Great American Adventures features more than 500 hours of scripted and unscripted content highlighting themes including southern cooking and DIY, while celebrating Great American traditions every day and every season.  

Great American Adventures

The Country Tavern in Shreveport, La. features Texas-style barbecue; Mike Mills smokes barbecue at the 17th Street Bar & Grill; the Memphis in May barbecue festival; Ron's Ribs in Philadelphia; Willie Nelson's barbecue sauce.

Southern Barbecued Everything

Up in Smoke

A bank-vault-sized barbecue pit at the Brick Pit in Mobile, Ala.; Famous Dave's BBQ in Minneapolis; tasting barbecue spaghetti at Interstate BBQ in Memphis, Tenn.; the Hitching Post in Buellton, Calif.; Texas barbecue at Huntsville's New Zion Church.

Barbecue Time

Fat Matt's Rib Shack in Atlanta; Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem, N.Y.; tasting the ribs at Gates BBQ in Kansas City; Texas barbecue; visiting Pappy's Restaurant in St. Louis.

Nothing but Bone

Visiting the Skylight Inn in Ayden, N.C.; eating squeal pie at Squeal BBQ in New Orleans; Chinese barbecue at Nancy Lee's Pig Heaven in New York; Arthur Bryant's restaurant in Kansas City.

Bbq Passion

Deep South barbecue at Sweatman's in Holy Hill, S.C.; Baby Blues BBQ in Venice Beach, Calif.; getting fed at the Shed in Ocean Springs, Miss.; Helena's BBQ in Hawaii; the Salt Lick in Austin, Texas.

Getting Saucy

Tasting the Little Dooley in Starkville, Miss.; hickory-smoked baby back ribs at Carson's in Chicago; the Rendezvous in Memphis, Tenn.; a barbecue restaurant hires ex-convicts and the homeless.

Cooking Good

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It's all about barbecue in the South. From the Carolinas to Memphis to Texas, each city knows that its style is the best. This series explores regions' favorite preparations, visiting area eateries to see how they operate and, of course, tasting the food. Featured restaurants include Memphis' Rendezvous that has hosted everyone from presidents to celebrities, the Skylight Inn that has continued a North Carolina family's tradition since the 19th century, and another Memphis institution, Interstate Barbecue, known for its barbecue spaghetti dinner.

S1 E2 | Getting Saucy