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As the title says, we’re renewed/paid through the end of November 2017, so don’t worry about the site going down. (I’m surprised it’s been up this long already. I can’t believe the first post was February 1st, 2008!!)
First, I would like to apologize to all of you who have sent emails and messages the last few months and not gotten a response. I was not deliberately ignoring you. I just saw a ton of messages in an e-mail account I kind of forgot about (tuthead@ironcheffans.info). Sorry. I will make sure that address gets forwarded to one I use more often so I don’t miss messages in the future.
There are apparently a lot of our missing episodes on Youtube now. Any ideas on how we can share those links in an efficient way? Maybe have a master YOUTUBE LINK post that gets updated? Perhaps contact those who posted them and ask for permission to rehost them here? (I know they don’t “own” the episodes and would not need their permission, but I’m not going to take something from their channel and rehost without contacting them.) Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I’ll try to do some clean-up/maintenance on the site in the near future like cleaning out the spam comments and making sure the links page is more up to date. I’m sorry I let it get as bad as it has gotten.
And to those asking about donations, I will always gladly take the help, but do not ever feel obligated to donate anything. I’ve said from the beginning that this is and will always be a free site for the Iron Chef fan community.
Welcome to another year.
Keith
The chairman has received a letter from the challenger asking for a battle in Kitchen Stadium. At 6 feet tall, the challenger is an imposing figure in the kitchen. He is known as Wajima’s Benkei, named after a famed warrior from the 12th century. Among his tools is a 3-ft knife.
The theme ingredient is a special delicacy of the Sea of Japan. The annual yield of this crab is only about 10. They are so large, they are brought in from the back of Kitchen Stadium. A couple of the Takaashi-Gani (also known as the Japanese Spider Crab) in the tank a 3m in length!
This episode is in Japanese with English subtitles.
The challenger is a popular guest on TV known as the “Wandering Chef.” He has been training since the age of 15 and is known for his decorative style.
Because of the nature of the theme ingredient, this battle will feature special rules. The challenger will prepare his dishes as usual, cooking straight through the 60 minutes. The Iron Chef will stop after 50 minutes, then resume for the final 10 minutes of cooking after the challenger’s dishes have been tasted.
This episode is in Japanese with English subtitles.
The challenger is only the second sushi chef to do battle in Kitchen Stadium. He began working at age 15. He has worked at restaurants in Japan and Australia. Can Chen come out on top?
Conger Eel (Live ingredient warning) – Toshizo Tsugawa vs Iron Chef Chen Kenichi
Original Japanese airdate: 8/16/1996
This episode is in Japanese with English subtitles. (The audio quality is not good, but this is the only copy of this episode I have. Sorry.)
After you’ve revived yourself from fainting from shock that I’ve posted an episode, download it and enjoy. 
Episode 605OA
Daikon Radish – Hiroyuki Sakai vs. Fumiaki Sato
Original Japanese airdate: 2/6/1998
This episode is in Japanese with no subtitles.
Sgt. Pepper taught his band to play. No, that’s not it. Let me try again.
It was 20 years ago today, October 10, 1993, that Chairman Kaga opened Kitchen Stadium and the world was first introduced to Ryouri no Tetsujin. We were lucky enough to have been able to get our hands on that first episode (and the next 20 or so that followed it) earlier this year.
Thank you Iron Chef for 20 great years.
(I’ll have a few more non-FN episodes posted in the next day or so, including a couple of 85 minute versions.)