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The sixth season of BBQ Brawl premiered on Food Network on Sunday, June 1

Flay tells PEOPLE new captains Maneet Chauhan and Antonia Lofaso give the show "renewed energy"

Season 6 also features a new rule in which the winner of the first challenge gets to pick their captain

BBQ Brawl ’s sixth season premiered earlier this week with a new twist: The winner of the first challenge gets to pick their captain.

Bobby Flay , who faces off with fellow captains Maneet Chauhan and Antonia Lofaso, says the shakeup from previous seasons, in which captains picked their entire teams, changes the dynamic — in a good way.

“We always want to be that person because everybody has an ego,” Flay tells PEOPLE. “And so it kind of got turned around on us for a second, which I actually liked.”

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