The Next Great Burger - Episode Guide

Is personal chef Monterey Salka's Baja Rock Burger too much of a good thing? Rival Seattle food truck chefs go head-to-head when the exotic spices of Trey Lamont's Caribbean Burger meet Syd Suntha's Resume Burger.

Two chefs trained at Le Cordon Bleu battle a home cook as Chicagoan Aram Reed's Working Man's Burger and St. Louis's Bob Brazell's Put You Out of Your Missouri Burger go up against New Yorker Lex Taylor's Lex Classic Burger.

It's complex flavors vs. simple and classic when St. Louis executive chef AJ Benga's Pacific Pork Belly Burger takes on Washington DC line cook Marvin Anthony's Energy Burger and Brooklyn food truck chef Andrew Zurica's Hard Times Burger.

Cleveland butcher Michael Rado pits his signature sirloin chuck blend The Burger against Phoenix food truck chef Adam Allison's more refined crab leg and duck fat hollandaise Surf and Turf Burger. And St. Louis restaurant owner Katie Lee Collier has the wild card entry - the Italian-inspired Ciao Bella Burger.

Denver Executive Chef Eli Odell demonstrates classical technique with his fois gras topped Shroom Luvas Burger. Chef de Cuisine Bobby Hansen draws inspiration from Tennessee barbecue with his tri-tip/short rib/brisket Music City Bangin' Burger. And Philadelphia Sous Chef Teaon Everage hopes his campari tomato jam gets The Burger 2.0 to the finale.

After an exhaustive nationwide search, six of the best burger flippers in the country come together in St. Louis with $25,000 on the line. Only three will make it past the discerning palates of Chef JJ Johnson and comedian Owen Benjamin. And then a hungry crowd will decide who has The Next Great Burger.