In Louisville, KY, Alton Brown warms up at Lynn's Paradise Cafe with the Hot Brown Sandwich, loaded with roasted turkey breast, Mornay sauce, bacon, tomato and cheddar cheese, on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

For a bakery named Cake Flour you'd think Aaron Sanchez would gravitate toward a cake made with flour. But on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Aaron finds himself smitten by Cake Flour's Flourless Chocolate Cake made with cocoa and chocolate ganache. They also have cookies and macarons.

Known for its dazzling plates with a playful edge, Tru's dishes are practically works of art. But they're also delicious, as Cat Cora shared on The Best Thing I Ever Ate. The Chocolate Bar dessert with its chocolate ganache ribbon is one of the most decadent desserts she’s ever had.

Don’t tell Art Smith white chocolate isn't chocolate, because he'll take you down to May St. Cafe for the white chocolate flan. May St. makes the flan with cream cheese, mascarpone and creamy white chocolate. It's the perfect dessert for a restaurant with "gourmet eclectic Latino cuisine."

Not many people think of Kansas as a culinary destination, but Simon Majumdar loves visiting the state for his favorite award-winning pan-fried three-piece chicken dinner. The messy, crispy and delicious chicken is dredged and then fried in shortening. Simon also likes the fried gizzards and livers.

Ted Allen counts down the days until he can have Chef Art Smith's famous fried chicken, which is only served on Sundays. The juicy and flavorful chicken is brined for 3 days before it's dredged in an amalgam of secret spices and fried. If you're feeling hungry, order some mac and cheese as well.

Who would think to pair pork and ice cream together? None other than Chef Stephanie Izard whose layered gelato concoction (cranberry, miso marcona almond, maple fatback gelato) gives Marcela Valladolid the chills on The Best Thing I Ever Ate. To lose the chills, try the luscious confit goat belly.

Only at Gino's East of Chicago can you get the original deep-dish sausage patty pizza made with an 11-inch disk of sausage baked inside. On The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Duff devours this "Frankenstein" pizza that has made Chicago, and deep-dish fanatics, happy since 1966. Bonus? They will ship.

Even mussels get the bacon treatment at JCT's. On The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Chef Delilah Winder calls their "Angry" Mussels her favorite because they include thick slices of bacon and an added kick of serrano chiles. And being in Atlanta, JCT's fried chicken doesn't disappoint either.

Holeman and Finch draws the crowds with its burger, available on the nightly menu. Two cheese-smothered chuck-and-brisket patties are topped with slivered red onions and bread-and-butter pickles. They’re served on a brioche bun, alongside hand-cut fries and housemade ketchup and mustard.

A good meal for Alton Brown typically costs $10 or less. It's no wonder then that he fell in love with Hankook Taqueria's Bibim-bop made with sliced rib eye, soy sauce, fried egg and the red pepper "sweet heat" sauce. At $7 this Korean street food goes a long way, especially with some sesame fries.

Aaron Sanchez can't stop thinking about Daddy D'z BBQ sauce. With a motto of "We ain't pretty, but we're good," Daddy D'z has become one of Atlanta's favorite rib "joynts." On The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Aaron takes a b-line for the sauce and the pork rib tips that are slowly smoked for eight hours.

The Lobster Club Sandwich? Delectable. The Bone-in Berkshire Pork Chop? Super tasty. But on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Alton only wants Blue Ridge Grill’s Fried Pickle Chips. He orders the chips with herbed buttermilk dressing "off menu" noting they're "everything a fried pickle ought to be."

Alton Brown appreciates The Dillard House’s family-style serving, but on The Best Thing I Ever Ate, his appreciation abounded for the country ham, which is "about as salty as salty gets and still good." And because it's family style, you can also feast on cornbread and cobbler a la mode.

On a road trip to Sun Valley, Idaho, Gina and Pat Neely discovered a tiny bit of Italian heaven: candied orange peels dipped in chocolate. Cristina prides herself on her Tuscan roots, and the menu's filled with Tuscan favorites, including margherita pizza and paninis served on fresh-baked bread.