History YMMV / CutthroatKitchen

*** This lead to the $24,600 win described above under BaseBreaker above.

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. Only ONE chef was able to win the full $25,000 without counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]].

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. Only ONE chef was able to win the full $25,000 without counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]]. The most money won in a single episode where the winner bid is $24,600.[[note]]Won by chef Eric Greenspan in "Superstar Sabotage: Heat Three"[[/note]]

*** In the final heat of "Superstar Sabotage", Melissa D'Arabian added a pasta to the side of her Eggplant Parmesan. Her Eggplant Parmesan was perfect, but her pasta was bad. She got cut.

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. In fact, no will will ''ever'' win the full $25,000. Not counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]], the most money won in a single episode is $24,600.[[note]]Won by chef Eric Greenspan in "Superstar Sabotage: Heat Three"[[/note]]

*** In the final heat of "Superstar Sabotage", Melissa D'Arabian added a pasta to the side of her Eggplant Parmesean. Her Eggplant Parmesean was perfect, but her pasta was bad. She got cut.

** In the Club Sandwich round, one chef spent over $15,900 over two auctions to give the sabotages to one chef. This would have been a wise investment had the victim been sent off. [[spoiler:But it didn't. Instead, the Italian chef put salmon and bleu cheese in the sandwich. In cooking (''especially'' Italian cooking), pairing fish and cheese is a no-no but the decision to use salmon and ''bleu'' cheese was beyond idiotic. In fact, the chef he was trying to sabotage mentioned this trope by name. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard He got sent off instead]].]]

** In the third preliminary heat of Superstar Sabotage, Johnny Iuzzini forked over $17,000 to make his two opponents hold hands for the rest of the Croque-Monsieur round. Setting aside the fact that this left him with only $100 while it was still only round 2... he was playing for ''charity''. [[spoiler:He actually made out better by losing, because losing got his charity $2,500 while winning would have only gotten them the $100.]]

** In the third preliminary heat of Superstar Sabotage, Johnny Iuzzini forked over $17,000 to make his two opponents hold hands for the rest of the Croque-Monsieur round. Setting aside the fact that this left him with only $100 in the final round... he was playing for ''charity''. [[spoiler:He actually made out better by losing, because losing got his charity $2,500 while winning would have only gotten them the $100.]]

** In the third preliminary heat of Superstar Sabotage, Johnny Iuzzini forks over $17,000 to make his two opponents hold hands for the rest of the round to make a croque-monsieur. Setting aside the fact that this left him with only $100 in the final round... he was playing for ''charity''. [[spoiler:He actually made out better by losing, because losing got his charity $2,500 while winning would have only gotten them the $100.]]

--> '''Chef Psilakis''': "How am I gonna make Kung Pow Chicken without chicken?"

** In the Club Sandwich round, one chef spent over $15,900 over two auctions to give the sabotages to one chef. This would have been a wise investment had the victim been sent off. [[spoiler:But it didn't. Instead, the Italian chef put salmon and bleu cheese in the sandwich. In cooking (''especially'' Italian cooking), pairing fish and cheese is a no-no but the decision to use salmon and ''bleu'' cheese was beyond idiotic. In fact, the chef he was trying to sabotage mentioned this trope by name. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard He got sent off instead]].]]

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. In fact, no will will ''ever'' win the full $25,000. Not counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]], the most money won in a single episode is $21,500.

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. In fact, no will will ''ever'' win the full $25,000. Not counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]], the most money won in a single episode is $20,200.

* BaseBreaker: For many, [[AudienceAlienatingPremise the very format of the show]]. Look on various message boards and you'll find people who have difficulty accepting the JerkAss / psychopath-based gameplay mechanics and how it gets in the way of true culinary talent and ingenuity à la ''Chopped'' in favor of simply screwing over your competitors. Add to the fact that the theme dishes seem to be too simple on purpose.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''Already'' as it's a natural companion to what's already dominating the Food Network prime time schedule, ''Series/{{Chopped}}''.

** In the Club Sandwich round, one chef spent over $15,900 over two auctions to give the sabotages to one chef. This would have been a wise investment had the victim been sent off. [[spoiler:But it didn't. Instead, the Italian chef put salmon and bleu cheese in the sandwich. In cooking (''especially'' Italian cooking), pairing fish and cheese is a no-no but the decision to use salmon and ''bleu'' cheese was beyond idiotic. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard He got sent off instead]].]]

* XMeetsY: ''Chopped'' for psychopaths; alternatively the JerkAss version of ''Chopped''.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''Already'' as it's a natural companion to what's already dominating the Food Network prime time schedule, ''{{Chopped}}''.

** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000; $25,000; $50,000 or even $100,000; over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. In fact, no will will ''ever'' win the full $25,000. Not counting the Judge's episode [[spoiler:in which Antonia Lofaso won the game with $22,000 under regular rules]], the most amount won in a day is $16,800.

* BaseBreaker: For many, [[AudienceAlienatingPremise the very format of the show]]. Look on various message boards and you'll find people who have difficulty accepting the JerkAss / psychopath-based gameplay mechanics and how it gets in the way of true culinary talent and ingenuity ala ''Chopped'' in favor of simply screwing over your competitors. Add to the fact that the theme dishes seem to be too simple on purpose.
** People don't like the fact that the "winners" of that show have frequently won a small pot of cash. Whereas other shows guarantee $10,000, $25,000 or even $50,000, over 75% of the winners in this game win less than $7500. In fact, no will will ''ever'' win the full $25,000.

* GameBreakingBug: Intentionally built into the game mechanics of the show. Each contestant is given their potential winnings pot right off the bat, and use that as their pool of money for sabotage bidding. Contestants who try to avoid bidding altogether in order to maintain the value of their winnings typically get eliminated quickly at the hands of less frugal bidders, leaving the eventual winners with very little to show for their work.

* SpiritualSuccessor / FollowTheLeader: ''Casino Kitchen'' which basically replaces the psychopathy and bidding gameplay mechanic with one based largely on chance.

** Naturally, since the show rewards psychopath-like behavior, many, ''many'' contestants will become that episode's Scrappy.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''Already'' as it's a natural companion to what's already dominating the Food Network prime time schedule, ''{{Chopped}}''
* BaseBreaker: For many, [[AudienceAlienatingPremise the very format of the show]]. Look on various message boards and you'll find people who have difficulty accepting the JerkAss / psychopath-based gameplay mechanics and how it gets in the way of true culinary talent and ingenuity ala ''Chopped'' in favor of simply screwing over your competitors.
* TheScrappy / ReplacementScrappy: ''The entire show and its premise'' compared to ''Chopped'': see Base Breaker above.