PROS:
- Lots of interesting dishes and chefs
- Good pacing (I notice this about lots of Korean shows actually)
- Generally entertaining and keeps you interested. I think most people would be able to watch until the end as a result.
- Creative competitions. Tofu Hell was really interesting despite being completely brutal.

CONS:
- Obvious maneuvering as others have said to keep the number of "black spoons" and "white spoons" even; this took away some of the show's excitement and appeal IMO and gave it that "scripted" feel
- Too much screen time for some characters/contestants, too little for others. I know that's not a big thing, but some contestants made it quite far and got a total of five minutes of screen time while others who didn't make it as far got much more.

TLDR; I think this show mostly achieved what it was aiming for and is definitely entertaining/worth a watch.