Good Eats: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Good Eats Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Where There's Smoke, There's Fish
Apr 11, 2001 · 21 min
Get the lowdown on wood chips and creating a simple smoker for fish.
Pressure
Apr 18, 2001 · 21 min
The scientific theory behind capturing meaty goodness in liquid form and why the pressure cooker makes great broth.
Fry Hard II: The Chicken
Apr 25, 2001 · 21 min
AB pan-fries a chicken, also showing how to butcher it into perfect pieces. Buttermilk bathed, golden brown and deliciousmmm, mmm, fry some more, 'cause nobody doesn't love fried
Crustacean Nation II: Claws
May 16, 2001 · 21 min
Host Alton Brown demystifies the buying, handling and cooking of the briny bug that put the surf into the surf-n-turf.
Ham I Am
May 30, 2001 · 21 min
Country and city hams: cured, smoked, raw, brined or fresh, get your juices going for some good old American ham.
Let Them Eat Foam
Jun 13, 2001 · 21 min
Chocolate layer and sheet cakes are more American than apple pie, yet few of us ever bake them anymore. We're going to change all that. Shop for cake pans, learn everything you nee
A Chuck for Chuck
Jun 27, 2001 · 21 min
From ordinary chuck to sublime, melt in your mouth flavor: how to make the perfect pot roast without the pot.
Pantry Raid IV: Comb Alone
Jul 11, 2001 · 21 min
The most mentioned food in the Bible; The only food produced for us by animals. It's a sweetener, it's an antiseptic, it's amazing.
The Bulb of the Night
Jul 25, 2001 · 21 min
Meet the Count and discover the miraculous properties of Garlic.
Mayo Clinic
Aug 8, 2001 · 21 min
Join Alton Brown as he debunks the many mysteries of mayonnaise.
Puff the Magic Pastry
Aug 22, 2001 · 21 min
Don't be afraid, the store stuff can deliver the puff.
True Brew II: Mr Tea
Sep 5, 2001 · 21 min
Tea is the second most popular beverage, so let's brew some.
Chile's Angels
Oct 3, 2001 · 21 min
Alton investigates the fruity heat of chilies and that ubiquitous condiment: salsa.