The eighth season of the food reality television series Man v. Food premiered on July 2, 2019 at 10PM ET on the Cooking Channel. It is the fourth season of the show to be hosted by actor and food enthusiast Casey Webb, who took over hosting duties upon the show's revival in 2017. This is also the show's first season to premiere on the Cooking Channel after the show was moved from its original home, the Travel Channel.

Like each previous season, Webb visits various local eateries in different cities before taking on a pre-existing food challenge in each city.

After the airing of the November 26, 2019 episode in San Francisco, the show took a 3-month break before resuming on February 25, 2020 in Mystic, Connecticut. This season ultimately ended with 19 wins for "Man" and 13 wins for "Food".

Episodes

Episode Episode Number Original Air Date Winner Sacramento, CA 1 (124) July 2, 2019 Man Casey began his fourth Man v. Food journey in Sacramento, the capital city of California. First, he visited the historic Frank Fat's to get a taste of their heralded brandy-fried chicken (a dish that dates back to the 1940s), which is marinated in a mix of white pepper powder, salt, ginger, garlic, chicken powder, sesame oil, cornstarch, and brandy before getting dipped in batter and deep-fried to a juicy golden brown. After his enjoyment of this classic dish, Casey checked out The Waffle Experience, which puts its emphasis on creative sweet and savory liège waffle dishes, where he tries the "Babe" - a sandwich featuring a hamburger patty, arugula, chopped fresh jalapeño peppers, California cheddar cheese, carnitas pork, bacon, a sunny-side-up egg, crispy onion rings, pork belly and chipotle aioli, all stacked together between two halves of a savory herb and lardon liège waffle. The challenge for this episode took place at Ju Hachi, where Casey went up against the "Five-Round Sushi Challenge", which prior to his attempt had been undefeated. Casey had to eat 5 different homemade sushi rolls - the "Cindy Roll" (deep-fried Panko-breaded roll with crab, tuna and jalapeños), the "Pink Roll" (soft shell crab, avocado, and green apple), the "White Roll" (tuna and fried shrimp), the "Spicy Tuna Roll", and the "Shelly Roll" (shrimp and sauces) - which altogether total around 4 pounds; he had 30 minutes to complete the challenge, and he could only focus on one roll at a time (with no mixing them up). He started by quickly dispatching the Cindy Roll, then moving on to the Spicy Tuna Roll, all while taking sips of water intermittently to keep himself hydrated. That strategy started to backfire on Casey, however, when the water began to make all the sushi rice in his stomach expand, thus filling him up quickly. Casey fought through this obstacle and went on to finish this roll, soon followed by the Pink Roll, leaving him with just two rolls to go at the 10-minute mark. Though he was struggling due to the amount of rice (combined with his drinking water) in his belly, Casey took the time to pace himself and that allowed him to finish the Shelly Roll. Now free of the pain from the expanding rice, Casey managed to finish the last roll, the White Roll, with 16 minutes and 45 seconds left on the clock, becoming the first person to ever defeat this challenge, and winning a free t-shirt as his reward. Wilmington, NC 2 (125) July 9, 2019 Man In this episode, Casey checked out the best eateries in and around the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina. His first stop was Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs in Southport where he tried their 1.5-pound barbecue combo plate of slow-smoked Texas brisket, North Carolina pulled pork (doused in an Eastern Carolina sauce combining crushed red pepper, cayenne, cola, and apple cider vinegar), and dry-rubbed Memphis spare ribs. After his sampling of this dish, Casey visited Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn to get a taste of the "Notorious P.I.G.", a combination of slow-roasted Cuban-style pulled pork (marinated in a mix of lemon, lime, orange juice, red peppers, onions, hot sauce, jerk seasoning, cayenne and cumin), bacon, chorizo, Sriracha-mayonnaise coleslaw and homemade chipotle-vinegar barbecue sauce, all rolled inside a steamed tortilla with shredded and melted jack and cheddar cheeses. This week's challenge segment took place at Joe's Oasis, home to the "Pierogi Team Challenge", which prior to this episode came in undefeated. Casey and his partner, Mark McEntee, who is a regular at Joe's, had to eat a flattop-grilled 5-pound pierogi (equivalent to 40 normal-sized pierogies) loaded with a mixture of mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese and topped with butter and (optional) onions, along with an optional side of sour cream, in under 30 minutes. The duo started by cutting the pierogi into bite-sized pieces, and this allowed them to finish a full third of it in the first 5 minutes. Though they reached the halfway point soon after, Casey and Mark began to struggle with the amount of chewing necessary as well as the richness of the filling; they recovered by taking smaller bites of the giant pierogi, and this strategy ultimately allowed them to finish it all off with 13 minutes and 10 seconds remaining. For being the first team to beat the challenge, Casey and Mark each received a free t-shirt and got their picture on the restaurant's Wall of Fame.

Post-episode update: Reviewers on Yelp and Menupix have reported that Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs has permanently closed. Hoboken, NJ 3 (126) July 16, 2019 Food Casey headed across the Hudson River from New York City to scope out the tastiest dishes in Hoboken, New Jersey. First on his visit was O'Bagel, an eatery that boasts creative bagel sandwiches, to try the "Jumbo Ridge Diablo", a humongous sandwich loaded with scrambled eggs, pepper jack cheese, bacon, Taylor Ham pork roll, jalapeños, hash browns and smoked chipotle aioli, all of which sit inside an 18-inch everything-seasoned "Jumbo'Bagel" which alone weighs in at 30 pounds. The bagel dough is dunked in boiling water and then covered in everything seasoning on both sides. It is then baked on a cedar wood bagel board wheel for 30 minutes. After enjoying this unique bagel experience with a few locals, Casey visited Fiore's House of Quality, a place frequented by Hoboken native Frank Sinatra and his mother, to make a batch of homemade fresh mozzarella cheese, then enjoy the cheese inside of the establishment's famous roast beef sandwich. Customers select their own loaf of bread and bring it to the counter for their sandwich of choice. Casey is taught how to make the store's homemade mozzarella cheese. Their roast beef is made by seasoning top round beef and adding beef stock. It is then roasted in their half century old oven for two hours. The roast beef sandwich is constructed by adding the fresh mozzarella to an Italian loaf and adding the sliced roast beef and pouring ladles of gravy over everything. This highly desirable sandwich is only available on Thursdays and Saturdays. Casey's challenge for this episode took place at Tony Boloney's, known for their crazy pizza combinations like the Gaucho featuring chimichurri and skirt steak, the Nashville Hot Chicken with pickles and ramen pizza. Casey had to face off with the "Seven Deadly Rings Challenge" - a large slice of scamorza-cheese pizza topped with seven sections of chicken tenders, each doused in increasingly hot pepper sauces: jalapeño, Calabrian chili, cayenne, habanero, Scotch bonnet, smoked ghost chili, and scorpion, all on top of a spicy crust prepared with chili oil. Prior to Casey, no one had ever defeated the challenge, but if he could defeat it, he would earn his picture on the Wall of Fame. While Casey had no time limit for the challenge, he did have to wait one minute between each ring of the pizza before moving on to the next one. In the challenge, Casey tackled the first three rings without any issues, but began to feel pain while consuming the fourth (habanero). He fought through the pain to finish it, along with the fifth ring (Scotch bonnet) shortly afterwards. But, the unrelenting heat of the ghost pepper ring nearly caused Casey to lose consciousness. After pulling it together by following a local's advice to "think happy thoughts", Casey started in on the final ring (scorpion). But, the pain from its heat proved to be too intense for him, and he decided to call it quits just before he could finish the last ring. Though he lost, Casey was comforted with the knowledge that he made it further in the challenge than anyone before him ever had and he received a free t-shirt as a consolation prize. Charlotte, NC 4 (127) July 23, 2019 Food Casey next visited the fast-growing Southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to experience its most delicious food finds. First, Casey visited Seoul Food Meat Company, a fusion of Southern comfort food and Korean barbecue, to try the "Fire Chicken", chicken thighs boiled with jalapeño and habanero peppers before being grilled and basted with "Fire Sauce" (a mix of sesame oil, soy sauce, spicy peppers, garlic, ginger, and red gochujang chili paste), all before getting plated and sprinkled with shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheeses (which get melted with a blowtorch). After enjoying this dish, Casey headed to his next stop, Bill Spoon's Barbecue, to eat a chopped pork sandwich prepared from a whole-hog barbecue method and topped with a vinegar-based "Eastern" barbecue sauce (which he chose over a molasses-based "Western" sauce) and a mustard-based coleslaw. For the challenge this week, Casey visited live music venue Tin Roof to take on the "Rockin' Frito Pie Team Challenge" with Wes Stephens, who attempted this challenge previously, but failed. Together, the two had 30 minutes to complete a huge bed of Fritos corn chips loaded with toppings of thick homemade chili, pickled jalapeño queso, shredded cheese, sour cream, scallions, and deep-fried pork rinds, altogether weighing in at 6 pounds and also boasting an 80% failure rate; if they could finish it in time, they would receive a free dessert. At the start, Casey and Wes took quick bites and then decided to grind up the pork rinds to make them easier to consume (especially when softened by the chili and cheese). Wes was breezing his way through with huge bites, but at about the 10-minute mark, the pork rinds started to slow him and Casey down. With the meat sweats soon following, the duo fought through the pain and ate with more speed, but it was ultimately not enough and they could not finish the challenge in time.

Post-episode update: According to news reports, Bill Spoon's Barbecue closed for good in September 2020.