Season 7

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Episode 160 min2011-01-04

Asphalt Paver

In Nebraska, Mike Rowe takes a shot at paving roads. Then, in reply to a mailbag question about his favorite animal, he recalls the time he crossed paths with a tiger crossbreed in Texas.

Episode 260 min2011-01-11

Rum Distiller

Mike visits a distillery, where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper and works with scalding liquid.

Episode 360 min2011-01-18

Hair Fairy

Mike installs a metal power pole in Wyoming and later learns about how to remove lice from hair in San Francisco.

Episode 460 min2011-01-25

Dirty Infrastructure

Mike takes a look at America's report card on its infrastructure and also salutes the workers who help preserve it.

Episode 560 min2011-02-01

Scrapple Maker

Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.

Episode 660 min2011-02-08

Blueberry Connoisseur

Mike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty boot flavored jelly bean based on his own sweaty, grimy, filthy pair of work boots. Then he travels to Maine to harvest blueberries and joins the "Pie Ladies" in a pie bakeoff.

Episode 760 min2011-02-15

Sponge Diver

Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.

Episode 860 min2011-02-22

Cedar Log Peeler

Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.

Episode 960 min2011-03-01

Termite Researcher

Mike visits with long-time fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapolo Island in Georgia.

Episode 1060 min2011-03-08

Dirty DNA

Revisit of jobs related to family with Mike visiting his parents: crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), maggot farmer ("Maggot Farmer"), leech trapping ("Leech Trapper"), candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"), worm grunter ("Worm Grunter"), mealworm farm ("Cricket Farmer"), walnut harvester ("Goose Down Plucker"), bell maker ("Bell Maker"), raw meat dog food maker ("Leech Trapper"), goat milk soap maker ("Reef Ball Maker"), sponge diver ("Sponge Diver"), mobile butcher ("Custom Meat Processor")

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Mike Rowe

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