In 2004, Brown appeared on "Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters". This was the second attempt to adapt the Japanese cooking show "Iron Chef" to American television (the first being UPN's "Iron Chef USA", which featured William Shatner). Brown served as the expert commentator, a modified version of the role played by Dr. Yukio Hattori in the original show. When the show became a series, Brown began serving as the play-by-play announcer, with Kevin Brauch as kitchen reporter. Brown also served as the host for all five seasons of the spin-off "The Next Iron Chef".