TV Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 5 : Don't Mess With BBQ Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 5 : Don't Mess With BBQ 6.738/10 by 63 users The chefs meet Brooke Williamson at Houston's J-Bar-M, where she tasks them with putting their own spin on a brisket dish for some of the best BBQ pitmasters in Houston and their guest judge, pitmaster Greg Gatlin. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Chef - Season 19 Episode 5 : Don't Mess With BBQ Alternative Titles First Air Date 2006-03-08 Last Air Date 2025-06-05 Number of Episodes 328 Number of Seasons 22 Genres Reality, Networks Bravo, Casts Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Kristen Kish Plot Keywords , Self - Head Judge Tom Colicchio Self - Judge Gail Simmons Self - Host Kristen Kish Episodes List Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 1 Primal Instincts Primal Instincts 2022-03-03 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 2 Friday Night Bites Friday Night Bites 2022-03-10 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 3 Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice 2022-03-17 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 4 Doppelgangers Doppelgangers 2022-03-24 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 5 Don't Mess With BBQ Don't Mess With BBQ 2022-03-31 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 6 Texas Trailblaze-hers Texas Trailblaze-hers 2022-04-07 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 7 Swallow the Competition Swallow the Competition 2022-04-14 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 8 Restaurant Wars Restaurant Wars 2022-04-21 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 9 Freedmen's Town Freedmen's Town 2022-04-28 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 10 Dinner in Zero Gravity Dinner in Zero Gravity 2022-05-05 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 11 Family Vacation Family Vacation 2022-05-12 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 12 We're on a boat We're on a boat 2022-05-19 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 13 Cactus Makes Perfect Cactus Makes Perfect 2022-05-26 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs... Top Chef Season 19 :Episode 14 The Final Plate The Final Plate 2022-06-02 An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs...