Am I the only one who thinks Food Network judges are to hard on contestants?

Ok, before I get into this I would like to say that my knowledge of fine dining is that of a novice at best. All I know is what I see on the food network so please do not slam me as if I am an expert on the subject. Ok, now to get to the point. I just feel like the judges of Chopped and Iron Chef America are unreasonably hard on contestants sometimes. The two comments that drive me up a wall the most is "I would have like to see some more -insert whatever ingredient here-" and "I do not like the texture". I feel like these comments are irrelevant to the competition. It does not matter what a judge would like to see on a plate (unless they are referring to the absence of a mandatory ingredient). The judge should only concern them self with the actual taste, look, and presentation of the plate. If all of these were good then there should be no problem. Now on to the subject of texture. The Iron Chef grading rubric is based on taste, originality, and plating. By no means should the judge be concerned with texture. Allow me to draw this parallel (I will admit right now that this is a very unlikely possibility). If I cooked the secret ingredient and vaporized it so that one would have to orally inhale it to taste it, that should not be an issue for the judges. Once again, that judges should only concern themselves with taste, plating, and presentation. I'm sure that there will be a lot of people who disagree with me but I kind of take this to heart because I have seen many past contestants loose due to these trivial and unimportant issues. Your opinions please : ]