Ree Drummond hopes new show will help ease the ‘everyday grind’ of at-home cooking

Host Ree Drummond (from left) and judges Catherine McCord, Eddie Jackson and Damaris Phillips are shown in an episode of “Big Bad Budget Battle.” (Courtesy of Food Network)

We’re all sticking to our budgets a little more closely these days with inflation hiking grocery prices to eye-widening levels. 

So the timing couldn’t be better for a show about how to cook on a budget. That’s exactly the premise of “Big Bad Budget Battle,” a six-episode cooking competition hosted by Food Network star Ree Drummond, known as “The Pioneer Woman,” where home cooks turn affordable ingredients into interesting meals.