Pint-sized poaching: 'Kids Cook-Off' makes Monday nights sizzle

Kidtestant Scarlett and host Rachael Ray in “Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off”

Start your engines!: 'The Great Food Truck Race' puts the pedal to the metal on Route 66

Tyler Florence hosts “The Great Food Truck Race”

On your marks! Get set! Eat! That's not quite the traditional cry at a race’s starting line, but for the sixth season of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race,” it has a certain appealing ring to it.

Wicked in the wilderness: 'Camp Cutthroat' gives cooking competitions an outdoor twist

Alton Brown hosts “Camp Cutthroat”

That Alton Brown sure is a diabolical mastermind. "Cutthroat Kitchen," the Food Network cooking competition he hosts, really is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of affair, with a group of chefs cooking "Chopped" style while Brown pulls out one game-changing twist after another.

This way to the beach: Chef Curtis Stone is having some fun in the sun

Chef Curtis Stone hosts “Beach Eats USA”

A day at the beach: it's one of the best ways to stay cool -- and to have a little fun -- in the late summer's heat.

Whether you're surfing or swimming, building sand castles or knocking them down, a day beside the water is the perfect prescription for August's incessant heat.

Hot in the kitchen: Valerie Bertinelli makes the jump to Food Network

Valerie Bertinelli hosts “Valerie's Home Cooking”

Beating the heat: 'Chopped' brings back two hit summertime specials

Ted Allen hosts “Chopped Grill Masters”

Whether a master of the grill or a master of getting grilled (in final exams, that is), "Chopped" is the place to be. It might be Food Network's most iconic show, with 23 seasons under its belt, more specials than you can shake a stick of asparagus at and nearly 300 episodes to date.

Burgers, beer and bliss: Chef Michael Symon is taking a Friday night roadtrip

Michael Symon hosts “Burgers, Brew & ‘Que”

Barbecue. It comes up a lot at this time of year, but there's a good reason for it: nothing says summer quite like the smell of smoke mixing with the mouth-watering scent of slowly cooking meat.

High 'Steaks': Country music superstar Kix Brooks is following his tastebuds

Kix Brooks hosts “Steak Out with Kix Brooks”

I've said it before, and I'll be darned if I don't say it again: music and food are the perfect pairings.

Fight like you mean it: NBC's 'Food Fighters' pits home cooks against the pros

Brian Malarkey in “Food Fighters”

Home cooks are all the rage these days, and I'm definitely on that bandwagon.

"MasterChef" is a cooking show juggernaut on Fox, ABC had "The Taste" (which never quite found its niche) and Food Network has "Worst Cooks in America" and "All-Star Academy."

Slow 'n' low: Diva Q is back on the road in 'BBQ Crawl'

Bigmista’s Barbecue owner Neil Strawder and host Danielle Dimovski in “BBQ Crawl”

Barbecue is serious business. That's no exaggeration: it really is. And it's not exactly small potatoes, either. Barbecue is taken seriously across the continent, and nowhere more so than in the south.