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The widest footprint, without a shortened count.
Season 41 keeps its full episode count, but its calendar is the most sprawling this canon has measured — a fifteen-month run that brushes five other seasons before it finally closes.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Thirteen episodes stretch from December 2018 into March 2020, a span of more than fifteen months that touches Season 40, Season 42, Season 43, Season 44, and Season 45 at various points — the widest overlap footprint in this entire batch, tied only by Season 42's own sprawl. A single themed opener, Ultimate Redemption, sits ahead of twelve standard hours. The locked basket, three-round structure, and Ted Allen's hosting never waver across any of it.
The #61 slot.
Slot #61 of 62 in the Chopped Editor's Canon. Season 41 keeps the full thirteen-episode baseline, which is the only thing standing between it and the very bottom of this canon. Its own air window runs more than fifteen months, touching Season 40, Season 42, Season 43, Season 44, and Season 45 — a wider, deeper overlap than Season 35's previous record. Nothing about an individual hour is at fault: the locked basket, three-round structure, and Ted Allen's hosting hold up fine, and a single themed opener does no real damage. But no other full-length season here shares its calendar with this many neighbors, over this long a stretch, and that alone sinks it below every episode-count shortfall this canon has previously ranked.
4 moments, no spoilers.
- Episode 1 · Ultimate Redemption
A themed opening hour brings back the format's callback concept before the season settles into its regular run. Watch it as a one-off wrinkle, not a tournament.
- The twelve regulars · the format's usual shape
Twelve standard episodes carry the rest of the season, the closed-door premise unchanged. Watch them as the tether back to the format everywhere else in this canon.
- Every episode · five seasons touched
Season 41's fifteen-month run overlaps Season 40, Season 42, Season 43, Season 44, and Season 45 at different points. Watch it as the widest calendar footprint any season in this batch has produced.
- Season close · March 2020
Season 41 closes out in late March 2020, well over a year after it began. Watch this run as the format's longest and busiest single-season stretch, tied only by the season right after it.