The Best in American BBQ

From Texas to Tennessee, to Virginia and the Carolinas, follow the CIA as we trace southern smoke trails for an insider’s tour of some the best smokehouses and barbecue restaurants in America. Viewers will get a lesson in competition barbecue rubs and ribs from the Professor of BBQ, six-time World Barbecue Champion pitmaster and a Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee, Tuffy Stone. Pitmasters Pat Martin and Sam Jones will explain the challenges of cooking whole-hog BBQ, 86-year-old pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz, of Snow’s BBQ, along with Snow’s owner, Kerry Bexley, will share their secret recipe for success.