Within the past two years, I've slowly become obsessed with a certain television show. Not a normal, popular sort of show, such as "Big Brother" or "Pretty Little Liars". No, I've become obsessed with "Cutthroat Kitchen" on the Food Network.

"Cutthroat Kitchen" is a competition cooking show in which four professional chefs are each given $25,000 in the beginning of the show. The chefs then spend money at auctions to buy sabotages to throw off their opponents. Every round, a chef is eliminated until there is a winner. Another catch? Whatever money the chef has left is their prize money. This begs the question for the chefs to consider... "Is it worth it to spend the money to ensure I don't get sabotaged? Or can I handle it?"

That is not to say that this show is impossible to win without spending any money. Chef Kyle Schutte won the entire game without spending a dime, taking home the entire $25,000.

One of the things that makes this show so entertaining and addicting to watch are the sabotages. As mentioned earlier, Chef Kyle didn't dare spend a penny of his money in his (successful) attempt to keep the entire prize money. In the final round of the competition, the objective was to make an ice cream cone dessert. His opponent bid on the sabotages to give to Kyle. In return, Kyle had to mix all of his ingredients in a traffic cone, while also cooking with a dog cone around his neck...

Sabotages are always entertaining to watch, especially to see how the chefs deal with them. Some fan-favorite sabotages from over the seasons include:

Creating a steak dinner from a "high steaks" position.

Taping a chef's hand to a potato masher, thus rendering that hand fairly useless.

And finally, using the microwave as a chef's only source of heat.

That is, the sabotages are not the only reason to watch "Cutthroat Kitchen". Oh no. We cannot forget the delightfully evil genius that is the host, Alton Brown.

For years, Alton created and hosted his own show, "Good Eats", in which he used comedy to create delicious dishes, while also showing why the foods interact in the ways that they do. His charismatic personality has made him a fan favorite, and he's always a pleasure to watch as sabotages are handed out and dealt with.

If you've never watched Food Network or are looking for a new show that is different, but still addicting, then I'm sending you to the "Cutthroat Kitchen". But be careful as you watch, because some of the other shows on there are quite addicting as well (I'm looking at you, "Chopped".)