Danielle crawls her way from Kansas to Oklahoma to find the best BBQ. She fills up on smoked bologna and learns how to "auction talk." Then, she's off to the oldest BBQ spot in town for a sandwich piled high with tender, smoky pork.

Danielle gets sauced in the sauce empire of the US -- Ponca City, OK. She chows down on half a chicken and brisket, and then loads up on smoker essentials. Finally, she competes for the first time at the Cherokee Strip Cook-off … alone.

The BBQ Diva hits up New Orleans to feast on shrimp and pork belly, and goes shrimpin' with the best shrimp trawler down South. Then, she competes in the Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown with her "brother from another mother."