The Great Food Truck Race (2010–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - About Face in South Dakota - full transcript
Previously on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
eight teams
of food truck rookies
and their dream trucks...
Mwah!
...began
the "The Great Food Truck Race"
in Hollywood, California.
Go!
The teams battled
for every dollar
over three intense weekends.
Fresh chicken
off the grill.
And a different team
emerged victorious each time.
Philly's Finest Sambonis.
Aloha Plate.
Bowled and Beautiful.
But while Aloha Plate
and Bowled and Beautiful
seemed to be
raising their game...
Shakas!
Good job, mama.
...the Samboni boys
from Philly...
Serve it up fresh
with love.
...have taken two giant steps
backwards.
Mother...
The experienced chefs
at The Slide Show
are learning the hard way
that running a food truck is
not just about cooking skills.
And Tikka Tikka Taco is proving
that slow and steady...
Look at these bad boys.
...just might win this race.
This is the longest line
we've ever had.
Now the race comes
to Rapid City, South Dakota.
Five trucks remain,
but not for long.
Who will go home next?
I'm Tyler Florence, and this is
"The Great Food Truck Race."
Let's get rolling.
Food Truck road trip!
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Scripps Networks, LLC.
South Dakota.
South Dakota,
oh, my goodness.
I bet these other teams haven't
even seen who we really are.
No.
Until right now.
We are tired of coming in
fourth place.
This week, we got to step it up
tremendously.
Bison is big here.
I know. Love bison.
It's so good.
Yeah, we do something
with bison.
We just need to be more focused
on the competition
'cause we know
what we're doing in the kitchen.
Yeah,
we need to be faster.
We need to be
more simple.
Our main focus
up until this week
has been the quality and taste
of our food.
However, this is competition.
So this week,
the focus is changing.
We got to figure out a way
to pack that flavor in faster,
get it grilled up,
and get it out the window.
Second place, brother.
That's all our plan was,
right?
Move into position
so we don't get eliminated.
I think we got a really good
shot at winning this thing.
We got our rhythm down,
and we know how this game works.
You know, there's a lot more
tourists here.
Maybe we can get away
with a little Hawaii flavors
in South Dakota.
You know, people might not
expect to see a Hawaiian truck.
What we might want to revisit
is doing that combo plate,
'cause it killed
in Portland.
I think
that's a great idea.
I want Aloha
off our
Yeah, they're too close.
Every challenge,
they are, like, right there.
These other four teams,
they're all strong.
It's anyone's game right now.
I like the idea
that we could cook with buffalo.
It's a lean meat.
I'm all about that.
You could do buffalo steaks.
You could do buffalo burgers.
You could do buffalo chili.
We do amazing nachos.
You just treat it like ‐‐
like you would, you know, beef.
Just made it through
by the skin of our teeth, man.
Yeah, by the skin
of the top of our truck.
I have never been happier to go
to a place I'd never heard of.
I thought we were for sure
going home after Pocatello,
but, Rapid City, here we come.
Do you see these mountains?
There's, like, gigantic rocks
with trees growing off of them.
I hope we're not going to
where we're selling right now,
'cause if that's the case,
we're going to be selling
to the Berenstain Bears, dude.
In the middle of the woods.
Teams, welcome to
the Black Hills of South Dakota!
All right!
Amazing.
Guys, we are down to five teams,
and I got to say, this is
the strongest final five
we have ever had on this race.
There's five teams left,
and we're one of the five.
Cream of the crop
rise to the top.
I'm glad to be
part of the cream.
I could see any one of you
winning the grand prize,
which means only one thing.
This competition
is about to get fierce.
Another average showing from any
of you, and you're going home.
The other teams have no idea
who The Slide Show is.
It's time to turn it up.
We have something to prove.
Now, guys,
take a look around you.
You are standing at the base
of the Crazy Horse Memorial,
depicting
the great Lakota leader
who was revered in these parts.
It's an amazing piece
of Americana,
and I thought you should see it
while we're here.
But while these hills are
beautiful
and filled with all sorts
of wonderful things,
this is not
where you'll be selling.
You'll be in Rapid City, which
is about 35 miles that way.
It's our second small city
in a row,
but don't think you can just
repeat what you did last week.
It's very different
from Pocatello.
Rapid City has a very
sophisticated tourism industry,
so there's a lot that
you'll have to compete with.
The bottom line is you're not
gonna be so special there.
So, that means your menu,
your pricing, and your strategy
all need to be strong enough to
compete with other attractions.
Obviously,
there's a lot of monuments ‐‐
Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore.
There's a lot
of local businesses
that we have to go against.
We got to make ourselves known
and make our presence known.
And, of course, you all know
that one of you
is just a short couple of days
from making
the long, lonely trip home.
And at this point,
it could be any one of you.
So, different city, same rules.
Your trucks are stocked
with only basic staples,
and your cash boxes are empty.
That means
you need some cash from me,
and I just happen to have some
right here in my back pocket.
Guys...
it's $50.
Ooh. You're killing me, Smalls.
$50 is gonna go nowhere.
Stocking appropriately
is gonna be huge
because we're going to
have to re‐shop,
so timing of that re‐shop
is gonna be critical.
Why you guys look so sad?
You don't think you can turn
50 bucks into a lot of money?
Well, I'll tell you what.
Maybe this will make you
feel better.
I promise not to call you today
and restrict your menu
in any way.
That's great news.
And, yes,
you heard me correctly.
I said, "Today."
After that, there's no promises.
Well, you can stand here
all morning
and speculate about
what I'm gonna do next,
or you guys could head down
to Rapid City
and start making some money.
You guys ready to do this?
Yeah.
Yeah, boy.
Let's get rolling!
We hit the wholesaler.
We get as much stuff as we can
get for $50.
Let's make
some grilled cheeses,
put some chicken cheese steak
meat on it
and then either some chips
or some fresh‐cut fries with it.
Just found this one bakery
called Dakota Thyme Bakery.
Dakota Thyme Bakery
is definitely an under‐the‐radar
type of place.
They have freshly baked
slider buns.
They have buffalo,
and it's absolutely perfect.
We'll sell our food out,
and we'll just go back
and restock,
and hopefully,
we're replenishing faster
than the other teams.
Look at this, man.
There's a farmers market
a mile
from where
we're going to shop.
So, we can shop,
we can sell,
and we can go back,
and we can sell some more.
Yeah, I mean,
we have 50 bucks to work with,
so being right by the store
would be helpful for us
right now.
There's a farmers market
today.
I'm gonna call this contact.
Her name is Liz‐‐
Her name is Liza!
I think
this is a good sign.
Let me get Liza
on the phone.
Hello, this is Liza.
Hi, my name's Liza with the
Bowled and Beautiful food truck.
We were hoping
that we can maybe get a spot
at your farmers market
today.
Thank you.
Thank you, Liza.
We'll see you
in, like, 45 minutes, okay?
We're gonna go hit that
farmers market first, right?
Yeah.
We only got 50 bucks.
We don't even have to worry
about finding rolls this time.
We're getting sliced bread,
cheese, chicken, potatoes, gone.
10 bucks.
Get two of them.
We're at $43.
We need to get a ‐‐
Butter, and that's it.
Peppers are gone.
$50 just turned into
all this grub here.
And we're gonna turn that
into hundreds.
Feta.
We can't afford feta.
Less money means
fewer ingredients.
So this week, we're just gonna
buy tortillas...
Oh, it's on sale, baby.
...chicken.
Ooh, that's not a lot
of chicken.
...spices, spinach, and yogurt,
and serve tacos.
50 bucks, baby.
Lock it.
I'm thinking chili
because ground beef is cheap,
beans are cheap.
Canned tomatoes, corn,
tortillas, cheese.
We need a big filler
that's gonna take a lot of space
in our bowl
but be a low‐cost item.
Thank you so much.
Let's get
the lettuce‐wrap stuff first.
Strawberries are cheap
today. They're on sale.
Let's get one of those
and one pineapple.
We can do a lemonade.
We're gonna do
our lettuce wraps again.
$30 worth of vegetables,
sprouts, and herbs,
$20 worth of meat.
We can actually make
about 30 to 40 plates.
We still got to buy
sauces.
We're gonna be tight.
So, the teams have all
made it down from Crazy Horse,
and we're about to find out
who spent their 50 bucks wisely
and who didn't.
Now, I promised the teams
I wouldn't call them today
to restrict their menus,
so I'm actually expecting to see
a lot more offerings
this weekend.
But here's the thing.
I promised I wouldn't call
to restrict their menus.
I didn't say I wouldn't call.
Hello?
Hey, guys, it's Tyler.
How are you?
It's Tyler.
You said
you weren't calling today.
What's going on with that?
Oh, come on ‐‐ I said
I wouldn't restrict your menu,
but you knew I was gonna call.
That's my job.
Very funny.
This speed bump is more about
the logistical side of things.
I want to see
if you can handle adversity,
but just not the kind
you experience in the kitchen.
It's to see
how we can handle adversity.
In five minutes,
I'm towing your cars.
Car what?
You heard me.
Your cars, not your trucks.
You're gonna need those
to cook and sell.
We need the car,
because we need to use that
to get back and forth.
I'll let you know how and when
you can get them back.
Can we ride three of us
in the truck, Tyler?
Listen closely.
Only two people can ride safely
in those food trucks.
You're saying only two of us
can get in the truck...
So, don't even think about
packing all three of you
in there.
That's grounds
for instant disqualification.
You'll have to adapt
and figure out how to get
all three of you around
with only two seats.
We have to figure out
how all three of us
are gonna get to the location.
So, if you scout a new location
or of you go back to shop,
two of you will ride
in the truck,
just like in the real world.
As for the third person,
well, that's up to you
to figure out.
He said,
"Figure it out."
And don't be sending anybody out
for your groceries.
You have to go get them
yourself.
Don't be sending anybody out
for groceries, either.
The two trucks are on their way,
so, you better hang up
and start hammering out a plan.
Thank you, Tyler.
I guess I'll talk to you guys
later today ‐‐ or not.
Bye!
Okay.
This is unbelievable.
Come on, man!
What is happening?
Now we have three people.
Two people can ride
in the truck.
This is absolutely insane.
Tyler!
Coming up on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
You are all a buffalo truck.
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Let's go. Let's go.
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Don't take my baby!
Day 1 in Rapid City
has just begun,
and I've already hit the teams
with a speed bump
that will surely test
their resourcefulness.
That's the last thing I thought
was gonna happen.
I'm towing
all of their follow cars.
Tyler done it again.
And only two people can ride
legally in their food truck.
Are you serious
right now?
Lucky for Tikka Tikka,
they're heading to a farmers
market just down the street,
and Shaun's Army conditioning
is coming in handy.
Bowled and Philly are heading
to the same market.
See you there, man.
But Liza and Erik are content
to bum a ride from locals.
My first hitchhike!
Both Aloha Plate
and The Slide Show
are headed to the Main Street
Square in the center of town.
I'll meet you guys
there.
Lanai is just gonna huff it,
and Das is gonna ride in style
in the tow truck.
Ah, nice.
Is it possible that we can
park here and stay here?
I do have
a couple of spots.
Okay.
First come, first served.
You're here.
If you want to pull in there,
feel free.
We're good?
You're good to go.
You are the man.
We are gonna get one
of the two parking spots.
Finally, things are starting
to go our way.
Oh, wow,
here's the other truck.
Ahh.
Isn't that something?
The other truck is
Aloha Plate.
Our shop is actually
right here.
Dakota Thyme Bakery is
right around the corner.
Being able to walk
to the grocery store
is a huge advantage.
Thank you.
Let's go, let's go,
let's go.
Get it, guys.
Aloha, Rapid City!
How you guys doing?
This is what we're looking for.
Thank you guys for showing up.
This has got foot traffic.
It's popular.
Everyone is gonna be here
this weekend.
Thank you very much,
you guys.
Enjoy.
Definitely not like anything
in Rapid City.
Find our spot!
There are people everywhere.
I'm excited to get those doors
open and start selling.
This day could not be starting
any better.
We said we're gonna
play the game
a little bit better this time,
and we are.
I think this is, by far, the
prettiest product we've put out.
Can you believe your eyes
and taste buds?
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
We're selling the grilled cheese
chicken cheese steak
for 12 bucks.
Oh, yeah, look at that smoke.
Smell it.
We're charging
a reasonable price.
I think that's what's kept us
in the game to this point,
so I don't see a reason
to change yet.
I got one more
coming for you.
All right?
Okay.
I'm a lover of grilled cheese,
but this is over the top.
Order up for Tiffany.
Thank you.
We've got a big line right now,
and I'm happy to see that,
but it's definitely not
Pocatello.
I've got a bowl
for Shannon.
Here you go, Brad.
Very good.
20 bucks is what
we're gonna rock with today.
We're using
great quality products,
so it's worth 20 bucks.
We're gonna take
some buffalo meat,
throw some nice barbecue sauce
on it, crispy onion strings,
and use some very local
homemade buns.
Amy?
Here you are.
Thank you so much.
We just sold out on our food,
and we have about $700
that we got done.
Nice!
Yeah, buddy.
We're going to the store
right down the street here,
so we'll be back
in 15 Hawaiian minutes.
We have to do this
as quickly as possible.
We got 100 people
waiting in line for us.
Follow me.
I haven't seen Lanai run
that fast since we were kids.
Do we need strawberries?
No.
We're gonna probably spend
a little over 100 bucks.
$107.30.
$107.30.
I don't know if I'm gonna be
able to run like this all day,
but if we keep selling out,
I think
I'm gonna have to push myself.
I can't breathe.
I'm gonna die.
Drink water.
All right, guys.
So, really quickly.
We're about to run across
this block, grab some more food,
and we will be back in three
minutes and open right back up,
so do not go anywhere.
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
Excuse me, guys.
We only want to spend
about $50 or less.
Our store is so close,
we can replenish
as many times as we need to.
All right, guys.
Let's go.
We need a ride to the store,
so free taco to anybody
who wants
to give us a ride to the store.
I saw this hand first.
Saving the time it takes
for my brother to have to run
back and forth
and move the truck
is worth at least one taco.
I think we got off cheap.
Thank you so much
for doing this, Amy.
Amy, you rock.
A friend of my mom's said
that she has a friend, Betty,
who lives here.
I'm gonna call her right now.
Would you be willing
to maybe be our, like,
private taxi for the day
to take us back and forth
for shopping?
We're so lucky
that we had a friend of a friend
here in Rapid City
who was willing to meet us
at the farmers market
and drive us back to the store
to shop.
Let's go. Let's go.
We're gonna get
these last orders out,
and we are out of food for now.
But with all the money
that we got from you guys,
we're gonna run to the store.
We're gonna re‐up,
and we're gonna keep on cooking.
Hey, guys, I want to thank you
again for waiting around.
It means a lot.
The line's dwindling away now.
We got to switch up
our location.
We're gonna head over
to Main Street Square,
a spot that we had on our radar
a little bit.
All we got to do is ask
one more person for a ride.
Do you think you could give us
a ride, just me, a ride?
Sure.
Really?
Yeah.
I love you.
Thank you so much.
I guess the people of Rapid City
are feeling our Philly swag
right now,
because getting rides for us
is nothing.
Last of the chicken.
We need to move this truck
to a location that makes
more sense for an evening rush.
Are you gonna ride
with Amanda,
or you want to ride
in the truck?
I'm going with you.
The only thing I could think of
is to head straight
into the heart of the city.
Let's go.
Hey, Liza,
remember that hotel that I saw?
There should be a lot
of foot traffic there.
We heard a lot
of really interesting facts
about the Alex Johnson Hotel,
that possibly it's haunted.
Thank you, everybody.
We're gonna go to Alex Johnson.
Maybe it will bring in
some tourists,
and we can catch some people
checking in and checking out of
the hotel.
How you doing?
We're just gonna park
right over there.
Oh, really?
We went from flying so high
all day.
We're killing it
at the farmers market.
Now, all of a sudden,
we don't have a spot to park.
Really?
Not even right there?
I'm gonna lose it.
How many can I get you?
We'll do two.
It's afternoon
on Day 1 in Rapid City,
and all five teams have handily
turned their $50 in seed money
into hundreds of dollars
in profits.
Bang, bang, bang.
The Slide Show and Aloha Plate
are taking full advantage
of their exclusive access
to Main Street Square.
Thank you.
And the proof is
in their cash boxes.
That's what we needed!
Tikka Tikka Taco has a spot
just two blocks off the square,
but what a difference
two blocks makes.
Tikka Tikka Taco,
give it a try!
Bowled and Beautiful's decision
to park in front of the hotel
Alex Johnson is a colossal bust.
Totally dead.
And for the first time,
our single moms are scrambling.
Lack of customers
is really making me nervous.
And Philly's Finest ‐‐
well, they always seem
to be scrambling.
We'll go on Main Street,
that's okay, right?
As long as we're not ‐‐
I'll help you with that.
Okay, all right.
I'm starting to get
increasingly frustrated.
Obviously, we can't go too far
from where we're at now
'cause we don't have a car
to go in.
Parked dead smack
in front of a movie theater.
That sounds all right.
This could be great,
or this could suck.
We're parked nearby this area
where we wanted to be,
and I'll just cause a ruckus,
and we'll get people over.
All right,
what up, Rapid City?!
We had a great day.
Now, hopefully with you guys,
we're gonna have a great night.
It does not look good.
It's dinner time,
and we have no one here.
So, let's get these going
and get out there
and try and sell them.
Walking?
Street walking?
Why not?
Let's do it.
Philly truck is parked
in front of a theater,
but there's a good line of
people in front of that theater,
so, we're gonna head over there
and sell to these people
waiting to get into a movie.
Yo, get out of here, dude!
This ain't cool!
Play the game
on your own terms!
Your food stinks!
People don't want it!
They want our food!
Okay,
no one's at the truck.
Where are we walking
right now?
Guys, I'm sorry.
You got to join us tomorrow.
We ran out again.
Good job today.
Good job. Good job.
Efficiency.
Yeah, all right.
Let's go.
We're at the tail end
of the day.
We ran back to the store
for the fourth time
just to buy
some basic necessities.
We don't know what
the next challenge could be,
so we're just gonna buy
a little bit to cushion us.
This seems to be our M. O.
Every week.
We kill lunch.
We make a ton of money.
And then dinner comes around,
and we don't know where to go.
Getting into that square
for dinner
would have made for a better
dinner rush, but you know what?
It's too late to do anything
about that now.
Whoa.
Don't be Tyler.
Hello?
Hey, guys. It's Tyler.
How are you?
Hello, Tyler.
Are you guys exhausted,
or what?
Ahh, we ain't exhausted.
Where we going next?
We're ready to go.
Your day is over.
No more sales.
And you can go pick up your cars
at Tow Pros on Centre Street.
It's gonna cost each team
100 bucks,
which is the going rate
in this town.
Each team, or each person?
Each team, you dummy.
It's a lot cheaper than New York
or L. A. Let me tell you.
It's gonna cost us $100
to get our car.
Seriously?
But wait, wait, wait.
That's not all.
Then I want you
to bring your cash boxes.
I'm gonna count your money
tonight,
and then you guys will find out
why in the morning.
He's counting our money
tonight.
I think it's safe to assume
that you're gonna want as much
cash in those boxes as possible.
He said it's obviously gonna
behoove us
to have as much cash
as we can.
All right, well,
fill those last orders,
and then get yourself over
to the tow yard.
All three of you.
No one claims their cars
until the entire team is present
and accounted for.
We have to all be there
to claim our car.
I'll see you.
Go get your car.
You want to just hold onto
the back, like a fireman?
Shut up.
How far are you
from 7th and Main?
Thankfully, we have made
a lot of friends today.
Thank you so much.
Dakota Thyme Bakery
has done a lot for us.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Why not give me a ride?
Follow me.
Try and swindle a ride.
Ted, right?
Let's go, Ted.
Can you show me where it is?
Sure.
Would you give me a ride
in exchange
for this plate of food?
Oh, my goodness.
Definitely.
Yeah!
How you doing?
Just on the red "X."
Six, eight, ten.
I'm from Philly,
so paying 100 bucks to get
my car out is a dream come true.
Whoo!
We missed you, baby!
Do not take my car again.
Coming up...
Make sure you bring your knives
because you are gonna butcher
your own buffalo.
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Come straight back.
It's Day 2 in Rapid City,
and our teams are all
bracing themselves
for another wild ride
in South Dakota.
We have no idea what's in store
for us today.
The Slide Show took a gamble
and set up at a church
in a residential area,
and that decision
is proving to be a blessing.
We've only been open
ten minutes,
and we have so many orders up.
Aloha Plate is back
at Main Street Square,
ready for a replay of
yesterday's stellar performance.
Can I give you a hug?
Thank you. You can.
But there are
no restrictions today,
so Tikka Tikka Taco
and Bowled and Beautiful
are also at the square,
hoping to make up for
yesterday's disasters.
Anybody ready
for some Tikka tacos?
Philly's Finest is heading
to the square, as well.
This is a cool little spot.
But first, they need to make
a quick stop for bread.
That should be uneventful,
right?
8, 16, 24, 32.
Hmm. Was there
supposed to be more?
80.
80.
Huh.
We ordered 80 rolls.
There's 36.
The day just started, and it's
already going down the tubes.
There was more
up in the freezer ‐‐
They're all frozen?
Those are frozen.
Are you planning on serving them
all at once?
Right now,
yeah, right now.
Oh.
Is there any way
that you guys know
how to defrost these
faster than us right now?
Microwave.
I'll put them on
the grill, dude. I don't know.
We don't have time
to worry about that.
'Cause we can't be defrosting
them on the grill, dude.
You saw how long ‐‐
I'm not worried about that.
Let's get out of here.
We should be worried
about that.
I don't want to sit here
and talk about it.
I want to get paid,
and I want to get out of here.
You want to defrost it and
hang around and waste more time?
I don't have time for that.
I want to get bread and go sell.
Don't you shush me
for no reason.
You'll get shushed as much
as I want to shush you
when you're talking
nonsense.
When you sound like a dope,
you're getting shushed.
I'm aggravated.
Joe's aggravated.
We're at our boiling point.
Something's gonna pop.
Joe parked down the street.
I said we could park
right behind the truck,
but he don't want to.
No one wants to listen
to anything I say today.
Yo, where's the money at?
Where's the cash?
Parked already.
I was walking
down the street!
Shut your mouth!
When Joe walks back to the
truck, he forgets the money box.
The money's in the car.
My frustration levels are
really starting to rise.
"Let's not park
right next to the truck.
Don't worry
about the frozen bread."
Can you excuse me
for just one second?
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Why would you not
bring it?
I haven't touched the money once
this whole trip!
You could park
right there!
The money box is
your responsibility, bro.
I don't ask you to come
in the truck to cook nothing.
You take care of the money box.
Joe ‐‐
If I bring up
a valid
Just listen to me!
Stop! Stop!
Go take a walk.
"Take a walk" was
the best words
of that whole conversation.
This kid has been a friend
of mine my whole life,
but that is this close
to going out the window.
Right now, we got to worry
about selling, all right?
We're here to win,
aren't we?
You're right.
You're right.
All right?
I'm over it.
So calm down, have a word.
Do whatever you got to do.
I'm over it.
I'm over it.
I'm embarrassed right now.
We just embarrassed our city.
I'm just gonna go look for Joe.
We're gonna get back to work,
back to business.
You know, I love him.
I'm sorry, bro.
I love you, man.
Tiger got out of the cage.
What's up, Rapid City?!
Hey, hey!
Yeah!
So, the teams all brought me
their cash boxes last night,
and by now,
they are dying to find out why.
Listen, I'm sure
they're expecting something,
but what they don't know is what
kind of advantage they'll get
for doing well yesterday.
And they certainly have no idea
what's coming up next.
They're about to find out.
I wonder if they know
the old show tune,
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo."
Great. Tyler.
Here we go.
Hey, guys. It's Tyler.
How are you?
We're waiting for you, brother.
What's going on?
It's time for your truck stop
cooking challenge.
Give it to me, man.
Close your windows.
There'll be no more sales
until I tell you
you can open again.
That's it.
We have to shut down.
Now, you all know
that half the battle
in running
a successful food truck
is keeping in tune
with the local taste.
So, when you reopen,
you are all a buffalo truck.
Yes!
Nice.
You can sell one dish or many,
but buffalo has to be
the primary ingredient.
No other animal protein.
No other proteins
allowed.
But here's the thing.
I'm not gonna let you come
to South Dakota
and serve anything
but naturally raised buffalo.
So, I'm sending you
to one of the finest providers
in the United States.
Okay,
where are we going?
It's the Wild Idea
Buffalo Company,
and they're located
on North Valley Drive
right off of Route 44.
I knew you were gonna do this,
Tyler.
Okay, you knew I was gonna
do that, but I'm not done yet.
I'm gonna send you off
one by one
in 15‐minute increments,
based on how well you did
yesterday.
The team that made the most
leaves first.
The team that made the least
leaves a full hour
after the leader.
That could be huge.
It will be huge.
Make sure you bring your knives
with you
because you
are gonna butcher
your own quarter rack
of buffalo.
That's awesome.
Nice.
I don't know
nothing about that.
Take as much meat as you need
to make $1,500 in sales.
What?
And, yes,
there is a $10 price limit.
So, that's 150 orders.
Gonna be a long night,
ladies.
When you've made your $1,500,
get yourselves to Skyline Drive.
Run up the hill
until you see a friend of mine.
The first team to arrive
receives a token
worth $750 in their till.
We better be first.
I hope so.
Team number 2 gets $500.
Team number 3 gets $250.
And if you haven't made your
$1,500 by 8:30, just wrap it up,
because you are done
in Rapid City.
All right.
So, you guys ready to roll?
Ready to roll, my man.
All right, with a $228 lead,
the first team
that gets to leave is...
We better be first.
Absolutely.
...Aloha Plate.
Yeah! We're first.
You can head out.
Everybody else,
keep those phones handy.
I'll be calling you
in 15 minutes.
Aloha Plate? Wow.
Yeah.
Finally, we get to go first,
15 minutes before everybody.
I love it.
You got your knives?
Aloha, everyone.
Aloha, how are you?
To the freezer doors.
We got this.
This is gonna be fun.
We do this back home.
The only thing is
we do it with deer.
Cutting a flap off
right now for our lettuce wraps.
Follow the rib.
I want to get
some of this nice meat.
Then we got steaks.
If you notice, the buffalo
doesn't have much fat on it.
Nice and lean.
15 minutes isn't a whole lot
of time, but I got it done in 7.
Thank you,
Wild Idea Buffalo Company.
Mahalo.
Good luck, everybody else.
Don't cut your fingers.
Tyler!
Hello?
Hey, it's me.
Listen, Slide Show.
I know you thought
you had this one,
but you are number two.
We're number two.
Yes! I love it.
Everybody else, I'll call you
back in 15 minutes.
I'm just getting
these nice, tender pieces
that I see right now.
Awesome.
A little buffalo booty.
We cut up so much.
We cut up a really nice part
of the buffalo, too.
We will not run out
of any buffalo.
Throw all this in here.
Hell, yeah. Why not?
Okay, it's Tyler.
Please be us.
My stomach is in knots
right now.
What's up, Tyler?
All right, guys.
The next team to roll is...
Tikka Tikka.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Everybody else, I'll call you
back in 15 minutes.
Okay, thanks.
Damn.
We just hack at it,
or what?
Watch out.
I don't know a lot
about butchering.
I don't know a lot
about buffalo,
but if it's anything like steak,
I knew we wanted the meat
closest to the ribs,
so we attack that first.
This is it.
Tell me something good,
Tyler.
Philly, you guys had quite
the meltdown this morning,
and, Bowled, you're not
used to being in this position.
No, we're not.
But one of you is the next
to go, and that team is...
Is...?
...Bowled and Beautiful.
Head out, girls.
We're next. We're next.
Oh, God!
Go, go, go!
Man!
Philly,
you guys are in a tough spot,
but you are only 190 bucks
behind Bowled,
so you are still very much
in this race.
Hang tough, and I'll send you
a text when it's time to go.
Chin up. Come on.
It's beautiful.
Thank you.
Boom. Let's go.
Yes!
Finally!
We got all our knives out.
We look at it.
Now what?
Hold on. Hold on.
There's bones and all
under there.
Let's take a look at this
for a second
before we just start
cutting it.
I want to get in here,
but there's too many knives.
You guys are
making me nervous.
Don't cut yourself.
I guess we're looking
for a tenderloin, a sirloin?
I don't know where it is
or how to get to it,
but I know
that that's the best cut.
We got to place in this
challenge, or we're going home.
Are you guys ready
for Aloha Plate?!
All right, let's get going.
Get the bison out
and start laying it on the foil.
Lettuce cup, bean sprouts,
and sliced up, seared buffalo,
chow mein noodles, simple sauce.
Buffalo lettuce wraps.
One for Allison, please.
We need to be
where people can see us.
This is a good parking spot
for us.
We're in good shape.
We're going to park
about a block away
from Main Street Square.
I don't really want to park
by the other trucks.
I want to be a little separate.
Hey, guys, I'm gonna cook
all of this meat right now.
What do you want?
I'm about to just season it,
sear it real good first,
and then we can chop it up
real quick after that.
- One plate? Okay.
- Yep.
So, we have 6 down,
144 more to go.
We got to get more people
out here.
I'm gonna take a walk
to the square
and just go see
what it look like.
If we stay here,
we are not gonna get to $1,500.
It's simple.
There are just five
hours left to go in Rapid City,
and our teams are facing
their most monumental task yet.
I make sandwiches.
I don't butcher bison.
They must all sell $1,500 worth
of buffalo dishes...
Bison steak and lettuce wraps.
They're very good.
...and then race to the vista
point at Skyline drive.
The first three teams to arrive
win an authentic
Lakota art piece
worth as much as $750
in their till.
We haven't
won a prize yet.
Today would be the day
we need to.
Aloha Plate is right back
at Main Street Square,
and they've hardly
skipped a beat.
Look at all these people.
Tikka Tikka,
Bowled and Beautiful,
and Philly's Finest are all
set up at a warehouse store
on the north end of town,
and they seem to be splitting
the Sunday crowd.
Step right up.
The Slide Show is riding high
after this morning's success
at church.
That's awesome for us.
But their service center
parking lot
is looking far from divine.
I see Aloha Plate has
a little crowd.
I do regret parking here and not
parking at Main Street Square.
We basically left Aloha Plate
all alone,
and that's a big mistake.
I think
we are going to move on in.
We're serving fresh, organic
grass‐fed buffalo chili,
and fresh tortilla chips.
I got two specials
for Steve!
We have a line of people,
but it is not anywhere near
the line that we need.
We've made $500 so far.
That means we have $1,000 more
to make.
How many can I get you?
Just one.
$10.
I've never cooked bison before.
We put our Tikka seasoning
on it, hoping that works out.
We're gonna stick with our guns
and serve tacos.
But instead of
our traditional chicken,
we're gonna use the buffalo.
Hope you love it.
10 bucks, there.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We have cheese.
We have the buffalo.
We're gonna make it into tips,
cook it up medium.
We're gonna put our cheese sauce
on them.
Sounds pretty good.
I want to have orders
backed up.
From the start,
we talked about location.
This isn't doing it.
We need to get back
to Main Street where we belong.
Location, location, location.
All right, guys.
This place is about to close.
It's dying down.
I say we head over
to Main Street Square.
What do you think?
Yeah, let's move.
Tikka's pulling out right now.
Put those tickets
in the till box, babe.
And those ones, too.
Let's go.
The crowds are about to be gone,
and we need to make a move.
Let's get back downtown.
We need the people there to come
and get this food.
Who wants to buy
two more plates?
Help us out.
Come on!
We only have 2 more plates
to sell before we get to $1,500.
I got to do whatever it takes
to get this.
Two more plates to go!
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Move ‐‐ Let's do it.
All right, go.
Aloha's already doing great.
Let them have their last $20,
send them on their way.
Later, man.
All right. Thank you, man.
That means it doesn't fall into
the hands of Philly
or Bowled and the Beautiful.
I'm pretty much putting every
sales tactic I ever learned
on the table here.
Hey, that's what
you're here for, dude.
Skyline Park, right here.
Is Bowled here?
I don't see anybody yet.
There you go, boy.
What's up, brother?
Congratulations.
First place.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Mahalo,
South Dakota!
We win!
We finally get a challenge,
and it's before
Bowled and the Beautiful.
That was amazing.
$750 to our till.
Yeah!
Yes.
Smoking!
Oh, my gosh.
Can we go to a bar?
There's not a lot of people
down here.
If the business
doesn't come to us,
we're gonna go to the business.
Yeah, we're really full.
All right. Well,
if you get hungry again...
Two more tacos?
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Two more tacos.
We're sold out.
Go! Let's go! Let's go!
Every time we race for a prize,
there's been nothing there
when we got there.
It's not gonna be the case
today.
Come on, man!
Let's go up that hill, baby!
Let's get up that hill!
Come on!
Slow down.
What is that?
I'm still running.
I can't believe it. Whoo!
What do we got?
How you doing?
Congratulations.
Second place.
Thank you, second place.
Thank you!
We'll take that.
That's for me?
We're carrying something down
the mountain this time, guys!
Put it up, guys!
I finally feel
like we've got the last piece
of what we were missing as
a team, and that was speed.
And for the first time,
I really feel confident that we
can win this competition.
Thank you, Rapid City!
Whoo!
Ahren, what's the update?
We have $1,340,
so we need 16 more customers.
We're still $160 short.
There is no one to sell to.
If you're looking for people,
I can tell you where they're at.
Okay, Bethel Assembly is at
Vacation Bible School right now.
There's a Vacation Bible School
five blocks away,
and it's getting ready
to let out soon.
We have to go.
Hi!
Hi.
Did you want to order
here?
Perfect.
I got to stretch this
over 16 sandwiches,
and it's gonna work.
It's like one ‐‐
one piece per.
I promise you it's gonna work.
I promise!
We definitely got way less
buffalo than we thought.
So, we're kind of chopping it up
really finely.
We needed 16
to get to the mountain.
We are going to
stretch this.
This is my last bowl.
We're gonna throw a lemonade in
for you.
We did not meet our goal
of $1,500.
Last week,
we were the first to arrive
and claim the number‐one spot.
It's hard for me right now.
It's really hard.
I'm sure Philly's struggling
just as much as we are.
I'm sure
they're struggling.
We're pretty much out of meat,
out of potatoes.
There's no one around, anyway.
All we can do is reel in
the last sales.
10 bucks?
10 bucks.
Yeah, my man!
We are $190 behind
the Bowled and Beautiful.
They were the team
we had to beat.
I'm just questioning myself.
Is this the end?
One more, guys.
One more!
- Let's go, baby.
- Yes!
Yeah!
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Thank you so much.
We hope we are at least
in third place.
It would feel good
to see something on the table.
All right, Ahren,
we beat the deadline
with four minutes to go.
We beat the deadline.
Oh, my God.
Four minutes to go.
We didn't quit.
This view is gorgeous.
Let's go, man!
There's something
on the table.
Congratulations.
Third place.
Aah!
What is it?
Third place, baby.
Yes! Oh, I love it!
Oh!
Third place.
Good work.
Good work.
We didn't quit, guys.
This 250 bucks will help us
tremendously.
Every dollar counts.
This is
our good luck charm.
You all right, baby?
Good work. Good work.
We put in work today,
man.
We did.
Good work.
Good stuff, brother.
We have to just hope
they're struggling a lot worse
than us.
Philly didn't sell out,
and they didn't make it to claim
any of the prizes, either.
My last string of hope is
that we sold more than they did.
It's got to be enough, right?
Teams, it's time
for our fourth
"Great Food Truck Race"
elimination,
and I got to start by saying
I am simply stunned.
I'm not stunned
because someone drove
into a sign or tried to cheat.
I'm stunned
because this weekend,
these five teams made
just under $25,000.
Yeah!
Wow.
Guys,
these are dizzying numbers.
There isn't an established
food truck in the country
that wouldn't kill for a weekend
like any one of you had.
But, of course, there is
a flip side to all of this.
One of you is about to go home
with a number that would have
put you in first place
in any of our previous cities.
That team is going home
by a margin of $122.
We're doing the math,
and we kind of know
that it's us or Philly.
So, I know you want me
to get right to it, and I will.
We're gonna find out
who made the most,
who made the least,
and who's out of the race.
Good luck to all of you.
In first place
with a stunning total of $6,841,
Aloha Plate.
Yeah!
Yeah, brother!
We got it, first place.
We learned a lot from our
mistakes these last four weeks.
We're confident
we can win this race.
Congratulations.
Take a step back.
You are safe.
Now in second place and safe...
...with $6,199...
Slide Show.
I am so excited
that we're in second place.
We worked so hard this weekend
to get it.
The other teams can now see
that we are a force.
There it is.
You guys said you're gonna
step up this weekend,
and that just happened.
The Slide Show is serious.
Take a step back.
You're safe.
Okay, in third place...
...with $5,865...
Tikka Tikka Taco.
Congratulations.
Wow, what a shock.
Tikka Tikka's in third place.
We'll take it.
Well, at least you managed
to take second place
in the buffalo challenge.
You guys had a great weekend.
That was big for us.
But it's hard to get excited
about all third‐place finishes.
Eventually, third place is gonna
send you home.
Take a step back.
Now, we are down
to our bottom two,
Philadelphia's Finest
and Bowled and Beautiful.
It's worth noting
that both of you were winners
in previous cities.
And now
you're in the bottom two.
Philly's had some errors
and some mistakes,
and we've been consistent.
If anyone needs to go home,
it needs to be them.
Guys, this breaks my heart, but
I got to send one of you home.
If you dodge too many bullets,
you can only dodge so many
before one hits you.
In fourth place and safe...
by a margin of $122,
less than half a percent of
all the sales made this weekend,
a razor‐thin margin...
...Philly's Finest Sambonis.
Whoo!
Whew.
What?
Come on, man.
Staying alive.
Are you kidding me?
We cannot believe this
right now.
We had an awful day
and somehow passed them?
Whew.
Bowled and Beautiful,
you made $3,678.
It was so close.
Bowled,
I want to tell you something,
and I mean this from the heart.
You three ladies
jumped into this race
and turned it on its ear.
You were smart,
strong, and bold.
You left your children at home,
and you put everything
on the line.
And you confirmed something
that we all already knew.
Do not underestimate
the strength of a single mother.
Liza, Jes, Heather, I know there
are big things in front of you.
Thank you.
But right now,
I have to ask you
to step forward
and hand me your keys.
Thank you.
Thank you.
At the end of the day,
I just want to be able
to look at my kids in the eyes
and say,
"I did the best that I could."
I was honest.
I was fair.
I worked hard.
I never gave up.
I could taste the dream.
I was super close,
and I really need
to keep moving forward.
We'll make it happen.
Teams,
You are the final four.
One of you is about to win
$50,000
and your very own food truck.
With that being said,
it's time to move on
to our next step.
And I think you all want to know
what it is.
We're going
to Minneapolis‐St. Paul.
- Yes!
- Whoo!
St. Paul, baby!
All right!
In the last three weeks, we came
first, second, and first.
We are major contenders in this.
We didn't travel all the way
across the ocean to lose.
So, are you guys ready
to tackle the twin cities?
Let's get in our truck,
and let's get rolling!
Next time on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
How's everybody doing today?
Twin cities, twin truck stops.
Ooh.
I hate making skewers.
It's Spam.
Spambonis coming up.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
We cannot open up our windows.
I don't think
we're gonna make it.
Whoo!
Hustle up! Hustle up!
Our truck won't start.
What do we do?
Jump it!
Whoa!
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
eight teams
of food truck rookies
and their dream trucks...
Mwah!
...began
the "The Great Food Truck Race"
in Hollywood, California.
Go!
The teams battled
for every dollar
over three intense weekends.
Fresh chicken
off the grill.
And a different team
emerged victorious each time.
Philly's Finest Sambonis.
Aloha Plate.
Bowled and Beautiful.
But while Aloha Plate
and Bowled and Beautiful
seemed to be
raising their game...
Shakas!
Good job, mama.
...the Samboni boys
from Philly...
Serve it up fresh
with love.
...have taken two giant steps
backwards.
Mother...
The experienced chefs
at The Slide Show
are learning the hard way
that running a food truck is
not just about cooking skills.
And Tikka Tikka Taco is proving
that slow and steady...
Look at these bad boys.
...just might win this race.
This is the longest line
we've ever had.
Now the race comes
to Rapid City, South Dakota.
Five trucks remain,
but not for long.
Who will go home next?
I'm Tyler Florence, and this is
"The Great Food Truck Race."
Let's get rolling.
Food Truck road trip!
‐‐Captions by VITAC‐‐
Closed Captions provided by
Scripps Networks, LLC.
South Dakota.
South Dakota,
oh, my goodness.
I bet these other teams haven't
even seen who we really are.
No.
Until right now.
We are tired of coming in
fourth place.
This week, we got to step it up
tremendously.
Bison is big here.
I know. Love bison.
It's so good.
Yeah, we do something
with bison.
We just need to be more focused
on the competition
'cause we know
what we're doing in the kitchen.
Yeah,
we need to be faster.
We need to be
more simple.
Our main focus
up until this week
has been the quality and taste
of our food.
However, this is competition.
So this week,
the focus is changing.
We got to figure out a way
to pack that flavor in faster,
get it grilled up,
and get it out the window.
Second place, brother.
That's all our plan was,
right?
Move into position
so we don't get eliminated.
I think we got a really good
shot at winning this thing.
We got our rhythm down,
and we know how this game works.
You know, there's a lot more
tourists here.
Maybe we can get away
with a little Hawaii flavors
in South Dakota.
You know, people might not
expect to see a Hawaiian truck.
What we might want to revisit
is doing that combo plate,
'cause it killed
in Portland.
I think
that's a great idea.
I want Aloha
off our
Yeah, they're too close.
Every challenge,
they are, like, right there.
These other four teams,
they're all strong.
It's anyone's game right now.
I like the idea
that we could cook with buffalo.
It's a lean meat.
I'm all about that.
You could do buffalo steaks.
You could do buffalo burgers.
You could do buffalo chili.
We do amazing nachos.
You just treat it like ‐‐
like you would, you know, beef.
Just made it through
by the skin of our teeth, man.
Yeah, by the skin
of the top of our truck.
I have never been happier to go
to a place I'd never heard of.
I thought we were for sure
going home after Pocatello,
but, Rapid City, here we come.
Do you see these mountains?
There's, like, gigantic rocks
with trees growing off of them.
I hope we're not going to
where we're selling right now,
'cause if that's the case,
we're going to be selling
to the Berenstain Bears, dude.
In the middle of the woods.
Teams, welcome to
the Black Hills of South Dakota!
All right!
Amazing.
Guys, we are down to five teams,
and I got to say, this is
the strongest final five
we have ever had on this race.
There's five teams left,
and we're one of the five.
Cream of the crop
rise to the top.
I'm glad to be
part of the cream.
I could see any one of you
winning the grand prize,
which means only one thing.
This competition
is about to get fierce.
Another average showing from any
of you, and you're going home.
The other teams have no idea
who The Slide Show is.
It's time to turn it up.
We have something to prove.
Now, guys,
take a look around you.
You are standing at the base
of the Crazy Horse Memorial,
depicting
the great Lakota leader
who was revered in these parts.
It's an amazing piece
of Americana,
and I thought you should see it
while we're here.
But while these hills are
beautiful
and filled with all sorts
of wonderful things,
this is not
where you'll be selling.
You'll be in Rapid City, which
is about 35 miles that way.
It's our second small city
in a row,
but don't think you can just
repeat what you did last week.
It's very different
from Pocatello.
Rapid City has a very
sophisticated tourism industry,
so there's a lot that
you'll have to compete with.
The bottom line is you're not
gonna be so special there.
So, that means your menu,
your pricing, and your strategy
all need to be strong enough to
compete with other attractions.
Obviously,
there's a lot of monuments ‐‐
Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore.
There's a lot
of local businesses
that we have to go against.
We got to make ourselves known
and make our presence known.
And, of course, you all know
that one of you
is just a short couple of days
from making
the long, lonely trip home.
And at this point,
it could be any one of you.
So, different city, same rules.
Your trucks are stocked
with only basic staples,
and your cash boxes are empty.
That means
you need some cash from me,
and I just happen to have some
right here in my back pocket.
Guys...
it's $50.
Ooh. You're killing me, Smalls.
$50 is gonna go nowhere.
Stocking appropriately
is gonna be huge
because we're going to
have to re‐shop,
so timing of that re‐shop
is gonna be critical.
Why you guys look so sad?
You don't think you can turn
50 bucks into a lot of money?
Well, I'll tell you what.
Maybe this will make you
feel better.
I promise not to call you today
and restrict your menu
in any way.
That's great news.
And, yes,
you heard me correctly.
I said, "Today."
After that, there's no promises.
Well, you can stand here
all morning
and speculate about
what I'm gonna do next,
or you guys could head down
to Rapid City
and start making some money.
You guys ready to do this?
Yeah.
Yeah, boy.
Let's get rolling!
We hit the wholesaler.
We get as much stuff as we can
get for $50.
Let's make
some grilled cheeses,
put some chicken cheese steak
meat on it
and then either some chips
or some fresh‐cut fries with it.
Just found this one bakery
called Dakota Thyme Bakery.
Dakota Thyme Bakery
is definitely an under‐the‐radar
type of place.
They have freshly baked
slider buns.
They have buffalo,
and it's absolutely perfect.
We'll sell our food out,
and we'll just go back
and restock,
and hopefully,
we're replenishing faster
than the other teams.
Look at this, man.
There's a farmers market
a mile
from where
we're going to shop.
So, we can shop,
we can sell,
and we can go back,
and we can sell some more.
Yeah, I mean,
we have 50 bucks to work with,
so being right by the store
would be helpful for us
right now.
There's a farmers market
today.
I'm gonna call this contact.
Her name is Liz‐‐
Her name is Liza!
I think
this is a good sign.
Let me get Liza
on the phone.
Hello, this is Liza.
Hi, my name's Liza with the
Bowled and Beautiful food truck.
We were hoping
that we can maybe get a spot
at your farmers market
today.
Thank you.
Thank you, Liza.
We'll see you
in, like, 45 minutes, okay?
We're gonna go hit that
farmers market first, right?
Yeah.
We only got 50 bucks.
We don't even have to worry
about finding rolls this time.
We're getting sliced bread,
cheese, chicken, potatoes, gone.
10 bucks.
Get two of them.
We're at $43.
We need to get a ‐‐
Butter, and that's it.
Peppers are gone.
$50 just turned into
all this grub here.
And we're gonna turn that
into hundreds.
Feta.
We can't afford feta.
Less money means
fewer ingredients.
So this week, we're just gonna
buy tortillas...
Oh, it's on sale, baby.
...chicken.
Ooh, that's not a lot
of chicken.
...spices, spinach, and yogurt,
and serve tacos.
50 bucks, baby.
Lock it.
I'm thinking chili
because ground beef is cheap,
beans are cheap.
Canned tomatoes, corn,
tortillas, cheese.
We need a big filler
that's gonna take a lot of space
in our bowl
but be a low‐cost item.
Thank you so much.
Let's get
the lettuce‐wrap stuff first.
Strawberries are cheap
today. They're on sale.
Let's get one of those
and one pineapple.
We can do a lemonade.
We're gonna do
our lettuce wraps again.
$30 worth of vegetables,
sprouts, and herbs,
$20 worth of meat.
We can actually make
about 30 to 40 plates.
We still got to buy
sauces.
We're gonna be tight.
So, the teams have all
made it down from Crazy Horse,
and we're about to find out
who spent their 50 bucks wisely
and who didn't.
Now, I promised the teams
I wouldn't call them today
to restrict their menus,
so I'm actually expecting to see
a lot more offerings
this weekend.
But here's the thing.
I promised I wouldn't call
to restrict their menus.
I didn't say I wouldn't call.
Hello?
Hey, guys, it's Tyler.
How are you?
It's Tyler.
You said
you weren't calling today.
What's going on with that?
Oh, come on ‐‐ I said
I wouldn't restrict your menu,
but you knew I was gonna call.
That's my job.
Very funny.
This speed bump is more about
the logistical side of things.
I want to see
if you can handle adversity,
but just not the kind
you experience in the kitchen.
It's to see
how we can handle adversity.
In five minutes,
I'm towing your cars.
Car what?
You heard me.
Your cars, not your trucks.
You're gonna need those
to cook and sell.
We need the car,
because we need to use that
to get back and forth.
I'll let you know how and when
you can get them back.
Can we ride three of us
in the truck, Tyler?
Listen closely.
Only two people can ride safely
in those food trucks.
You're saying only two of us
can get in the truck...
So, don't even think about
packing all three of you
in there.
That's grounds
for instant disqualification.
You'll have to adapt
and figure out how to get
all three of you around
with only two seats.
We have to figure out
how all three of us
are gonna get to the location.
So, if you scout a new location
or of you go back to shop,
two of you will ride
in the truck,
just like in the real world.
As for the third person,
well, that's up to you
to figure out.
He said,
"Figure it out."
And don't be sending anybody out
for your groceries.
You have to go get them
yourself.
Don't be sending anybody out
for groceries, either.
The two trucks are on their way,
so, you better hang up
and start hammering out a plan.
Thank you, Tyler.
I guess I'll talk to you guys
later today ‐‐ or not.
Bye!
Okay.
This is unbelievable.
Come on, man!
What is happening?
Now we have three people.
Two people can ride
in the truck.
This is absolutely insane.
Tyler!
Coming up on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
You are all a buffalo truck.
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Let's go. Let's go.
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Don't take my baby!
Day 1 in Rapid City
has just begun,
and I've already hit the teams
with a speed bump
that will surely test
their resourcefulness.
That's the last thing I thought
was gonna happen.
I'm towing
all of their follow cars.
Tyler done it again.
And only two people can ride
legally in their food truck.
Are you serious
right now?
Lucky for Tikka Tikka,
they're heading to a farmers
market just down the street,
and Shaun's Army conditioning
is coming in handy.
Bowled and Philly are heading
to the same market.
See you there, man.
But Liza and Erik are content
to bum a ride from locals.
My first hitchhike!
Both Aloha Plate
and The Slide Show
are headed to the Main Street
Square in the center of town.
I'll meet you guys
there.
Lanai is just gonna huff it,
and Das is gonna ride in style
in the tow truck.
Ah, nice.
Is it possible that we can
park here and stay here?
I do have
a couple of spots.
Okay.
First come, first served.
You're here.
If you want to pull in there,
feel free.
We're good?
You're good to go.
You are the man.
We are gonna get one
of the two parking spots.
Finally, things are starting
to go our way.
Oh, wow,
here's the other truck.
Ahh.
Isn't that something?
The other truck is
Aloha Plate.
Our shop is actually
right here.
Dakota Thyme Bakery is
right around the corner.
Being able to walk
to the grocery store
is a huge advantage.
Thank you.
Let's go, let's go,
let's go.
Get it, guys.
Aloha, Rapid City!
How you guys doing?
This is what we're looking for.
Thank you guys for showing up.
This has got foot traffic.
It's popular.
Everyone is gonna be here
this weekend.
Thank you very much,
you guys.
Enjoy.
Definitely not like anything
in Rapid City.
Find our spot!
There are people everywhere.
I'm excited to get those doors
open and start selling.
This day could not be starting
any better.
We said we're gonna
play the game
a little bit better this time,
and we are.
I think this is, by far, the
prettiest product we've put out.
Can you believe your eyes
and taste buds?
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
We're selling the grilled cheese
chicken cheese steak
for 12 bucks.
Oh, yeah, look at that smoke.
Smell it.
We're charging
a reasonable price.
I think that's what's kept us
in the game to this point,
so I don't see a reason
to change yet.
I got one more
coming for you.
All right?
Okay.
I'm a lover of grilled cheese,
but this is over the top.
Order up for Tiffany.
Thank you.
We've got a big line right now,
and I'm happy to see that,
but it's definitely not
Pocatello.
I've got a bowl
for Shannon.
Here you go, Brad.
Very good.
20 bucks is what
we're gonna rock with today.
We're using
great quality products,
so it's worth 20 bucks.
We're gonna take
some buffalo meat,
throw some nice barbecue sauce
on it, crispy onion strings,
and use some very local
homemade buns.
Amy?
Here you are.
Thank you so much.
We just sold out on our food,
and we have about $700
that we got done.
Nice!
Yeah, buddy.
We're going to the store
right down the street here,
so we'll be back
in 15 Hawaiian minutes.
We have to do this
as quickly as possible.
We got 100 people
waiting in line for us.
Follow me.
I haven't seen Lanai run
that fast since we were kids.
Do we need strawberries?
No.
We're gonna probably spend
a little over 100 bucks.
$107.30.
$107.30.
I don't know if I'm gonna be
able to run like this all day,
but if we keep selling out,
I think
I'm gonna have to push myself.
I can't breathe.
I'm gonna die.
Drink water.
All right, guys.
So, really quickly.
We're about to run across
this block, grab some more food,
and we will be back in three
minutes and open right back up,
so do not go anywhere.
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
Excuse me, guys.
We only want to spend
about $50 or less.
Our store is so close,
we can replenish
as many times as we need to.
All right, guys.
Let's go.
We need a ride to the store,
so free taco to anybody
who wants
to give us a ride to the store.
I saw this hand first.
Saving the time it takes
for my brother to have to run
back and forth
and move the truck
is worth at least one taco.
I think we got off cheap.
Thank you so much
for doing this, Amy.
Amy, you rock.
A friend of my mom's said
that she has a friend, Betty,
who lives here.
I'm gonna call her right now.
Would you be willing
to maybe be our, like,
private taxi for the day
to take us back and forth
for shopping?
We're so lucky
that we had a friend of a friend
here in Rapid City
who was willing to meet us
at the farmers market
and drive us back to the store
to shop.
Let's go. Let's go.
We're gonna get
these last orders out,
and we are out of food for now.
But with all the money
that we got from you guys,
we're gonna run to the store.
We're gonna re‐up,
and we're gonna keep on cooking.
Hey, guys, I want to thank you
again for waiting around.
It means a lot.
The line's dwindling away now.
We got to switch up
our location.
We're gonna head over
to Main Street Square,
a spot that we had on our radar
a little bit.
All we got to do is ask
one more person for a ride.
Do you think you could give us
a ride, just me, a ride?
Sure.
Really?
Yeah.
I love you.
Thank you so much.
I guess the people of Rapid City
are feeling our Philly swag
right now,
because getting rides for us
is nothing.
Last of the chicken.
We need to move this truck
to a location that makes
more sense for an evening rush.
Are you gonna ride
with Amanda,
or you want to ride
in the truck?
I'm going with you.
The only thing I could think of
is to head straight
into the heart of the city.
Let's go.
Hey, Liza,
remember that hotel that I saw?
There should be a lot
of foot traffic there.
We heard a lot
of really interesting facts
about the Alex Johnson Hotel,
that possibly it's haunted.
Thank you, everybody.
We're gonna go to Alex Johnson.
Maybe it will bring in
some tourists,
and we can catch some people
checking in and checking out of
the hotel.
How you doing?
We're just gonna park
right over there.
Oh, really?
We went from flying so high
all day.
We're killing it
at the farmers market.
Now, all of a sudden,
we don't have a spot to park.
Really?
Not even right there?
I'm gonna lose it.
How many can I get you?
We'll do two.
It's afternoon
on Day 1 in Rapid City,
and all five teams have handily
turned their $50 in seed money
into hundreds of dollars
in profits.
Bang, bang, bang.
The Slide Show and Aloha Plate
are taking full advantage
of their exclusive access
to Main Street Square.
Thank you.
And the proof is
in their cash boxes.
That's what we needed!
Tikka Tikka Taco has a spot
just two blocks off the square,
but what a difference
two blocks makes.
Tikka Tikka Taco,
give it a try!
Bowled and Beautiful's decision
to park in front of the hotel
Alex Johnson is a colossal bust.
Totally dead.
And for the first time,
our single moms are scrambling.
Lack of customers
is really making me nervous.
And Philly's Finest ‐‐
well, they always seem
to be scrambling.
We'll go on Main Street,
that's okay, right?
As long as we're not ‐‐
I'll help you with that.
Okay, all right.
I'm starting to get
increasingly frustrated.
Obviously, we can't go too far
from where we're at now
'cause we don't have a car
to go in.
Parked dead smack
in front of a movie theater.
That sounds all right.
This could be great,
or this could suck.
We're parked nearby this area
where we wanted to be,
and I'll just cause a ruckus,
and we'll get people over.
All right,
what up, Rapid City?!
We had a great day.
Now, hopefully with you guys,
we're gonna have a great night.
It does not look good.
It's dinner time,
and we have no one here.
So, let's get these going
and get out there
and try and sell them.
Walking?
Street walking?
Why not?
Let's do it.
Philly truck is parked
in front of a theater,
but there's a good line of
people in front of that theater,
so, we're gonna head over there
and sell to these people
waiting to get into a movie.
Yo, get out of here, dude!
This ain't cool!
Play the game
on your own terms!
Your food stinks!
People don't want it!
They want our food!
Okay,
no one's at the truck.
Where are we walking
right now?
Guys, I'm sorry.
You got to join us tomorrow.
We ran out again.
Good job today.
Good job. Good job.
Efficiency.
Yeah, all right.
Let's go.
We're at the tail end
of the day.
We ran back to the store
for the fourth time
just to buy
some basic necessities.
We don't know what
the next challenge could be,
so we're just gonna buy
a little bit to cushion us.
This seems to be our M. O.
Every week.
We kill lunch.
We make a ton of money.
And then dinner comes around,
and we don't know where to go.
Getting into that square
for dinner
would have made for a better
dinner rush, but you know what?
It's too late to do anything
about that now.
Whoa.
Don't be Tyler.
Hello?
Hey, guys. It's Tyler.
How are you?
Hello, Tyler.
Are you guys exhausted,
or what?
Ahh, we ain't exhausted.
Where we going next?
We're ready to go.
Your day is over.
No more sales.
And you can go pick up your cars
at Tow Pros on Centre Street.
It's gonna cost each team
100 bucks,
which is the going rate
in this town.
Each team, or each person?
Each team, you dummy.
It's a lot cheaper than New York
or L. A. Let me tell you.
It's gonna cost us $100
to get our car.
Seriously?
But wait, wait, wait.
That's not all.
Then I want you
to bring your cash boxes.
I'm gonna count your money
tonight,
and then you guys will find out
why in the morning.
He's counting our money
tonight.
I think it's safe to assume
that you're gonna want as much
cash in those boxes as possible.
He said it's obviously gonna
behoove us
to have as much cash
as we can.
All right, well,
fill those last orders,
and then get yourself over
to the tow yard.
All three of you.
No one claims their cars
until the entire team is present
and accounted for.
We have to all be there
to claim our car.
I'll see you.
Go get your car.
You want to just hold onto
the back, like a fireman?
Shut up.
How far are you
from 7th and Main?
Thankfully, we have made
a lot of friends today.
Thank you so much.
Dakota Thyme Bakery
has done a lot for us.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Why not give me a ride?
Follow me.
Try and swindle a ride.
Ted, right?
Let's go, Ted.
Can you show me where it is?
Sure.
Would you give me a ride
in exchange
for this plate of food?
Oh, my goodness.
Definitely.
Yeah!
How you doing?
Just on the red "X."
Six, eight, ten.
I'm from Philly,
so paying 100 bucks to get
my car out is a dream come true.
Whoo!
We missed you, baby!
Do not take my car again.
Coming up...
Make sure you bring your knives
because you are gonna butcher
your own buffalo.
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Come straight back.
It's Day 2 in Rapid City,
and our teams are all
bracing themselves
for another wild ride
in South Dakota.
We have no idea what's in store
for us today.
The Slide Show took a gamble
and set up at a church
in a residential area,
and that decision
is proving to be a blessing.
We've only been open
ten minutes,
and we have so many orders up.
Aloha Plate is back
at Main Street Square,
ready for a replay of
yesterday's stellar performance.
Can I give you a hug?
Thank you. You can.
But there are
no restrictions today,
so Tikka Tikka Taco
and Bowled and Beautiful
are also at the square,
hoping to make up for
yesterday's disasters.
Anybody ready
for some Tikka tacos?
Philly's Finest is heading
to the square, as well.
This is a cool little spot.
But first, they need to make
a quick stop for bread.
That should be uneventful,
right?
8, 16, 24, 32.
Hmm. Was there
supposed to be more?
80.
80.
Huh.
We ordered 80 rolls.
There's 36.
The day just started, and it's
already going down the tubes.
There was more
up in the freezer ‐‐
They're all frozen?
Those are frozen.
Are you planning on serving them
all at once?
Right now,
yeah, right now.
Oh.
Is there any way
that you guys know
how to defrost these
faster than us right now?
Microwave.
I'll put them on
the grill, dude. I don't know.
We don't have time
to worry about that.
'Cause we can't be defrosting
them on the grill, dude.
You saw how long ‐‐
I'm not worried about that.
Let's get out of here.
We should be worried
about that.
I don't want to sit here
and talk about it.
I want to get paid,
and I want to get out of here.
You want to defrost it and
hang around and waste more time?
I don't have time for that.
I want to get bread and go sell.
Don't you shush me
for no reason.
You'll get shushed as much
as I want to shush you
when you're talking
nonsense.
When you sound like a dope,
you're getting shushed.
I'm aggravated.
Joe's aggravated.
We're at our boiling point.
Something's gonna pop.
Joe parked down the street.
I said we could park
right behind the truck,
but he don't want to.
No one wants to listen
to anything I say today.
Yo, where's the money at?
Where's the cash?
Parked already.
I was walking
down the street!
Shut your mouth!
When Joe walks back to the
truck, he forgets the money box.
The money's in the car.
My frustration levels are
really starting to rise.
"Let's not park
right next to the truck.
Don't worry
about the frozen bread."
Can you excuse me
for just one second?
Did you say anything
about the money?!
Why would you not
bring it?
I haven't touched the money once
this whole trip!
You could park
right there!
The money box is
your responsibility, bro.
I don't ask you to come
in the truck to cook nothing.
You take care of the money box.
Joe ‐‐
If I bring up
a valid
Just listen to me!
Stop! Stop!
Go take a walk.
"Take a walk" was
the best words
of that whole conversation.
This kid has been a friend
of mine my whole life,
but that is this close
to going out the window.
Right now, we got to worry
about selling, all right?
We're here to win,
aren't we?
You're right.
You're right.
All right?
I'm over it.
So calm down, have a word.
Do whatever you got to do.
I'm over it.
I'm over it.
I'm embarrassed right now.
We just embarrassed our city.
I'm just gonna go look for Joe.
We're gonna get back to work,
back to business.
You know, I love him.
I'm sorry, bro.
I love you, man.
Tiger got out of the cage.
What's up, Rapid City?!
Hey, hey!
Yeah!
So, the teams all brought me
their cash boxes last night,
and by now,
they are dying to find out why.
Listen, I'm sure
they're expecting something,
but what they don't know is what
kind of advantage they'll get
for doing well yesterday.
And they certainly have no idea
what's coming up next.
They're about to find out.
I wonder if they know
the old show tune,
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo."
Great. Tyler.
Here we go.
Hey, guys. It's Tyler.
How are you?
We're waiting for you, brother.
What's going on?
It's time for your truck stop
cooking challenge.
Give it to me, man.
Close your windows.
There'll be no more sales
until I tell you
you can open again.
That's it.
We have to shut down.
Now, you all know
that half the battle
in running
a successful food truck
is keeping in tune
with the local taste.
So, when you reopen,
you are all a buffalo truck.
Yes!
Nice.
You can sell one dish or many,
but buffalo has to be
the primary ingredient.
No other animal protein.
No other proteins
allowed.
But here's the thing.
I'm not gonna let you come
to South Dakota
and serve anything
but naturally raised buffalo.
So, I'm sending you
to one of the finest providers
in the United States.
Okay,
where are we going?
It's the Wild Idea
Buffalo Company,
and they're located
on North Valley Drive
right off of Route 44.
I knew you were gonna do this,
Tyler.
Okay, you knew I was gonna
do that, but I'm not done yet.
I'm gonna send you off
one by one
in 15‐minute increments,
based on how well you did
yesterday.
The team that made the most
leaves first.
The team that made the least
leaves a full hour
after the leader.
That could be huge.
It will be huge.
Make sure you bring your knives
with you
because you
are gonna butcher
your own quarter rack
of buffalo.
That's awesome.
Nice.
I don't know
nothing about that.
Take as much meat as you need
to make $1,500 in sales.
What?
And, yes,
there is a $10 price limit.
So, that's 150 orders.
Gonna be a long night,
ladies.
When you've made your $1,500,
get yourselves to Skyline Drive.
Run up the hill
until you see a friend of mine.
The first team to arrive
receives a token
worth $750 in their till.
We better be first.
I hope so.
Team number 2 gets $500.
Team number 3 gets $250.
And if you haven't made your
$1,500 by 8:30, just wrap it up,
because you are done
in Rapid City.
All right.
So, you guys ready to roll?
Ready to roll, my man.
All right, with a $228 lead,
the first team
that gets to leave is...
We better be first.
Absolutely.
...Aloha Plate.
Yeah! We're first.
You can head out.
Everybody else,
keep those phones handy.
I'll be calling you
in 15 minutes.
Aloha Plate? Wow.
Yeah.
Finally, we get to go first,
15 minutes before everybody.
I love it.
You got your knives?
Aloha, everyone.
Aloha, how are you?
To the freezer doors.
We got this.
This is gonna be fun.
We do this back home.
The only thing is
we do it with deer.
Cutting a flap off
right now for our lettuce wraps.
Follow the rib.
I want to get
some of this nice meat.
Then we got steaks.
If you notice, the buffalo
doesn't have much fat on it.
Nice and lean.
15 minutes isn't a whole lot
of time, but I got it done in 7.
Thank you,
Wild Idea Buffalo Company.
Mahalo.
Good luck, everybody else.
Don't cut your fingers.
Tyler!
Hello?
Hey, it's me.
Listen, Slide Show.
I know you thought
you had this one,
but you are number two.
We're number two.
Yes! I love it.
Everybody else, I'll call you
back in 15 minutes.
I'm just getting
these nice, tender pieces
that I see right now.
Awesome.
A little buffalo booty.
We cut up so much.
We cut up a really nice part
of the buffalo, too.
We will not run out
of any buffalo.
Throw all this in here.
Hell, yeah. Why not?
Okay, it's Tyler.
Please be us.
My stomach is in knots
right now.
What's up, Tyler?
All right, guys.
The next team to roll is...
Tikka Tikka.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Everybody else, I'll call you
back in 15 minutes.
Okay, thanks.
Damn.
We just hack at it,
or what?
Watch out.
I don't know a lot
about butchering.
I don't know a lot
about buffalo,
but if it's anything like steak,
I knew we wanted the meat
closest to the ribs,
so we attack that first.
This is it.
Tell me something good,
Tyler.
Philly, you guys had quite
the meltdown this morning,
and, Bowled, you're not
used to being in this position.
No, we're not.
But one of you is the next
to go, and that team is...
Is...?
...Bowled and Beautiful.
Head out, girls.
We're next. We're next.
Oh, God!
Go, go, go!
Man!
Philly,
you guys are in a tough spot,
but you are only 190 bucks
behind Bowled,
so you are still very much
in this race.
Hang tough, and I'll send you
a text when it's time to go.
Chin up. Come on.
It's beautiful.
Thank you.
Boom. Let's go.
Yes!
Finally!
We got all our knives out.
We look at it.
Now what?
Hold on. Hold on.
There's bones and all
under there.
Let's take a look at this
for a second
before we just start
cutting it.
I want to get in here,
but there's too many knives.
You guys are
making me nervous.
Don't cut yourself.
I guess we're looking
for a tenderloin, a sirloin?
I don't know where it is
or how to get to it,
but I know
that that's the best cut.
We got to place in this
challenge, or we're going home.
Are you guys ready
for Aloha Plate?!
All right, let's get going.
Get the bison out
and start laying it on the foil.
Lettuce cup, bean sprouts,
and sliced up, seared buffalo,
chow mein noodles, simple sauce.
Buffalo lettuce wraps.
One for Allison, please.
We need to be
where people can see us.
This is a good parking spot
for us.
We're in good shape.
We're going to park
about a block away
from Main Street Square.
I don't really want to park
by the other trucks.
I want to be a little separate.
Hey, guys, I'm gonna cook
all of this meat right now.
What do you want?
I'm about to just season it,
sear it real good first,
and then we can chop it up
real quick after that.
- One plate? Okay.
- Yep.
So, we have 6 down,
144 more to go.
We got to get more people
out here.
I'm gonna take a walk
to the square
and just go see
what it look like.
If we stay here,
we are not gonna get to $1,500.
It's simple.
There are just five
hours left to go in Rapid City,
and our teams are facing
their most monumental task yet.
I make sandwiches.
I don't butcher bison.
They must all sell $1,500 worth
of buffalo dishes...
Bison steak and lettuce wraps.
They're very good.
...and then race to the vista
point at Skyline drive.
The first three teams to arrive
win an authentic
Lakota art piece
worth as much as $750
in their till.
We haven't
won a prize yet.
Today would be the day
we need to.
Aloha Plate is right back
at Main Street Square,
and they've hardly
skipped a beat.
Look at all these people.
Tikka Tikka,
Bowled and Beautiful,
and Philly's Finest are all
set up at a warehouse store
on the north end of town,
and they seem to be splitting
the Sunday crowd.
Step right up.
The Slide Show is riding high
after this morning's success
at church.
That's awesome for us.
But their service center
parking lot
is looking far from divine.
I see Aloha Plate has
a little crowd.
I do regret parking here and not
parking at Main Street Square.
We basically left Aloha Plate
all alone,
and that's a big mistake.
I think
we are going to move on in.
We're serving fresh, organic
grass‐fed buffalo chili,
and fresh tortilla chips.
I got two specials
for Steve!
We have a line of people,
but it is not anywhere near
the line that we need.
We've made $500 so far.
That means we have $1,000 more
to make.
How many can I get you?
Just one.
$10.
I've never cooked bison before.
We put our Tikka seasoning
on it, hoping that works out.
We're gonna stick with our guns
and serve tacos.
But instead of
our traditional chicken,
we're gonna use the buffalo.
Hope you love it.
10 bucks, there.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We have cheese.
We have the buffalo.
We're gonna make it into tips,
cook it up medium.
We're gonna put our cheese sauce
on them.
Sounds pretty good.
I want to have orders
backed up.
From the start,
we talked about location.
This isn't doing it.
We need to get back
to Main Street where we belong.
Location, location, location.
All right, guys.
This place is about to close.
It's dying down.
I say we head over
to Main Street Square.
What do you think?
Yeah, let's move.
Tikka's pulling out right now.
Put those tickets
in the till box, babe.
And those ones, too.
Let's go.
The crowds are about to be gone,
and we need to make a move.
Let's get back downtown.
We need the people there to come
and get this food.
Who wants to buy
two more plates?
Help us out.
Come on!
We only have 2 more plates
to sell before we get to $1,500.
I got to do whatever it takes
to get this.
Two more plates to go!
If I buy two plates from you
right now,
how fast can you move
that truck?
Move ‐‐ Let's do it.
All right, go.
Aloha's already doing great.
Let them have their last $20,
send them on their way.
Later, man.
All right. Thank you, man.
That means it doesn't fall into
the hands of Philly
or Bowled and the Beautiful.
I'm pretty much putting every
sales tactic I ever learned
on the table here.
Hey, that's what
you're here for, dude.
Skyline Park, right here.
Is Bowled here?
I don't see anybody yet.
There you go, boy.
What's up, brother?
Congratulations.
First place.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Mahalo,
South Dakota!
We win!
We finally get a challenge,
and it's before
Bowled and the Beautiful.
That was amazing.
$750 to our till.
Yeah!
Yes.
Smoking!
Oh, my gosh.
Can we go to a bar?
There's not a lot of people
down here.
If the business
doesn't come to us,
we're gonna go to the business.
Yeah, we're really full.
All right. Well,
if you get hungry again...
Two more tacos?
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Two more tacos.
We're sold out.
Go! Let's go! Let's go!
Every time we race for a prize,
there's been nothing there
when we got there.
It's not gonna be the case
today.
Come on, man!
Let's go up that hill, baby!
Let's get up that hill!
Come on!
Slow down.
What is that?
I'm still running.
I can't believe it. Whoo!
What do we got?
How you doing?
Congratulations.
Second place.
Thank you, second place.
Thank you!
We'll take that.
That's for me?
We're carrying something down
the mountain this time, guys!
Put it up, guys!
I finally feel
like we've got the last piece
of what we were missing as
a team, and that was speed.
And for the first time,
I really feel confident that we
can win this competition.
Thank you, Rapid City!
Whoo!
Ahren, what's the update?
We have $1,340,
so we need 16 more customers.
We're still $160 short.
There is no one to sell to.
If you're looking for people,
I can tell you where they're at.
Okay, Bethel Assembly is at
Vacation Bible School right now.
There's a Vacation Bible School
five blocks away,
and it's getting ready
to let out soon.
We have to go.
Hi!
Hi.
Did you want to order
here?
Perfect.
I got to stretch this
over 16 sandwiches,
and it's gonna work.
It's like one ‐‐
one piece per.
I promise you it's gonna work.
I promise!
We definitely got way less
buffalo than we thought.
So, we're kind of chopping it up
really finely.
We needed 16
to get to the mountain.
We are going to
stretch this.
This is my last bowl.
We're gonna throw a lemonade in
for you.
We did not meet our goal
of $1,500.
Last week,
we were the first to arrive
and claim the number‐one spot.
It's hard for me right now.
It's really hard.
I'm sure Philly's struggling
just as much as we are.
I'm sure
they're struggling.
We're pretty much out of meat,
out of potatoes.
There's no one around, anyway.
All we can do is reel in
the last sales.
10 bucks?
10 bucks.
Yeah, my man!
We are $190 behind
the Bowled and Beautiful.
They were the team
we had to beat.
I'm just questioning myself.
Is this the end?
One more, guys.
One more!
- Let's go, baby.
- Yes!
Yeah!
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Thank you so much.
We hope we are at least
in third place.
It would feel good
to see something on the table.
All right, Ahren,
we beat the deadline
with four minutes to go.
We beat the deadline.
Oh, my God.
Four minutes to go.
We didn't quit.
This view is gorgeous.
Let's go, man!
There's something
on the table.
Congratulations.
Third place.
Aah!
What is it?
Third place, baby.
Yes! Oh, I love it!
Oh!
Third place.
Good work.
Good work.
We didn't quit, guys.
This 250 bucks will help us
tremendously.
Every dollar counts.
This is
our good luck charm.
You all right, baby?
Good work. Good work.
We put in work today,
man.
We did.
Good work.
Good stuff, brother.
We have to just hope
they're struggling a lot worse
than us.
Philly didn't sell out,
and they didn't make it to claim
any of the prizes, either.
My last string of hope is
that we sold more than they did.
It's got to be enough, right?
Teams, it's time
for our fourth
"Great Food Truck Race"
elimination,
and I got to start by saying
I am simply stunned.
I'm not stunned
because someone drove
into a sign or tried to cheat.
I'm stunned
because this weekend,
these five teams made
just under $25,000.
Yeah!
Wow.
Guys,
these are dizzying numbers.
There isn't an established
food truck in the country
that wouldn't kill for a weekend
like any one of you had.
But, of course, there is
a flip side to all of this.
One of you is about to go home
with a number that would have
put you in first place
in any of our previous cities.
That team is going home
by a margin of $122.
We're doing the math,
and we kind of know
that it's us or Philly.
So, I know you want me
to get right to it, and I will.
We're gonna find out
who made the most,
who made the least,
and who's out of the race.
Good luck to all of you.
In first place
with a stunning total of $6,841,
Aloha Plate.
Yeah!
Yeah, brother!
We got it, first place.
We learned a lot from our
mistakes these last four weeks.
We're confident
we can win this race.
Congratulations.
Take a step back.
You are safe.
Now in second place and safe...
...with $6,199...
Slide Show.
I am so excited
that we're in second place.
We worked so hard this weekend
to get it.
The other teams can now see
that we are a force.
There it is.
You guys said you're gonna
step up this weekend,
and that just happened.
The Slide Show is serious.
Take a step back.
You're safe.
Okay, in third place...
...with $5,865...
Tikka Tikka Taco.
Congratulations.
Wow, what a shock.
Tikka Tikka's in third place.
We'll take it.
Well, at least you managed
to take second place
in the buffalo challenge.
You guys had a great weekend.
That was big for us.
But it's hard to get excited
about all third‐place finishes.
Eventually, third place is gonna
send you home.
Take a step back.
Now, we are down
to our bottom two,
Philadelphia's Finest
and Bowled and Beautiful.
It's worth noting
that both of you were winners
in previous cities.
And now
you're in the bottom two.
Philly's had some errors
and some mistakes,
and we've been consistent.
If anyone needs to go home,
it needs to be them.
Guys, this breaks my heart, but
I got to send one of you home.
If you dodge too many bullets,
you can only dodge so many
before one hits you.
In fourth place and safe...
by a margin of $122,
less than half a percent of
all the sales made this weekend,
a razor‐thin margin...
...Philly's Finest Sambonis.
Whoo!
Whew.
What?
Come on, man.
Staying alive.
Are you kidding me?
We cannot believe this
right now.
We had an awful day
and somehow passed them?
Whew.
Bowled and Beautiful,
you made $3,678.
It was so close.
Bowled,
I want to tell you something,
and I mean this from the heart.
You three ladies
jumped into this race
and turned it on its ear.
You were smart,
strong, and bold.
You left your children at home,
and you put everything
on the line.
And you confirmed something
that we all already knew.
Do not underestimate
the strength of a single mother.
Liza, Jes, Heather, I know there
are big things in front of you.
Thank you.
But right now,
I have to ask you
to step forward
and hand me your keys.
Thank you.
Thank you.
At the end of the day,
I just want to be able
to look at my kids in the eyes
and say,
"I did the best that I could."
I was honest.
I was fair.
I worked hard.
I never gave up.
I could taste the dream.
I was super close,
and I really need
to keep moving forward.
We'll make it happen.
Teams,
You are the final four.
One of you is about to win
$50,000
and your very own food truck.
With that being said,
it's time to move on
to our next step.
And I think you all want to know
what it is.
We're going
to Minneapolis‐St. Paul.
- Yes!
- Whoo!
St. Paul, baby!
All right!
In the last three weeks, we came
first, second, and first.
We are major contenders in this.
We didn't travel all the way
across the ocean to lose.
So, are you guys ready
to tackle the twin cities?
Let's get in our truck,
and let's get rolling!
Next time on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
How's everybody doing today?
Twin cities, twin truck stops.
Ooh.
I hate making skewers.
It's Spam.
Spambonis coming up.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
We cannot open up our windows.
I don't think
we're gonna make it.
Whoo!
Hustle up! Hustle up!
Our truck won't start.
What do we do?
Jump it!
Whoa!