Editing Iron Chef America (section)

==Companion shows==
===''Countdown''===
''Iron Chef America Countdown'' premiered in 2012. Each half-hour episode features a countdown of five moments on a theme from the television series. The show uses clips from Iron Chef America, as well as commentary from people who participated in the featured moments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/iron-chef-america-countdown/episode-1-season-1/you-had-me-at-bacon/347678/|title=Iron Chef America Countdown|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>

===''The Next Iron Chef''===
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In 2007, a competition was held to determine who among eight chefs would become the next Iron Chef. The show ran for six episodes, and followed the contestants through a series of eight culinary challenges taking place in the United States, France, and Germany. Contestants were eliminated by a panel of judges at the end of each episode, until the final two chefs returned to the United States to compete in Kitchen Stadium. The final battle featured [[swordfish]] as the secret ingredient, and was judged by Iron Chefs Flay, Cora, and Morimoto. Chef Michael Symon was declared the winner of the competition and subsequently joined ''Iron Chef America''.<ref name="nextironchef">{{cite episode | title = Attain Greatness| series = The Next Iron Chef | series-link = The Next Iron Chef | airdate = 2007-11-11 | season = 1 | number = 6}}</ref>

A second season of ''The Next Iron Chef'' pitted ten chefs against one another for the title of Iron Chef beginning in October 2009. This season ran for eight episodes, during which the contestants competed in culinary challenges held in the United States and Japan. Contestants were eliminated by a panel of judges at the end of each episode until the finale, in which chefs [[Jehangir Mehta]] and [[Jose Garces]] returned to the United States to compete in Kitchen Stadium. The final battle featured various racks and ribs (pork, buffalo, and beef) as the secret ingredient, and was judged by the panel along with Iron Chefs Flay, Morimoto, and Symon. Chef Jose Garces was declared the winner of the competition, and joined ''Iron Chef America'' as its newest Iron Chef. Garces made his debut as an Iron Chef on January 17, 2010, against Seattle chefs Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi in Battle Hawaiian Moi, with Iron Chef Garces emerging victorious. Jose Garces went on to receive the first perfect score ever in Season 9 (see List of Episodes).

Food Network launched its third season of ''The Next Iron Chef'' in October 2010.  Competition took place in Los Angeles, before moving to Las Vegas.  The final battle took place in Kitchen Stadium between Chefs [[Marco Canora]] and Marc Forgione, with traditional Thanksgiving proteins, such as turkey, lobster and venison as the secret ingredient.  Chef Marc Forgione was declared the winner of the third season of "The Next Iron Chef" on November 21, 2010.  His first battle took place on November 28, 2010, against Washington, D.C.–based Chef RJ Cooper.

In October 2011, a fourth season of ''The Next Iron Chef'' premiered featuring super chefs like [[Alexandra Guarnaschelli|Alex Guarnaschelli]], [[Anne Burrell]], [[Robert Irvine]], among others. The December 18 battle in Kitchen Stadium featured [[Geoffrey Zakarian]] and Elizabeth Falkner. Zakarian prevailed and was named the winner. His first battle aired on December 25, 2011, during which he emerged victorious, being the second chef ever to receive a perfect overall score of 60 on ''Iron Chef America''.

The fifth season of ''The Next Iron Chef'' in November 2012 featured eight chefs who had previously competed on the show, plus two newcomers. In the final battle, Alex Guarnaschelli defeated [[Amanda Freitag]], becoming the second female Iron Chef, as well as the first female to win the competition. She made her debut as an Iron Chef on December 30, 2012, against [[Judy Joo]] from ''[[Iron Chef UK]]''. Iron Chef Joo previously judged season 4 of The Next Iron Chef, in which Guarnaschelli had competed and lost. Iron Chef Guarnaschelli was ultimately declared the winner.

=== ''Iron Chef Gauntlet'' ===
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In 2017 a [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of the ''[[Iron Chef]]'' and ''Iron Chef America'' was created and is hosted by [[Alton Brown]], who also takes over as the series' Chairman. In this Seven chefs from around the country battle each other in an elimination contest, with the last chef remaining then facing a "[[Running the gauntlet|gauntlet]]" challenge of defeating three other Iron Chefs in order to earn the title of Iron Chef. There have been two seasons so far with one winner, Chef [[Stephanie Izard]].