Deep Fried Dynasty

The State Fair of Texas, where food is bigger, better, and deep fried; Fried Jesus and the Stiffers serve up fried butter, fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fried s'mores; equipment and employee issues hinder Smokey John's.

Game day at the Cotton Bowl in the center of the fairgrounds; chef Cassy creates social media buzz; a bad batch of funnel cake mix shuts down the fryers at Fernie's; Smokey John must deliver a shipment of turkey legs before halftime.

Fernie's Funnel Cakes take honors for their toffee-coffee crunch cake but run out of their main ingredient: donuts; Gulf Coast Grill's Deep Fried I-35 gets trashed; chef Cassy struggles with employee problems.

Smokey John's enlist Abel to help sell their new Crispy Crazy Corn; Gretchen pushes an employee's jingle to help promote the Deep Fried I-35; and the Stifflers are busted for unknowingly selling alcohol to a minor.

Abel struggles to run his booths after his top manager suffers a kitchen accident; the Stifflers struggle with organization as Rick micromanages some of their staff; meeting Nevins Concessions, who brings the world of meat on a stick.

A storm strikes fear at the fairgrounds; Tami-Jo Nevins leaves daughter Josey alone to see if she can handle the business by herself; Cassy uses the rain as an excuse to pick up her new dumpling machine.

Poor quality control threatens Abel's fried butter and pancakes; after getting her dumpling machine, Cassy challenges an employee to a dumpling-making contest; the women at Fernie's create a spiked cocktail to pair with the toffee coffee crunch cake.

The Oklahoma-Texas Red River Showdown is the backdrop of an ultimate battle between the Stifflers and Fernie's to see who can outsell each other on game day; Smokey John's unveils its new crispy crazy veggie bowl.

Brett at Juicy's hosts a hamburger-eating challenge; Clint and Gretchen argue over staff bonuses; after weeks of tension, Cassy fires two of her long term employees.

Fernie's introduces a new funnel cake chicken sandwich; Gulf Coast Grill unveils its brisket cheddar ranch fries; Juan and Brent at Smokey John's play hooky to eat their favorite fair food.

Gulf Coast Grill, Fernie's Funnel Cakes and Nevins Concessions compete in the Battle of Big Tex; Abel battles a bee invasion that affects his sales.

Cassy finally gets her booth working with the help of Brett from Juicy's; Juan and Brent deal with a kitchen fire; Tammy Stiffler goes to the emergency room.

All the vendors try to unload inventory on the final day of the fair; Abel goes on a biscuit run when his fried butter supplies are low; and after finally turning her business around, Cassy gets a new business opportunity from Brett.