Texas Competition
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2013
BBQ Diva Danielle starts her BBQ road trip in Texas, the land of beef. She visits Louie Mueller BBQ and competes at the Bedford Blues and BBQ Festival.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2013
BBQ Diva Danielle starts her BBQ road trip in Texas, the land of beef. She visits Louie Mueller BBQ and competes at the Bedford Blues and BBQ Festival.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2013
Danielle visits the oldest BBQ joint in the state of Texas - the Southside Market. Then, she's on the road to Tennessee where she'll face stiff competition. Finally, she chows down at Stubby's BBQ in Arkansas.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2013
Danielle cruises into Memphis, TN, for some of the country's best barbecue. Although there are hundreds of prospective BBQ joints in Memphis, she only chooses one: A&R BBQ. She wraps up her trip by heading to a spot known for its mouth-watering pies.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2013
Danielle heads south to Mississippi to the crazy, fun-filled BBQ joint known as The Shed. Later, she hits a tiny (but tasty) BBQ restaurant called UBON's in Alabama.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2013
Danielle heads to Decatur Jaycees Riverfest in Alabama to compete, but before she gets there, she's looking forward to meeting up with some old friends and chowing down on some local ‘bama barbeque.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2013
Danielle heads to Georgia, the land of peaches and Bubba Q BBQ. After that, it's off to Midway BBQ, a quaint place in a tiny little town in South Carolina.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2013
Danielle heads to Kentucky to compete in the Owensboro Grillin' and Chillin' BBQ cookoff. Then it's off to Ol' Hickory Pit BBQ to eat some mutton, and try out their family recipe of barbecued beans.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2013
Danielle Dimovski, aka "Diva Q", starts off in Kentucky for some Billy's BBQ in Louisville, and then heads to Missouri for Pappy's Smokehouse -- the beacon of BBQ.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2013
Danielle heads to the granddaddy of all competitions -- The American Royal -- and her very own professional competition team is flying down to join her. But before that happens, she takes in an old gem in the heart of Kansas City, Arthur Bryant's BBQ.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2013
Danielle and her team are competing for 4 days at the American Royal BBQ competition. Between power outages and barbecue fires, they have their work cut out for them.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2014
Danielle Dimovski starts her BBQ roadtrip in Nashville, TN. She digs into some dry ribs, barbecue sushi and a killer pork sandwich. The adventure continues at the Music City BBQ Festival where she enters a margarita contest.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2014
Danielle Dimovski visits Helen's BBQ, run by a female pitmaster, for the best pulled pork sandwich in Tennessee. She stops by the home of the "Slap Yo' Mama" chocolate pie to judge a pie-eating contest and chows down on muddy ribs.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2014
The BBQ Diva crawls through Texas to feast on famous beef jerky, brisket sausage and fried chicken brisket. Then, she competes at the Bedford Blues and BBQ Festival in an attempt to break her previous record -- fourth place in brisket.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2014
Danielle heads south to Lockhart, TX -- the birthplace of Texas BBQ -- to chow down on German smoked sausage and massive pork spare ribs. No sauce allowed. Then, she digs into a Spanish specialty -- barbacoa straight from the cow's head.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2014
The BBQ Diva sets out to find the best bison that Kansas has to offer. While there, she bites into a tasty bison burger and meets the hairy beasts in person. Then, she competes in the Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic with her famous BBQ pork.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2014
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.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2014
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.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2014
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."
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2014
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.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2014
Danielle bites into a huge brisket sandwich and tries her hand at catching trout at St. Simons Island, GA. Then, she heads to Southern Soul BBQ for gumbo and smoked chicken. Finally, she's off to Charleston, SC, to Hello My Name is BBQ -- a hip, urban food truck.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2014
Danielle hits up the only BBQ joint in Johns Island, SC, for smoked ribs and a taste of their 32 side dishes. Then, she wakes up at the crack of dawn to cook a whole hog and take part in a BBQ fundraiser for a local charity.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2014
Danielle crawls her way to Kansas City, MO, to prep for her next BBQ contest. She starts by feasting on an unbelievable KC strip steak. Then, she hits the woodlot to study up on smoke woods and noshes on 'competition-style' BBQ.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2014
Danielle is up against 150 of the world's grand BBQ champions at the American Royal BBQ competition. With a storm coming and 13 BBQ categories to turn in, Danielle turns up the heat for the judges.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2015
Danielle starts her crawl in Lancaster, CA, to compete at the Blazin' BBQ Throwdown. She feasts on Pig Candy, sugar coated bacon smoked on a pit and chili cheese stuffed doughnuts before she meets her fierce competition.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2015
Danielle experiences Mississippi style BBQ in Cali, as she chows down on fries covered in pulled pork and jalapeños. Then she tries lamb cooked in a pit underground with a side of smoked grasshoppers, and finally, famous grilled fish tacos.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015
Danielle hits the BBQ pit in Oceanside, CA, for smoky tri-tip, then tries a crusty brisket that's life-altering. Games anyone? She then visits the state fair to try a 3-pound bacon-wrapped turkey leg and bites into a $70 porterhouse.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015
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.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015
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.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015
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.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2015
Diva Q trudges through the Garden State to compete in the Que By The Sea BBQ Contest. She tries whole roasted pig and pork blood stew, both Filipino style. Then she feasts on a savory pulled chicken sandwich that makes her swoon.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2015
Danielle sinks her teeth into a Baltimore staple, juicy pit beef. Then she heads to Washington D.C. for a lesson in carving meats and a taste of jerked goat and tender pulled duck. She dines on a Diva Q favorite, "The Diva."
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2015
Danielle stops in Raleigh, North Carolina, to visit her friend and RV builder George Campeau. Before they crawl their way through town, George installs a couple of new bells and whistles on her trailer to help her out at the next competition. First stop on the crawl, Clyde Cooper's BBQ, a place that's been around for 80 years. Next, Danielle visits 'Que, a whole hog BBQ joint owned by South Carolina BBQ legend, Ed Mitchell.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2015
Diva Q parks in South Carolina for grilled venison and German pork and sauerkraut sliders with her buddy Chad. They run into some trouble at the Squealin' Square BBQ Contest when their generator breaks, leaving them powerless.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2015
Danielle gets a taste of the South Carolina farm-to-table movement, feasting on local pork and cuddling with baby hogs. She learns how to make, and eat, a Gullah rice and shrimp dish, then heads out to the Boone Hall Plantation.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2015
Diva Q prepares for the World Food Championships, Las Vegas style. It's a BBQ bonanza, from fresh cut steaks to giant beef ribs. She bites into the biggest, baddest burger in Vegas and takes her team to the shooting range.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2015
The World Food Championships have arrived! Before the stress sets in, Diva Q and team grab a bite of Vegas BBQ. They head to John Mull's Road Kill Grill, a roadside BBQ restaurant with a serious history in Nevada. The owner is the fourth generation to butcher and barbeque meats at this family restaurant. They chow down on a pile of BBQ meats to celebrate their time together. After that, it's time to get down to business. Team Diva Q operates like a finely tuned machine this round. If she gets a call for BBQ, she goes on to compete against high-end chefs and restaurateurs...the competition is fierce!