Quickfire: Guest judges are Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, owners of the Border Grill (and I believe they just sold a sitcom based on their early years). The challenge is to create a dish highlighting a chili pepper. The hotter the pepper they use, the more money they can win if their dish is the best. The top three are Heather, Grayson, and Paul, who chose some of the hotter peppers. And the winner is Paul, who chose the hottest chili (a ghost chili) to make a coconut soup, so he gets money and immunity.

Elimination Challenge: The cheftestants are divided into four teams and have to create a pot of chili for a cookoff. The twist is that there is no clock, so they'll be cooking at home, and they will be competing at a rodeo.

There's a disaster at the meat counter as the store quickly runs out of brisket and some teams have to scramble. Once they get home, equipment is at a premium, especially in the outdoor fireplace. The cooking goes on through the night, and some people sleep for a few hours and some don't.

At the rodeo, the teams have to serve their chili to the cowboys and their families. Some of them like a more traditional Texas chili (no beans) and others like the nontraditional versions.

The judges are Padma, Tom, Gail (yay!), and Mary Sue and Susan. The food breaks down as follows:

Green Team (Sarah, Chuy, Chris Hollywood): chili con carne (no beans, beef chuck, Shiner Bock beer, and roasted corn garnish). The judges feel that the flavor grows on you, but it's a little thin and needed something like a chip to soak up the sauce.

Red Team (Dakota, Whitney, Chris Moto): braised brisket and short rib chili. The judges like the smokiness and the heat, but think the meat texture is stringy.

Blue Team (Heather, Edward, Paul): smoked brisket chili with summer pickles (peaches, radishes, and haricots vert). Heather is the queen of pickles. She's pickled something in every challenge. The judges like the garnish more than the chili itself.

Black Team (Nyesha, Beverly, Richie): Mole inspired chili with cornbread. The judges like the cornbread, but don't feel the chili is focused, because it's overly sweet.

White Team: (Lindsay, Grayson, Ty-Lor): Three bean and beef chili with poblano cornbread. The judges disagree over the use of pickled vegetables in the chili itself.

The Green Team wins and the Black Team made the least favorite chili so someone from their team is going home. To help determine who's going home, Nyesha, Beverly, and Richie have to try to transform the losing chili into something better. Beverly makes seared tuna with habanero creamed corn. Nyesha makes Frito-encrusted black tiger shrimp with roasted corn salsa. Richie made a Frito-encrusted pork tenderloin, potato hash, and ricotta cheese chili puree. So basically, they all used the chili as a sauce.

The judges like Beverly's dish the most, so she's immediately told she is safe. They felt like Nyesha's dish was too safe and she didn't use enough sauce. Richie's dish was imaginative but lacked seasoning. So ultimately, Richie is told to pack his knives and go to Last Chance Kitchen. Aw, it's really sad. He's devastated. There's something really little-kidding about Richie and when he cries, it's like seeing one of my kids cry. I mean, I won't miss him or anything, but it's still kind of sad.