The Butcher
It's time to raise the "steaks" in this competition series that tests the abilities of best-in-class butchers. Formatted exactly like History Channel's popular "Forged in Fire," each episode features four masters of the butchery craft who bring their sharp knives and expert skills to the table. The butchers carve their way through three rounds of painstaking challenges, revealing the fascinating secrets of the butcher's world throughout. One competitor is eliminated after each round, leaving a champion to collect the $10,000 first prize. Colby Donaldson ("Survivor," "Top Shot") hosts.
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- Game Show
It's time to raise the "steaks" in this competition series that tests the abilities of best-in-class butchers. Formatted exactly like History Channel's popular "Forged in Fire," each episode features four masters of the butchery craft who bring their sharp knives and expert skills to the table. The butchers carve their way through three rounds of painstaking challenges, revealing the fascinating secrets of the butcher's world throughout. One competitor is eliminated after each round, leaving a champion to collect the $10,000 first prize. Colby Donaldson ("Survivor," "Top Shot") hosts.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Meat the Monster
Wed, May 22, 2019 41 mins
Four butchers must break down a pig using an old-school hog splitter; the remaining three are tasked with cutting steaks and eyeballing to weight without a scale; the final two advance to the final round where a mystery beast is revealed.
Episode 2
The Invaders
Wed, May 29, 2019 41 mins
Four expert butchers must break down an entire side of beef without the use of power saws; the remaining three must cut three pounds of bacon by eyeballing the weight without a scale, but only two butchers advance to the final round.
Episode 3
The Poultry Sum
Wed, Jun 5, 2019 42 mins
Four butchers break down a massive side of bison using only a traditional Native American weapon, the tomahawk; the remaining three must produce sausages to an exact size using only a talent unique to butchery, eyeballing.
Episode 4
Opah
Wed, Jun 12, 2019 42 mins
Four butchers stuff their way through the first round of competition where they must fill the inside of a turkey with several layers of other smaller birds; only two butchers advance to the final round where they take on an opah.
Episode 5
Raising the Steaks
Wed, Jun 19, 2019 42 mins
Four expert butchers break down an entire deer using only a traditional flint knife; the remaining three must cut steaks by eyeballing the thickness without a ruler; only two move onto the final round.
Episode 6
The Beast
Wed, Jun 26, 2019 42 mins
Four Butchers slice into the first round where they must break down a lamb with a kopis blade and race to complete a difficult customer's order. Only one can impress the judges and emerge as The Butcher Champion to take home the $10,000 prize.