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."

Danielle crawls to Georgia to chow down on slow-smoked BBQ and tofu. Later, at a local airshow, she competes in the Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic. She wagers a bet with her neighbor, Bubba Q, on who will score better in brisket.