Danielle hits Route 66 for juicy tri tip covered in swiss cheese, then hangs out with a captain on the Colorado River. It's competition time! She competes in The Smoke on the Water BBQ Contest for prizes worth $100,000.

Diva Q blazes through Utah, trying a meaty brisket pizza cooked in a giant bull's head oven. Then she's off to a pro-surfer shop that serves brisket tacos covered in feta. She caps it off with delicious meats from a Dutch oven.

Danielle treks to New York City for a new world of BBQ. She dines on pulled goat and carne asada tacos, falls in love with a juicy duck leg on top of a huckleberry waffle, and feasts on a creamy crawfish etouffee.