I believe Kevin deserved to lose the competition not only because his cooking was merely unsophisticated comfort food, but because he was diabolical and played dirty on at least two occasions: He messed with Jennifer when, in the guise of being helpful, he misinformed her with unsolicited assurances that when the grill flame goes down the coals will be very hot. Similarly, in season 5 Carla was misguided by someone else's ideas causing her to change her approach and it cost her the competition. The difference being that Carla's sous chef had nothing to gain by sabotaging her. Jennifer thanked Kevin only to find later when the flames went down, contrary to Kevin's ideas, there was no heat. In the round being judged by Bryan's mentor, and former employer of both Michael and Bryan, Kevin had the nerve to ask Bryan how to cook meat using technique inconsistent with what he claimed was his "style". He then won the round because of the reliability of the technique he employed which was in fact Bryan's--not because his food was great. For this he won a 30,000 dollar prize and the opportunity to be the representative in a competition he was the least suitable being the most elementary albeit solid chef.

I cannot stand Michael and his sanctimonious attitude. He thinks he is so much better than everyone else because his dishes are so complicated. But Tom has said it best before, simple, if done well, is better than the complicated. Simple, clean flavors has been the mantra. Kevin absolutely rocks and I hope he wins this, but if he falters, it better be Bryan. He is so much more mature and he understands it's a much better thing to help your fellow chef out rather than hosing them as Michael would. Michael is a poor sport and a horrible loser. I hate that he won the car last night, just because of his attitude.

@Matt

I totally thought Jennifer got ripped off too!! It really pissed me off, but you can watch this episode for free at freetvshowshq.info.

I'm a devout Jenn fan so this one was tough but you had to know it was about to happen. They has to keep the brothers, it's been the theme all season. Although I absolutely can't stand Michael. I hope he goes down in flames. I'm pulling for Kevin although a win for Brian would hurt Michael more.

Last thought is that this season hasn't been the most entertaining in terms of drama but these final 4 seem so far ahead of any other contestants from any other season - it's been fun to watch

I think Jennifer's poor performances in Las Vegas and being in the bottom 3 for many weeks is what got her eliminated. I don't think Kevin was ever in the bottom. The brothers competition makes for good TV. Kevin is consistently good and has won many challenges. It was Jenn's time to go.

I think each of the cheftestants had problems this episode, however small or big they were. I think what ultimately did Jen in over Michael was the consistency over the season, she faltered whereas the others kept it together (mostly). I think these 4 have been the most talented the shows had (at least all in one season), next week should be interesting, because I think in the judges' minds at least they're on an even playing field.
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On his blog, Colicchio claims that Jen was the clear choice because both of her dishes were too salty. He even praised her for thinking on her feet when it came to the duck. I wonder why those sentiments didn't come through in the edit.

I think Jen was robbed also. At the beginning of the season I thought she was going to take it all. She had some failures in there, but she still held on. Michael has had a strong season but I think he has declined a little the last few episodes. If we had even one more week of the final 4, I think Jen may have sank him. That said, it was great to see Brian get a win. I would love to see him beat his brother after all the slamming, but in the long one, I think it will probably be Kevin in the win.

The decision making process is not making any sense. During prior episodes, judges always mentioned that if something is not going well in the food making process, improvise, etc. Remember the episode where Michael had problem that the electric stove in the kitchen is not working and as a result his food corraborated with Eli was undercooked.. The guest judge said that chefs often travels around the world to prepare dishes for clients. The good chefs must be able to adapt to the situation and improvise. WHY is Jen penalized because she could not grill the duck and had to improvise with a different style cooking. IT's all about DRAMA not the cooking. Michael should have be gone because of the unappetizing eggs.

Good catch on the Top Chef Masters line -- I've corrected it.

Thanks, all!