When Christopher Cofino was 7 years old, he'd sneak out of his room at night to watch the original "Iron Chef," the Japanese version with the English dub. From that time on, "I was hooked," he says.

In the opening segments of the original Iron Chef television show, some guy, presumably a chef, bites into a red bell pepper with orgasmic zeal. Expect nothing less (and potentially even more) from ...