It's opening day at the State Fair of Texas, where food is bigger, better, and deep fried! Fried Jesus and the Stiffers serve up Fried Butter, Fried PB & J's and Fried S'more's. But equipment and employee issues make it a not so sweet day for Smokey John's.

It's game day at the Cotton Bowl in the center of the fairgrounds. Chef Cassy creates social media buzz, while a bad batch of funnel cake mix shuts down the fryers at Fernie's. And will Smokey John's be able to deliver a shipment of turkey legs before halftime or be left holding the bone!

Abel struggles to run his booths after his top manager suffers a kitchen accident; the Stifflers struggle with organization as Rick micromanages some of their staff.

A storm strikes fear at the fairgrounds. Tami-Jo Nevins leaves daughter Josey alone to see if she can handle the business by herself.

Brett at Juicy's hosts a hamburger-eating challenge; Clint and Gretchen argue over staff bonuses; after weeks of tension, Cassy fires two of her long term employees.

Fernie's introduces a new Funnel Cake Chicken Sandwich; Gulf Coast Grill unveils their Brisket Cheddar Ranch Fries; Juan and Brent at Smokey John's play hooky to eat their favourite fair food.

Gulf Coast Grill, Fernie's Funnel Cakes and Nevins Concessions compete in the Battle of Big Tex; Abel battles a bee invasion that affects his sales.

Cassy finally gets her booth working with the help of Brett from Juicy's; Juan and Brent deal with a kitchen fire; Tammy Stiffler goes to the emergency room.