A lot of shows start with this idea. The chef goes in to it with the idea that they’re going to show people how to make good food with what they have that they can afford.

Then when they’ve kinda done all they can with that in a season or two it starts to go off the rails.

Then eventually you have Alton Brown lowering an entire turkey in to a boiling 25 gallon pot with a ladder and a pully system in the back yard of his studio house.

Because these shows are entertainment first, cooking second.