1.
When you start to think it's more about the backstories than the food:
2.
When you're suddenly convinced you're a gourmet chef:
3.
When you wonder what exactly snapped in Alton Brown's mind:
4.
And you can divide him up into his own alignment chart:
5.
When you're CERTAIN they must have known the ingredients in advance:
6.
When you've been watching so much that this is pretty much you every day:
7.
When you know what they're ~really~ talking about:
8.
When you can pick the right show depending on your mood:
9.
When the Chopped contestants try to add something when THERE'S ONLY LIKE 10 SECONDS LEFT:
11.
Or worse, when they don't use the ingredients correctly:
12.
When one of the contestants is Italian:
13.
When you know which side you're on:
14.
When you can actually see this happening:
15.
When you've watched so much that you have your own ideas for shows:
16.
But you also know exactly how you would perform on a show:
17.
Yeah, this would definitely be you:
18.
When someone on Chopped makes the worst possible decision they can make:
19.
When there's always that one chef on Cutthroat Kitchen:
20.
And there's always this one on Chopped:
21.
Really, Cutthroat dishes are basically this every time:
22.
But you're always ready to make fun of the contestants, no matter how hard they have it:
23.
And above all, you know that Ted Allen is bae.
