7.5/107 votes#1 - Budget Games Blowout
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 3/20/2016
In this episode featuring the most extreme budget games, the chefs must start by making an elevated sandwich using only ingredients that are under $4. Next, the Food Wheel determines that they must make a childhood favorite on an unfavorable budget. Then, the final two must dig deep to make a decadent dish using only ingredients whose price begins with the number six.
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- 8.0/107 votes
#2 - Big Bacon Battle
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/2016
Four chefs try to prove that everything goes better with bacon, beginning with a delicious bacon lunch using only ingredients that start with the letter "B." Next, chefs have to create an international bacon dish that incorporates a bizarre ingredient. The final two must create the ultimate bacon dinner with only one minute to shop and a mere three aisles to shop in!
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- 7.4/108 votes
#3 - Redemption Tournament: Part 1
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 4/3/2016
Four chefs who left Flavortown early in their first appearance are staging a comeback! First, chefs have to make an Italian feast with nine items or less. Next, it's substitution time as chefs make Philly cheesesteaks without hoagie rolls, beef, bell peppers or provolone. Finally, chefs try their luck at bowling in hopes of making a hometown favorite that will win them up to $20,000 and a spot in the Redemption Tournament finale.
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- 6.7/107 votes
#4 - Redemption Tournament: Part 2
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/2016
Four previously eliminated chefs are back for another shot at victory as the GGG Redemption Tournament kicks off. First, chefs must turn German chocolate cake ingredients into a delicious dinner. Then, they must make something cheesy using only items whose prices begin with the number three. In the final round, chefs prepare dishes inspired by their family flavors featuring weird ingredients from the dreaded Food Pyramid. The chef who emerges victorious gets a shot at winning $20,000 and a spot in the finale!
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- 8.4/106 votes
#5 - Redemption Tournament: Part 3
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 4/17/2016
Four chefs return to GGG for redemption in this special tournament. First, a roll of the dice determines that chefs must make a chicken dinner featuring tofu and radishes with just a few minutes to shop. Next, chefs must create a tasty soup and sandwich on a not-so-super budget of $11. Finally, chefs have to add French onion dip and jack fruit to a classic surf and turf dish. The winner can nab up to $20,000 and earns a spot in the tournament finale!
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- 7.8/106 votes
#6 - Redemption Tournament: Part 4
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 4/24/2016
Four chefs who've been defeated in the Flavortown market before are back for redemption! First, chefs must create a fried feast using grocery bags that keep getting smaller. Next, worlds collide as the chefs dish out their best beef dinner combining the flavors of Italy and Korea. Finally, chefs present a dish from the heart that incorporates a twisted two-for-one special. The winner receives a big shopping spree and the last spot in the Redemption Tournament finale!
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- 8.4/106 votes
#7 - Redemption Tournament: Finale
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/2016
The final four chefs vie for the ultimate comeback, starting with a redemption dinner using the same ingredients that caused their downfall the first time! Next, chefs play a GGG arcade favorite to win money to pay for their grilled picnic. Finally, chefs spin the Food Wheel to determine the high-priced and low-priced ingredients they must incorporate into a signature dish. Whoever is crowned champion has a chance to double their big winnings with a second shopping spree!
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Grill or Be Grilled
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/2016
In this special all-grilling edition of GGG, the chefs' first dish is determined by Guy Fieri's dice and must include wasabi, chocolate and two buns. Next, chefs must grill a bountiful seafood feast using only six pounds of ingredients. Finally, chefs play Guy's arcade favorite, Spreeball, to win the tofu and pineapple they must feature in their grill master's dinner.
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- 7.9/107 votes
#9 - Food Network Star Showdown
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 6/5/2016
It's a star-studded event as Food Network Stars Eddie Jackson, Aaron McCargo Jr., Damaris Phillips and Justin Warner descend on Flavortown Market. First, the stars must create a delicious family dinner using only ingredients that fit into a purse-size shopping bag. Next, the stars use refrigerator magnets to come up with the round's dish: spicy pork seafood casserole. Finally, a game of Grocery Golf determines the ingredients in their best lamb dish, with the victor winning up to $20,000 for charity!
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- 7.5/107 votes
#10 - Food Wheel Free-For-All
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 6/12/2016
The chefs are taking a big spin around the market with three rounds of Food Wheel games! First, chefs spin the budget wheel to win a paltry $9.04 for their pork dish. Next, chefs whirl the color wheel and land on a high-end lunch featuring the color yellow and wild boar sausage. Finally, a turn on the high/low wheels send them in search of wagyu rib eye and popcorn for their spicy dinner.
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- 7.6/105 votes
#11 - Dueling Dads
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2016
Dads are ready to duke it out in the GGG kitchen, but they aren't all smiley faces when they have to decipher a grocery list made up of emoji symbols to make their guilty pleasure. Next, fathers have to make a family favorite using only foods whose price begins with a two. Finally, the dads face off in a game of Grocery Golf to create a Sunday supper that could net one of them up to $20,000!
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- 8.2/106 votes
#12 - Guy's Dessert Games
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 6/26/2016
Pastry chefs invade Flavortown along with special celebrity judges Ron Ben-Israel, Duff Goldman and Jackie Sorkin-Fernandez for an all-dessert competition! In round one, chefs roll the dice to determine that their favorite dessert must include beef jerky. Next, chefs play Guy Fieri's favorite arcade game to decide which vegetable must be featured in their birthday treat. In the final face-off, chefs must make their best chocolate dessert using nine items or less.
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The Best Episodes of Guy's Grocery Games Season 9
Every episode of Guy's Grocery Games Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Guy's Grocery Games Season 9!
Guy Fieri sends four talented chefs running through the aisles in a high stakes, high skills, grocery store cooking competition. The chefs are hit by...
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Budget Games Blowout" is the best rated episode of "Guy's Grocery Games" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/20/2016. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Big Bacon Battle".