Crime Scene Kitchen Season 3: Will family or friends be victorious in clue solving?

As fans of the popular FOX culinary competition appreciate, Crime Scene Kitchen Season 3 is more than just baking a scrumptious dessert. The show’s premise requires the bakers to observe, deduct, and answer a question before one egg is cracked or the stand mixer whirls. In the newest competition, an age-old question is put to the test. Are family or friends better matched in the kitchen?

In Season 2, Crime Scene Kitchen questioned whether professional taught bakers or self-taught bakers were superior. While one team seemed to have solved the patterns in the first couple of challenges, the reality is that it is more than baking knowledge that earns a time a title.

For this FOX culinary competition, the teams need to put themselves in the shoes of Curtis Stone and Yolanda Gampp. It is not necessary what did they do but how would they do it. A series of clues can lead to different answers, but understanding and applying overall knowledge of all the circumstances will lead a team to victory.

Crime Scene Kitchen Season 3 adds another layer of complexity with its theme. The question whether family or friends work together better might be as divisive as whether marshmallows should be on sweet potato casserole.

In previous seasons, friends have done better than family.  Whether it was a husband and wife trying not to bicker or a mother and daughter avoiding the “I told you so” moment, those relationships were put to the test.

Friendships seemed to fair better. Whether or not the idea of “the family you choose” will come to play remains to be seen.

Still, the label of family or friends may not matter. Crime Scene Kitchen is about communication, plans, and execution, in that order. The team who can bring together all three aspects in the pressure filled situation will do well. The others might need to go back to the kitchen for some more practice.

Crime Scene Kitchen Season 3 premieres on FOX, September 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The first episode focuses on family teams. Episodes can be streamed the next day on Hulu.