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Oct 27, 2023

Ree Drummond to star in new TV series

Ree Drummond (left), seen with judges Catherine McCord, Eddie Jackson and

Ree Drummond (left), seen with judges Catherine McCord, Eddie Jackson and Damaris Phillips, is the host of a new cooking competition show, "Big Bad Budget Battle," which premieres next month on Food Network.

"Big Bad Budget Battle" premieres Aug. 9 on Food Network. The series will also be streaming on Discovery+.

Oklahoma's own Ree Drummond will be taking a new role this television season, as the host of a new Food Network competition show, "Big Bad Budget Battle," which premieres Aug. 9. The series will also be streaming on Discovery+.

Each episode will feature three home cooks who will be given a small amount of cash to purchase ingredients they will then use to make restaurant-quality meals that are as inexpensive as they are delicious. A panel of culinary experts will judge the result, with the winner taking home a trophy and a year's worth of groceries.

Episode themes will include "Supermarket Shortcuts," where contestants will have only $20 to buy what they need to make a signature dish; "Leftover Lessons," with pre-made items that must be transformed into new dishes; "$30 Day," where contestants must create a day's worth of meals with only $30 worth of groceries; and "Party Planning on a Budget."

New episodes of Drummond's signature series, "The Pioneer Woman," will begin airing Aug. 6 on Food Network, and streaming on Discovery+.

Drummond, whose "The Pioneer Woman" brand has morphed from a blog into a lifestyle empire, will be sharing her own ideas and recipes to save time and money in the kitchen on the show's website, FoodNetwork.com/BigBadBudgetBattle.

Tulsa World Scene's Jimmie Tramel, James Watts and Grace Wood talk about upcoming Scene features, including the rave review from the New York Times of the Oklahoma fried onion burger.

Pioneer Woman fans stand in line early Monday morning awaiting the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons from around the country shop at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons from around the country shop at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Ree Drummond hugs Lori An Hampton of Kentucky at the grand opening of The Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons from around the country shop at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, signs a copy of her cook book for fan, Floyce Wharton of Missouri, 73, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Gene Wharton and his wife, Floyce, both 73, talk to other patrons during the grand opening of The Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

People crowd into the Pioneer Woman Mercantile on the grand opening in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons from around the country shop at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Pioneer Woman fans stand in line early Monday morning awaiting the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska. Tulsa World File photo

Carissa Robinson of Houston looks through cupboards of merchandise at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Sherry Coleman (left) and Pam Lykins of Bartlesville shop through the Pioneer Woman Mercantile during its grand opening in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Brooklyn Baker (left), 3, and her sister Maggie Baker, 5, sit in a pile of stuffed animals at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Carol Morgan of Texas, looks through the merchandise at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Emma Griggs of Texas shops with her mom Meghan on her eighth birthday at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

A group of women take a photo in front of the new Pioneer Woman Mercantile on the morning of the grand opening in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

A barrel of bunnies sits in the kids section of the mercantile at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Emma Griggs of Texas shops with her mom Meghan on her eighth birthday at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

A stuffed rooster sits in the cooking supplies area of the store section during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

The Lane family walks through the store during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Pioneer Woman fan, Floyce Wharton of Missouri, 73, has her wooden sign signed by Ree Drummond, Pioneer Woman, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Kathy Myers of Pawhuska orders a blueberry muffin on the second-floor bakery during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jeana Faske of Amarillo Texas takes a photo with Ladd Drummond, husband to the Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons order pastries at the second floor bakery at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Blueberry scones are on display at the bakery during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jars of Jelly Beans and other candies line the shelves of the second floor bakery during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Kyle Thoreson and his daughter, Isabell, 6, laugh as they eat breakfast in the deli during the grand opening of The Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Jars of candy line the shelves of the second floor bakery on the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, signs a copy of her cookbook for Floyce Wharton of Missouri, 73, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jeana Faske of Amarillo, Texas, takes a photo with Ladd Drummond, husband of the Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jars of candy line the shelves of the second floor bakery on the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jars of Jelly Beans and other candies line the shelves of the second floor bakery during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Ree Drummond, Pioneer Woman, talks with a family as she signs their books during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Ree Drummond (center) takes a photo with fans Lori An Hampton (left) and her sister Lisa Parker of Kentucky at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Ree Drummond, or Pioneer Woman, talks with fans Lori An Hampton and her sister Lisa Parker (center) of Kentucky at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Fans wait to get a photo taken with Ree Drummond, or Pioneer Woman, at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Lindsey Spicer, 21, and her mom, Annette Horton, from Alabama, look through the racks of clothes at the new Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Cookies line the bakery display cases on the second floor of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile during the grand opening in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Deserts and treats line the display cases on the second floor bakery of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile during its grand opening in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Paula Tannehille of Louisiana looks through a Ree Drummond cookbook at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Lindsey Spicer, 21, shops during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Cookies line the bakery display cases on the second floor of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile during the grand opening in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jessie Morris of Northern California walks through the Pioneer Woman Mercantile for the first time during the store's grand opening in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Small trinkets line the shelves for sale at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Pioneer Woman fans such as Paula Tannehill (center) stand in line in the early morning awaiting the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Patrons sit inside the Pioneer Woman Mercantile eating breakfast on the grand opening early Monday morning in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Jeana Faske of Amarillo, Texas, shops at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska on Monday. Tulsa World File photo

Mona Jensen, employee, wraps a gift for a shopper at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Kitchen wear shines in the morning sun during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Strainers sit stacked in the kitchen wear section of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile during the grand opening in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Bill Earnhart of Mulbrow, OK, holds cookbooks for his wife and relatives at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

A man walks around with two stuffed dogs in his arms at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

Mona Jensen, employee, wraps a gift for a shopper at the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

The store section of the Pioneer Woman sits ready for shoppers during the grand opening of the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska, Monday Oct. 31, 2016. Tulsa World File photo

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