I'm not against the idea, but this show needs some refinement. The teams seemed randomly created and this led to some odd pairing between the contestants. Some of the "engineers" in particular were poorly prepared for the show.
Many projects were needlessly big. The apparent food waste was absurd. Why was a build filled with tons of cake? What was the point? If the show wanted some mass in the creations, there were less wasteful ways to do that. There was a huge focus on things edible, except when they decided that steel or electronics were fine.
The food the judges ate were always showpieces that the baker part of the team created and stuck onto the piece somehow. This made the obsession with edible seem a bit strange. I also felt the judges were oddly harsh. The overall contraptions often seemed to be at "Nailed It" level, and then the critique was very serious. Overall the show could have been a lot more fun, but it took itself way too seriously. Editing also fails the show in that it's trying to hide the reveal of the machine, but the same time they aren't really showing what is coming together to make it work.
Many projects were needlessly big. The apparent food waste was absurd. Why was a build filled with tons of cake? What was the point? If the show wanted some mass in the creations, there were less wasteful ways to do that. There was a huge focus on things edible, except when they decided that steel or electronics were fine.
The food the judges ate were always showpieces that the baker part of the team created and stuck onto the piece somehow. This made the obsession with edible seem a bit strange. I also felt the judges were oddly harsh. The overall contraptions often seemed to be at "Nailed It" level, and then the critique was very serious. Overall the show could have been a lot more fun, but it took itself way too seriously. Editing also fails the show in that it's trying to hide the reveal of the machine, but the same time they aren't really showing what is coming together to make it work.