Premise & setup

Tituss Burgess hosts Dishmantled, one of the most ridiculous cooking shows you’ll see — equal parts Nickelodeon mess and Nailed It! chaos. Two contestants don protective gear and step into “the tube,” where mini-cannons splatter a fully plated dish at point-blank range. Using only smell and taste from the, uh, gooey aftermath, they guess the components and have 30 minutes to recreate it.

Crucially, everyone competing so far is at least an amateur cook or serious food nerd — not total novices — which helps avoid awkward “I dunno… meat?” moments.

Judges, tone & vibe

Burgess sits at the judges’ table with two guests per episode — a mix of chefs (e.g., Roy Choi) and comedians (e.g., Rachel Dratch). They half-play along guessing the original dish while mostly enjoying the spectacle and cocktails. The tone is breezy, silly, and self-aware; the show knows it’s junk-food TV and leans in.

Runtime & pacing

Episodes run 5–10 minutes. Fast cutting between kitchen scramble and to-camera commentary keeps the pace snappy, with a clean reveal/payoff at the end of each round.

Episode variety

When the target dish is familiar — say, spaghetti — the fun is in nailing the finer ingredients. The best episodes are when contestants go in wildly different directions: one swears it’s turkey, the other bets on beef, and you’re guessing along until the reveal.

Verdict

Dishmantled is peak snackable streaming: messy, loud, and over before you’ve licked the sauce off your sleeve. It’s not a cooking show in any instructional sense — and that’s fine. As quick-hit, chaotic comfort viewing, it works.

Score: 7/10