Grilling ain't just a guy thing! Trisha Yearwood invites her girlfriends, Jenn and Sara, for a day of barbecue, cocktails and games. She'll whip up some Potato Salad, grill up her cousin Fred's Barbecue Pork Ribs, mix together a Cherry Moscow Mule and bake a Butterscotch Pie.
It may be the key to great bbq - but what's in a rub is a closely guarded secret - watch what happens as Bobby tries to get to the bottom of this bbq mystery. We visit Santa Maria California for tip secrets, Memphis for ribs and the oldest restaurant in San Francisco for seafood secrets. Then it's on to the Kansas city's Old World Spice Factory.
Michael Symon pulls out all the stops for a throwdown focused on a couple of the things he does best -- burgers and barbecue. Slinging a burger piled high with juicy pulled pork, his mystery competitor is former fine dining chef Matt Abdoo, now at Brooklyn's canalside hot spot, Pig Beach.
There are a lot of barbecue purists out there, but Food Paradise is going off the beaten path to find folks who are willing to go beyond the classics with everything from a trio of Southern, Korean and Mexican tacos to a barbecue sandwich harnessed by grilled cheese buns.
Get ready for some of the wackiest ideas in BBQ like cooking with coffee in Kona, Hawaii. Then, it's cheese on the grill. And if that's not enough, how about a chocolate factory where the sweet treat is grilled.