Legendary pitmaster Pat Martin takes us on a food adventure, embedding himself with the grillmasters and pitmasters who have mastered the uniquely American tradition of BBQ as they share their stories and local cooking traditions.

Pat Martin travels to Gainesboro, Tennessee to visit a free-range hog farm, learn about their operations, and grill up a less desired, but no less delicious, cut of hog - pork steaks.

When Pat's friends and fellow barbecue chefs, Bryan Furman and Dr. Howard Conyers, come to town, the guys dig deep into the tricks and traditions of one of Bryan's specialties: pork ribs.

Pat Martin heads to the Cherokee National Forest for a day of fly-fishing with an old friend, and to cook up their fresh catch over the campfire.

Pat Martin gets a history lesson on the origin of American barbecue from "The Professor" Tuffy Stone.