It's Jamie's day off and he's putting on a BBQ for Matt and Toby, two Australian friends who work in his restaurant. Fifteen, and are feeling homesick. But the British weather means that this BBQ is indoors with Jamie improvising with griddle pans. Matt is a wine expert who takes Jamie wine shopping , giving him a quick course in buying inexpensive wines for their BBQ
Visit Thousand Oaks, CA, for a fourth generation firefighter's take on BBQ Corn Beef and Cabbage. Also, a woman in Chelmsford, MA, gives a Sicilian recipe for Braciolatini that's been passed from her great-grandparents.
In a battle of the grills, authentic fajitas go head-to-head with down home brisket. Best friends Michael Christie, a caterer in La Crescenta, Calif., and John Dourisboure, a marketing manager from Burbank, Calif., travel around California educating and serving BBQ to the community but are ready to have their own TexMex restaurant called Texas Fajita Co. Wylie, Texas husband-and-wife team Michael Hunt, a forklift salesperson, and Katie Hunt, a food service sales representative, have been together through a lot of personal struggles but hope to overcome those by creating their dream traditional Texas BBQ restaurant called The Garage.
Bobby gets a rib lesson from Nick Vergo at Rendezvous and a trip to the Southern Meat Market. Also, a visit with the Tennessee Air National Guardsmen who BBQ in a plane replica. Bobby also visits restaurants Elvis Presley's Memphis and Willingham BBQ.