description: Chloe Petts dodged flying sausages on 22 October 2026. Why did longtime Taskmaster viewers recognise the machine, and what happened in Chris Ramsey's 2022 challenge?
The flying sausages in Taskmaster on 22 October 2026 recalled Chris Ramsey's bizarre cement-mixer game from 2022. This time Chloe Petts had to avoid the airborne food. The programme listing says she scraped her knees badly enough to draw blood.
The programme and the episode
In the British comedy competition Taskmaster, Greg Davies judges strange challenges arranged by Alex Horne. Series 22 features Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, Nina Conti and Richard Ayoade. Episode eight, The Unfairity, aired on Channel 4 at 9:05 p.m. British Summer Time on Thursday 22 October.
The original invention
On 19 May 2022, Series 13 episode six, The 75th Question, challenged contestants to use a cement mixer for something other than mixing cement. Ramsey made a game that sent sausages flying. The show's official episode page mentions one striking his nose. A contemporary official podcast discussion remembered how unexpectedly fast the sausages launched.
Why viewers recognised the joke
What had been a contestant's eccentric invention became another contestant's obstacle four years later. In the Reddit episode thread on 22 October, several viewers recognised Ramsey's machine, while others repeated a line about hearing the sausages coming. These are actual fan responses, not proof of a worldwide trend.
Some viewers also expressed concern about Petts' knees. The comedy is the unlikely second career of a construction machine, not the injury. The sources do not establish medical severity or every detail of the scoring rules.
Bottom line
Newcomers saw a bizarre sausage obstacle; longtime viewers saw a callback to 2022. The cement mixer has mixed far more comedy than cement. This account checks official older episode information against current listings and real comments. It does not claim firsthand viewing of both complete episodes.
