.
Corn.

The best ear of corn ever.

So sol collective,
congratulations.

You're gonna have an
additional $300 in your till.

Now it's time for
the little baby birds

To leave the nest.

You all have $400
in seed money.

I'm gonna send you
shopping, and then

I want you to come
right back here

For some head-to-head
food-truck combat.

Are you guys ready to do this?

- Yes.
-Yes.

Let's get into our trucks
and let's get rolling!

We just won the challenge
and now it's time to shop.

The competition
literally just got real.

This weather is bipolar.

Boy gonna take a bath today.

Alright, let's go,
brunchy bertha.

It was just sunny,
now it's raining.

It acts like louisiana weather.

Go, go, go, go, go.

Everyone, let's go.

--oh

We just got hit.

She just took the whole front
off rolling indulgence.

You're kidding me.
No.

Unbelievable.

I don't know what happened.

If we go home because
sol food collective

Just wrecked our
truck, not okay.

She just took the whole front
off rolling indulgence.

Not cool.

The crash put us
behind the 8 ball,

But, you know,
we gotta keep rolling.

So I immediately
bandage us up.

We're good?

Alright, you ready for this?
We're going.

Ready to roll.
We gotta go shopping

And stay focused on what
we're doing here.

We get to the store and I see
rolling indulgence's truck.

Hi.

- Oh, my god.
-Oh, my god.

- It's okay.
-I'm so sorry.

It's okay.
It's okay.

She had tears in her eyes,
and so I gave her a big hug.

We're gonna be all right.
Let's do some shopping.

This is a competition,
but at the end of the day,

We're all human beings.

Yeah.
Right.

Alright, let's go.

Should we hit the produce
since we're right here?

- Yeah, let's do that.
-Cashews?

oh, those are whole.

We can't drive trucks or
push carts, so we are awesome.

Fries are $20 a bag.

$20 a bag?

Let's go country style
and grab a bag.

The people's fry, well,
they do frozen fries.

They're in direct
competition with us.
Yeah.

And we're not gonna
use frozen fries.

Fresh potatoes?
50 pounds?

We're gonna hand-cut our fries,
we're gonna double-fry 'em.

Do 'em right.
Yeah.

Yeah.
So I feel bad for 'em.

Whee!

On our menu today, we
have our shrimp po' boy.

Po' boy.

Chicken for the gumbo.

Chicken
and sausage gumbo.

Which flour do we need
for the beignets?

Bread flour.

And we're gonna go with
our signature beignets.

Tyler said it's the best beignet
he's ever put in his mouth.

Work out, work out,
leg day. Let's go.

Produce, there it is.
Go that way.

Today's menu
is the maple dog.

We're also gonna do

A maple-glazed chicken
bahn mi sandwich.

And then we're gonna top it off
with maple dumplings, right?

I'm looking
for sriracha.

Yeah, we need sriracha,
where is it?

We need a couple
of key ingredients

And it's nowhere
to be found.

- Where is it?
-Where were the pickles?

- I don't know.
-Where were the pickles?

Dill pickles
for our maple dogs.

We still haven't
found sriracha.

I refuse to leave this
store without the sriracha.

Where's the dairy?

Paulette, sriracha?

No.

We're gonna make it work.
We're gonna make it work.

Let's just get it for now

In case
we can't find sriracha.

Alright, so we got our
stuff from the store.

We're ready to roll.
Let's get set up.

Tyler told us we had to
hit the boardwalk again.

We're looking
at all the other trucks.

We gotta compete against
them face-to-face.

We're just going to
do the vegan nachos.

We're gonna stick
to one thing.

We're gonna do the sol food
ultimate vegan nacho.

Let's get the water boiled.

For my special cheese sauce,

Instead of using cheese,
I'm using cashews.

And no one's even gonna
know that they're vegan.

My whole goal is to go
toe-to-toe with everyone

That's doing meat and dairy,

So I'm really confident
in these nachos.

The world-famous beignets.

The best beignets on earth.

Our menu is gonna consist
of shrimp po' boy,

Our signature beignets,

And we're gonna go with
chicken and sausage gumbo.

That's goodness right there.

It's a taste of the french
quarter in every bowl.

- Down home.
-That's how we rock it.

If you want to get
the pickling solution

Maybe made in here.
-Sure.

So I'm gonna make
this breakfast sammie.

We're gonna have
a bb breakfast sandwich.

We're gonna take
a buttery croissant,

We're gonna layer it
with cream cheese,

Some strawberry jam.

Then we're gonna take our
salty breakfast patty,

Fluffy scrambled eggs,
our cheddar cheese,

And it's gonna be good.

Tots coming out.

Then we are selling loaded tots.

We're gonna take the tots,

Layer it with
the meat and cheese,

We're gonna make some
homemade pickles,

Tomatoes, and then we're
making a special sauce.

Yum.

I'll work on slaw.

Andre's gonna get the sauce
going for the barbecue.

This menu defines our
truck and the concept.

Those down-home southern
recipes that will

Make you feel like you're
at your grandmother's house.

We're making pulled-pork
barbecue sandwich

With a collard slaw.

Gonna drop the fish.

And we're also gonna
make a catfish po' boy.

It's gonna be great.

Let's start
with the chicken bog first.

Baby got mac is a '90s
themed food truck,

So today we're gonna
do an east coast versus

West coast riff in the '90s
that was big with rappers.

So a super-popular dish in
south carolina is a chicken bog.

It's rice, grilled chicken,
smoked sausage in a broth.

We're doing it in a cheese sauce
instead of the typical stock.

Get a head start on the
carnitas one by cutting those.

Our west coast is southern
california carnitas.

It's kind of a riff
on street tacos

All over the los angeles area.

It's crispy pork with mexican
spices, cheddar cheese.

It's gonna be very, very tasty.

So I have steaks marinating
so that's good to go.

You keep working
on the avocados.

I'll work on chicken next.

On our menu today,
we have our latin turf,

We have our fries
topped with carne asada,

Melted cheese,
and our avocado crema.

And then our second dish
is our homeland heat.

We have our potatoes topped
with our grilled chicken,

Barbecue sauce, topped
with cheese and sour cream.

So we're calling it
the homeland heat

Because it fuses
our cultures.

The homeland with the
west african peppers

With the nashville
hot chicken,

And I think it's gonna
bring the people in.

Give the people
what they want.

I'm heating up this
water right now.

We're gonna make some
hollandaise in this stuff.

Today we have quite
a few things on our menu.

Option one is gonna be
an eggs benedict baguette

With cinnamon hollandaise
that I made from scratch.

And then we're gonna
have patty melt sliders

On a butter bun with
caramelized onions,

A house-made slaw, and a1 aioli.

We're gonna finish off
with monte cristo rolls.

Yes.

Bacon-wrapped hot dogs
sounds amazing, doesn't it?

- Franky, baby.
-Oh, yeah.

In summer, beach to me means
hamburgers and hot dogs.

So we're just gonna serve
our bacon-wrapped hot dog.

Kyle, how are we
doing on our 'taters?

We have three more.

And we have hand-cut
idaho french fries.

Oh, dear lord, it's
raining and our truck

Is not the most weatherproof
vehicle around here.

Deep fryer's not working.

All this rain coming down
on us inside the truck,

We can't get our fryer
started and going.

Taking fries off the menu.

Anything that can go
wrong is going wrong.

- Let's maple it happen.
-Right on.

I'll start slicing and
dicing for the bahn mi.

My prep strategy is to
have charlie on slicing.

We have sue on sauce.

And I am working
the proteins.

Somebody needs
to get the sauce.

Alright.

It wasn't long before all
that became very convoluted.

Whoo!
Almost burned my eyebrows off.

Out of the way,
babe.

A little bit
of a horror show in there.

No, no, no, no, no.

Oh.
That was too much pepper.

Sue, I am not feeling
organized right now.

That's 'cause we're not,
but we're gonna fake it.

The first item on the menu
is our chicken bahn mi.

A maple-glazed
chicken that we grill.

Next our maple dumplings,
which is a simple biscuit dough

Caramelized
in the maple syrup.

We had
a great experience

With the taste challenge
with the hot dogs.

People really liked it.

Yeah, so we decided,

Let's, you know,
go with a winner, right?

Right.

We decide to take
tyler's advice

And combine the maple
and the mustard together

And that was our sauce.

You guys, I think we need
to run out and open this up.

I can run out there
and do it right now.

I'm all excited to go out
and open up the window.

Come on.

Oh, my gosh, I can't open it.

This truck accident
actually bent back our shelf,

So we have this meat tenderizer,

We're clearly not
gonna use that.

Started banging that thing
against the shelf,

And it was not moving.

You guys, it's not working.

I tried to bang it and it
wasn't -- it's just not budging.

I don't know what to do.

If we can't open our
window, we can't sell.

If we can't sell,
we're going home.

You guys, it's not working.

Oh, my gosh, I can't open it.

This accident actually
bent back our shelf.

So I reached a mechanic
and he's here at the truck.

You guys, he's
bending it for us.

He's bending the shelf back
for us.

You guys want to try
and see if that'll work?

Hallelujah,
we can sell today.

We're back in this.

- Yay!
-Yay!

All of our sky waterfalls
have gone away.

Whoo!

Battle time.

The rain stops,
people are coming out,

And it's time
to start selling.

Everybody, the people's fry
is open for business!

If you need the best
fries in the business,

This is where you need to be --
the people's fry.

Just tell me what you need.

Let me do the homeland.

Let me get a homeland heat.

- There we go.
-First sale.

First sale heard.

Okay, guys, we're flipping
for tots over here.

Come on,
flipping for tots.

We want
to set records today.

There we go!

That's a good job
'cause I don't have that.

Ridiculous.

You want tots?
Alright.

We've got
an order of tots.

We make that first sale.

I'm so excited, like,
someone paid me to feed them.

Yum.

The sun is out.

We're rocking and rolling
over here at madea made.

Tyler said the dough in our
love jack was undercooked.

That pulled pork
barbecue sandwich

Comes with a special slaw.

It's only $10 and
worth every penny.

And this is a chance for
us to redeem ourselves.

Catfish po' boy,
catfish po' boy.

I am feeling so good about this.

The orders are being called out,
we're making sales.

Catfish po' boy out the window.

It looks good, it tastes good.
We're rocking.

One nachos.

So the white sauce is like
a vegan sour cream crema.

The cashew cheese has the
texture of melted nacho cheese.

The flavor profile, I
wouldn't know they were vegan.

Hi, there.

So we decided to go
ahead and open up.

They gotta fix this.
This ain't cool.

But with the fryer being
down, it's miserable.

We have steve outside
selling hot dogs.

Here you go, man.
Thank you.

So we can bypass
the switch.

So kyle is working
with the mechanic.

This has to be fixed
before tomorrow.

I'm sure a lot of people
walked by our truck

And thought we weren't
even open for business.

We can't be dealing
with this crap.

I mean, honestly.

Our first day of sales
has gone terrible.

Here's your beignets
and your po' boy.

That's so far.
Gumbo is right behind it.

Selling is going amazing.

Everybody wants to be
around me.

Just as we thought, the
beignets, number-one seller.

The beignets are fabulous!

Oh, these beignets
melt in my mouth.

Every ticket we had
at least one beignet on it.

Hi, how are ya?
What would you like?

We prepped these benedicts.

We prepped these sliders,

Thinking I was gonna
sell a lot of 'em.

Everybody's coming
for the monte cristo.

It's really good.

Tasty!
Sweet and savory.

Tyler's challenge
was really smart

Because the thing
that we ended up

Creating for him turned
into our biggest seller.

If we end out moving on
in this competition,

It's gonna be because
of these monte cristos.

You want the dog?

Can I get another
maple dog for jones?

The maple dog's coming.

Getting a little spurt
of activity here, whew!

I'm feeling overwhelmed.

It's still
a work in progress.

One order of dumplings.

I'm working
on those dumplings.

I feel terrible, dumplings
are just a little behind.

We're just
figuring this out,

So there's a little bit
of hectic nature with it,

But we're having fun.

Tots here!

Get your cheeseburger
tots here!

We've got another tot.

We are selling so many tots.

Alright, a loaded tot.

Loaded burger tots, coming up.

Because it's
the perfect lunch item.

That is good!

Who doesn't love
crispy, crunchy tots?

- Dropping fries.
-Latin turf!

Latin turf!

Right now our most popular
dish is our latin turf.

Everyone's really liking
those carne asada fries.

Alright, carne asada fries.

Just what the people
looking for.

Bomb.

Large pimento,
large carnita.

- One large one of each?
-Yeah.

I feel like
our sales are good.

I kind of feel like we're
the middle of the road.

We got the southwest
carnita mac and cheese.

Oh, it's so good,
and really fresh.

It's off the hook.

We ordered
the maple dumplings,

And they are saturated,
like they are

Maple-colored
all the way through.

She approves.

Perfect for a rainy day.

So we realized the dumplings
are really popular.

Thank you.

And everybody who eats them
is telling everybody else,

And they're coming
back for more,

And ordering second
orders, and then...

...I lose all the milk.

I dropped it.
I just full-on dropped it.

And we have to run
out of dumplings,

'cause you cannot make
dumplings without milk.

When the dumplings went,
people started leaving.

Yeah.

- Guys.
-Malyssa!

We got a text from tyler.

- What?
-"time's up."

"stop selling now
and tally up your cash."

We were just starting
to get a flow!

That's it?
The day's done?

I feel like I could
sell five more hours.

Uh...
Okay, well, that's me.

Na, da, da, da, da.

Team nola.

Team nola.

It's the end of day one,
and I'm just like,

"we balled out
of control."

I don't think
anybody can beat us.

Today was a headache.

I kicked this truck
about 5 to 22 times.

Between the fryer breaking down,

A quarter of an inch or so
of water sitting in our truck,

I'm really sure
we're going home.

The competition is fierce.

Yes.

I'm nervous going into
the second day of selling.

We have to draw them in
with a story and the fun.

Nola creations' chef

Trained under
emeril lagasse.

I worked at restaurants
owned by emeril lagasse.

I've done the world food
championships.

I'm one of the best
chefs in the world.

That is like
a whole nother level.

We just have to be fun.

We're fun people,
we can't forget that.

I'm stressed out
to the max.

Stay focused,
alright?

Don't.
Just stay focused.

I just don't know whether
these things are on.

We decide sunny day
at the boardwalk,

Let's go right back.

Oh, there's little
babies out there!

Oh, jesus!

Luckily I didn't blow
the truck up, right?

- Oh, my...
-That was so scary!

You got some fries
ready for me?

Tyler's had somebody
working on the deep fryer.

It's good to go.

Hey, guys,
tyler's calling.

Hey, tyler.

Hi, teams, alright,
guys, well, listen.

I hope the rain didn't
make you too crabby,

Because crab meat is on the menu

For your next challenge.

- Yay.

Thanks to my friends
here at the giant crab,

I am sending you guys 3 pounds
of lump crab meat.

So, teams, you'll have to
incorporate the lump crab meat

Into an original
crab dish for your truck.

The team who makes
the most money selling

Those crab dishes will get,

Are you ready for this?

Immunity.

- Whoa!
-Oh!

That's right, immunity.

It's a really, really big deal.

So, guys, you really
want to pay attention

To the challenge,
'cause as of right now,

Only $2 separates
the bottom two.

Wow.

And one truck will be leaving
us at elimination today.

Well, listen, guys,
look out for the crab,

It's on the way, and the
"summer beach battle" rages on.

Let's go!
Let's go, let's get it,
let's get it, let's go.

Wait a minute, maybe
a crab salad sandwich.

Crab delivery.

Alright.
Make it maple.

Good luck.
Thank you so much.

We mix slaw,
maple, mayonnaise,

And lime drizzle
on a sandwich.

- Alright, here you go.
-Thank you very much.

We got our crab meat.

We do blackened crab cakes,
cajun rice,

A lemon aioli sauce.

I have an awesome
signature crab dish.

I'm gonna do
crab cake poppers

With an ancho chili
mayo sauce.

Our biggest focus
is those crabs.

I want the menu to be
very, very, very simple.

We're gonna focus monte cristo
and the crab special.

Gonna make
a crab cake taco.
Crab cake taco.

When I was a little boy,

Crab meat was my
godmother's special.

It's basically just
like a crab cake,

But we're gonna roll it so that
it fits inside of the taco.

I know what
we're doing already.

We already had the plan
for the ball.

That's so perfect.

We're gonna do
a riff on a crab cake

Mixed with macaroni and cheese.

We'll bread it, fry it,
it's gonna be good.

There is no meat.
There is no dairy.

There is no seafood
on this truck.

I'm willing to give up
the entire challenge

And just work.

I would be going
against everything

I stand for and I
wouldn't feel right

Taking $50,000
to spread my message

When I can't even stand
behind my own message.

Absolutely.

I think now is the time
to pull a god's card.

If ever.

Now's a good time
to see if we can get

Any good insight or direction
or energy from the universe.

Athena, inner wisdom.

"you know what to do,
trust your inner wisdom,

And take appropriate
action without delay.

It's perfect.

Alright, everybody, here's
the people's fry menu.

Surf and turf!

For this challenge, we decide
to go with surf and turf.

So that'd be our
fries, melted cheese,

With the carne asada,
as well as our crab meat.

Two surf and turfs?

Alright, that'll be $30.

We got another
surf and turf.

Sales are amazing.

Y'all want the best
fries in the business?

This is the place to be!

The special today
is crabzilla.

Crab cake sliders.

Oh, yeah.
Yeah, baby!

There's crab cake sliders
on a bed of coleslaw

With some nice pico
and with idaho fries.

Alright, $15.
You're getting the crab special?

Yes, ma'am.

Alright, malyssa,
we have a special.

For our don't be
crabby benedict,

We're gonna take our
soft scrambled eggs,

Layer that on top of
that buttery croissant,

And then some of that lump crab,

Then we're gonna take
that sweet cream cheese

And drizzle it right over
the top of that crab.

Pretty good.

Three cristos coming
out right now.

So the monte cristos
are flying out.

Two cristos.

One crab cake special.

It's crazy, people are lining
up, lining up, lining up.

What would you
like to have?

- I want the gumbo.
-The special?

Shrimp po' boy.

We are the number-one
selling line right now.

I'm going with the line,
the whole line.

And everybody wants
a taste of the quarter

In every one
of their orders.

Throw it up,
throw it up!

Then another small socal.

I feel like our sales
are good.

Small socal.

I am super-confident.

It is so hectic in here.

I got a large socal here.

And there's your
delicious nachos!

There's a much bigger crowd
than there was yesterday.

Be just a minute, okay?

And people are literally
waiting for us.

That cheese is
good as

Who made the cheese?

We're getting married.

Ah, yes!

One crabzilla.

We're out there and
we know we're behind

Everybody else because
of the first day.

So I look at kyle
and I said, "it's time."

Gimme that hot dog suit.

That's our ace in
the hole right there,

It's like superman.

Hey, would you like
to see my wiener?!

Crabzilla!

Enjoy, thank you.
Special and a fry.

Our giant wiener.

He's bringing people
to our truck.

Whoo.

We're feeling a lot
better, aren't we, guys?

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

Alright, I have leanne.

I'm coming, lydia.

Two surf and turfs.

Mom, I'm piling up
with customers up here.

I'm gonna need some
hustle, ladies!

Hold on, char.

And here's
the two crabby tacos.

Hey, guys, come out,
we have a message from tyler.

"food-truck teams,
time's up, stop selling."

"meet me at the beach
for elimination."

Ahh!

Whew.
I'm exhausted.

I'm worried about what
the other trucks sold.

My gut tells me it was
more than what we did.

Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.

We're standing at elimination,

And everyone had
the additional crab

That they were able to sell
at a higher price.

I'm really nervous
at this point.

I'm used to beaches
being a place where

I'm cool, calm and collected.
Relaxing.

Instead, today,
I'm shaking in my boots.

So, how you guys doing today?

- Good.
-Good.

So, there's something I want

To get out of the way
first and foremost,

And that's a message
about safety.

Guys, we had
an accident this weekend.

That's a very big deal.

Sol food collective, you
ran into rolling indulgence.

There are a lot of blind
spots driving a food truck,

And you have to be very careful.

Thankfully, travis is okay,
and I'm hoping

Sol food collective
learned a lesson.

I think we all did
as a whole group.

Safety's first.

So, now I've got some good news.

You guys ready?
-Yeah.

The winner of the crab
challenge, with a total

Of $600 in sales for
their original dish...

Wow.

...The people's fry,
congratulations.

- We won!
-What?!

- We won, we won!
-Surf and turf!

Surf and turf!

You have won immunity,
and you are safe,

And moving on to the next city.

Congratulations.

You can't kick us out, we in.

Teams, in my hands
are the totals.

Who made the most,
who made the least.

And unfortunately,
who will be leaving

"the great food truck race"
right here and right now.

In first place, the
winner of myrtle beach is...

...Nola creations.

Yes.

We knew it, we got it,
we worked hard,

Top of the mountain.
Got the "w."

Top of the world, ma.

Nice job, guys.
You had a grand total of $1,759.

Nice start, nice start.
-Wow.

And in second place,

And only $14
behind first place...

...Brunch babes.

Congratulations, you
guys are second place.

I am so happy and thankful
that we are not going home.

We are safe one more week.

In third place,
with a grand total of $1,629,

Madea made.
Congratulations.

In fourth place,
the people's fry.

Congratulations.

And in fifth place, with
a grand total of $1,030,

Sol food collective.
Nice job.

We're still in this.

And without the crab.
Without the crab.

In sixth place,
with a grand total of $995,

Frank-n-slides.

Nice job, guys, way to go.

And team number seven, safe,
and moving on this week...

...Rolling indulgence.

Yes.

Oh, my god.

Whoo!

- We're still in this, baby!
-We're still in this, baby.

So, that leaves
our bottom two --

Baby got mac and make it maple.

But...Sol food collective,

When you're responsible
for the truck,

And you wreck the truck,

You're responsible
for the deductible,

And that will come
out of your till.

The deductible for the
accident came out to $200.

So in fact, you are
in our bottom two.

And baby got mac,
you're safe

And moving on to the next city.

Hopefully
we're not going home,

But I'm not confident
at this point.

The team that will be leaving

Summer beach battle" is...

...Make it maple.

Oh.

Sorry, guys.

Alright.
It's alright.

Nobody wants to
be the first out.
Yeah.

But, looking
around that beach,

And seeing everybody so happy
that they're still in...

That was
some consolation.

I really love your spirit,

And I hate to do this,
but I'm gonna need your keys.

Never been
on a food truck before.

I cook in my kitchen.

Just to have had
the opportunity to pursue this,

It's a hoot.

And, you know,
mother-son road trip,

With best friend,
that's pretty awesome.

So, do you guys want to hear
where you're going next?

- Yes!
-Yes!

So, guys, we're staying

In my beautiful home state
of south carolina,

And we're gonna drive
220 miles south

To the beautiful island of
hilton head, south carolina.

The "summer beach battle" is
just getting cranked up.

You guys ready to hit the road?

- Yeah.
-Yeah.

Alright, guys,
let's get rolling!

Come on!

We're headed to hilton head!

We have big adjustments
on the horizon.

We're coming with fire.

Hilton head -- I know
it's a golfer's town.

We're gonna sell these golfers

The best food that
nola's ever made.

Our biggest competition is
gonna be nola's creation.

They won myrtle beach, and
we need to get hilton head.

Next time on
"the great food truck race"...

Food trucks, welcome to
beautiful hilton head island.

- Let's go!
-Mwah. Aah!

Aw, crap!

So we're having a hard time
keeping up with the tickets.

What is going on with this?
-It's just chaos.

How long have you guys
been waiting in line?

- A long time.
-A long time, a long time.

I don't think it went as well
as maybe you think it did.