Seven carvers must master the classic jack-o'-lantern. In the Quick Carve round, the competitors depict the struggle between good and evil. In the Big Carve round, each competitor is given one of the seven deadly sins to inspire their masterpiece.
Six expert pumpkin carvers tackle 3-D sculpting challenges, starting with science experiments gone wrong in the Quick Carve round. Things heat up in the Big Carve round when the competitors incorporate fire in 3-D dioramas of trick-or-treating pumpkins.
Five expert pumpkin carvers face a spooky structures challenge. The carvers stack pumpkins to create undead animals in a pet cemetery-themed Quick Carve round before moving on to make enormous prehistoric creatures in the Big Carve round.