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Preview: Season 3, Ep. 7: A Casserole Says Plenty

The Boiler Room welcomes a new manager, much to Ben’s delight. Premieres October 17 on PBS. Check your local listings.
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Preview Season 3 Episode 7 Length 00:33 Premiere: 10/11/15

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Premiered On: 09/15/2013

Chef Vivian and her husband, Ben, leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown. She revisits the Southern tradition of "putting up" corn and makes smoked corn relish.

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Premiered On: 09/22/2013

Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry. Chef Vivian develops a recipe for coconut cornbread strawberry shortcake with basil whipped cream.

  • Monday May 25, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Monday May 25, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Pimp My Grits - S1 E3

Premiered On: 09/29/2013

The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned.

  • Tuesday May 26, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Tuesday May 26, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Cracklin' Kitchen - S1 E4

Premiered On: 10/06/2013

Vivian christens the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm. She demonstrates how to make sweet potatoes with cracklins.

  • Wednesday May 27, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Wednesday May 27, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey - S1 E5

Premiered On: 10/13/2013

Mary Vaughn shows Vivian the old-timey way to can tomatoes. Vivian prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon at the restaurant.

  • Thursday May 28, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Thursday May 28, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

The World Is Your Oyster - S1 E6

Premiered On: 10/20/2013

Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters in the Southeast.

  • Friday May 29, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Friday May 29, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Muscadine Time - S1 E7

Premiered On: 10/27/2013

Ben, Vivian, and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of this native grape. Vivian makes a pizza with mulled muscadines.

  • Monday June 1, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Monday June 1, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

A Road Trip for Rice - S1 E8

Premiered On: 11/03/2013

Vivian travels to Columbia, South Carolina, and learns about Carolina heirloom rice growing in fields on the Savannah River.

  • Tuesday June 2, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

A Peanut Pastime - S1 E9

Premiered On: 11/10/2013

Vivian visits a peanut farm and prepares Pepsi glazed pork belly with country ham braised peanuts.

  • Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Love Me Some Candied Yams! - S1 E10

Premiered On: 11/17/2013

Vivian introduces viewers to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country and two of the restaurant's best customers.

  • Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Collard Green Queen - S1 E11

Premiered On: 11/24/2013

Vivian spends the morning with her neighbors, the Mills brothers, participating in their 100-year-old all-male family tradition of making collard kraut.

  • Friday June 5, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Friday June 5, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

The Buttermilk Belt - S1 E12

Premiered On: 12/01/2013

Vivian discusses buttermilk at Maple View Dairy and tries to shoot a Christmas card picture.

  • Monday June 8, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Monday June 8, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Have Yourself Some Moonshine - S1 E13

Premiered On: 12/09/2013

Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery. AppleJack Moonshine cocktails are prepared and enjoyed.

  • Tuesday June 9, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Tuesday June 9, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Blueberries and Boiling Over - S2 E1

Premiered On: 10/17/2014

Vivian and Ben open the Boiler Room, a burger/oyster bar featuring Vivian's blueberry BBQ sauce.

  • Wednesday June 10, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Wednesday June 10, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Shrimp Sells - S2 E2

Premiered On: 10/24/2014

Vivian and Ben head to the beach for vacation. Vivian turns up the heat with Frogmore stew.

  • Thursday June 11, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T The Butterbean - S2 E3

Premiered On: 10/31/2014

Vivian chooses the beloved butterbean as the star of her new veggie burger at the Boiler Room.

  • Friday June 12, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Friday June 12, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1 - S2 E4

Premiered On: 11/07/2014

Tom Thumb, a pungent and rich sausage stuffed into a pig's appendix, highlights Vivian's luncheon.

  • Monday June 15, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Monday June 15, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 2 - S2 E5

Premiered On: 11/14/2014

Vivian faces one challenge after another in the prep kitchen before the SFA luncheon.

  • Tuesday June 16, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
  • Tuesday June 16, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

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