8.2/1049 votes#1 - Steak Your Claim
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1999
Host Alton Brown journeys from field to market to hardware store in search of the perfect steak and the perfect pan to sear it in . Recipes featured on episode: Pan Seared Rib Eye.
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8.3/1034 votes#2 - This Spud's For You
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1999
Alton Brown ponders the potato and its main ingredient: Starch. Baking, mashing and gratins are re-examined. Recipes: Mashers Potato/Portobello Gratin The Baked Potato
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8.4/1032 votes#3 - The Egg-Files
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1999
Alton Brown cracks the mysterious egg case and pursues a higher understanding of the amazing ovoid's culinary powers. How to land a non-stick pan, scramble, over easy--and consider eggs for dessert Recipes: Lemon Curd Scrambled Eggs Unscrambled
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8.4/1024 votes#4 - Salad Daze
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1999
Exiled to bars, chopped and pre-packaged, drenched in noxious concoctions, the tossed salad deserves better. Alton Brown goes back to salad basics and pays homage to Caesar. Recipes: Hail Caesar Salad Veni Vedi Vinaigrette
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8.0/1030 votes#5 - A Bird in the Pan
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1999
Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to escape Alton Brown, who seems intent on defining the perfect broiled chicken that's out of the oven and bathed in sauce in under half an hour. Recipes : Broiled, Butterflied Chicken
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7.7/1025 votes#6 - Churn Baby Churn
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1999
You scream, I scream, but Alton Brown would rather make his own ice cream...and sorbet and granita. Secrets the pros don't want you to know and how to find an ice cream machine that delivers the goods without breaking the bank. Recipes: Serious Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee Granita Key Lime Sorbet
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8.3/1030 votes#7 - The Dough Also Rises
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/1999
Searching for the perfect southern-style biscuit, Alton Brown investigates flour and leaveners and turns to his Grandmother for a pointer or two...not to mention a few pointed comments. Recipes: Scones Shortcake Southern Biscuits
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8.4/1027 votes#8 - Gravy Confidential
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/1999
Host Alton Brown conquers ""rouxs"" and leads the way to lump free gravy. Recipes: Gravy from Roast Drippings Sawmill Gravy White Roux
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8.5/1026 votes#9 - A Bowl of Onion
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/1999
Host Alton Brown journeys to the center of the onion. After rediscovering a kitchen classic, and debunking the mythology of tear-free onion cutting, he emerges with a darned fine bowl of soup. Recipes: French Onion Soup
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8.0/1025 votes#10 - Hook, Line and Dinner
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/1999
Alton Brown dives deep into the watery world of fish and finds that with just three cooking methods under your belt, you can cook just about all of the critters. Recipes: Grilled Salmon Steaks Pan Fried Fish Striped Bass in Salt Dome
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8.8/1027 votes#11 - Pantry Raid I: Use Your Noodle
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/15/1999
Part one of an ongoing series looks at the king of pantry essentials: Dried pasta. Alton Brown explores pasta styles, the best cooking method (water is key), the tools you really need (big), and a different way of saucing. Recipes: Pasta
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7.9/1022 votes#12 - Power to the Pilaf
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/22/1999
Alton brown heads to LA for a sack of rice, evaluates rice cookers, unlocks saffron and rewrites the rules for the most versatile of all rice dishes: pilaf. Recipes: Rice Pilaf
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8.0/1024 votes#13 - The Art of Darkness
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/1999
Alton Brown delves into the dark world of chocolate, picks a pod, roasts some beans, questions mysterious guests, visits his shrink, makes a mousse and hits upon the ultimate chocolate recipe. Recipes : Chocolate Mousse Chocolate Lava Muffins
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The Best Episodes of Good Eats Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Steak Your Claim" is the best rated episode of "Good Eats" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/7/1999. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "This Spud's For You".