Good Eats (Season 3)

Host Alton Brown explores the origins of ingredients, decodes culinary customs and presents food and equipment trends. Punctuated by unusual interludes, simple preparations and unconventional discussions, he'll bring you food in its finest and funniest form.

American Pickle (Episode 1)
Air date: 2000-09-20
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: There is no good reason that people do not make their own pickles. They are easy and delicious. Let Alton show you simple joys of pickling.
Mussel Bound (Episode 2)
Air date: 2000-10-11
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Alton explains the simple pleasures of mussels.
The Egg Files II: Man With a Flan (Episode 3)
Air date: 2000-10-18
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: AB, in his second egg show, is out to show eggs don't have to be scrambled or an omlet.
What's Up, Duck? (Episode 4)
Air date: 2000-11-01
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Watch as Alton proves to us Americans that Duck can be a regular dish.
Behind the Bird (Episode 5)
Air date: 2000-11-18
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: AB is out to show you can make a great meal with Thanksgiving leftovers.
Three Chips for Sister Marsha (Episode 6)
Air date: 2000-12-13
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Alton uses time travel to explain the mystery behind cookies with three kinds: the thin, the puffy and the chewy.
Flap Jack Do It Again (Episode 7)
Air date: 2000-12-27
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Great pancakes (flapjacks) don't have to come from a box...
The Case for Butter (Episode 8)
Air date: 2001-01-03
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: AB goes to court to defend butter against its bad wrap.
Flat Is Beautiful (Episode 9)
Air date: 2001-01-10
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: AB claims we won't be satisfied with pizza until we take matters into our own hands.
Pantry Raid III: Cool Beans (Episode 10)
Air date: 2001-01-17
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: AB takes us through what it takes to turn beans into a great meal.
Mission: Poachable (Episode 11)
Air date: 2001-01-31
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Alton must pit his poaching skills against those of the evil ""Frenchman"".
Tofuworld (Episode 12)
Air date: 2001-02-07
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Alton makes what once seemed foreign into an understandable all American classic.
Head Games (Episode 13)
Air date: 2001-02-21
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Alton Brown gets inside a cabbage's head and comes out with a better understanding of what makes this potentially troublesome vegetable tick.
Grill Seekers (Episode 14)
Air date: 2001-03-07
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Watch as AB shows the grill can be a great tool in making a great meal.