Diners, Drive-ins and Dives - Season 12 (2011)

Barbecue foods with a twist are spotlighted across the country, including a 60-year-old drive-in, which spices up burgers and brisket with Thai heat, in San Antonio; a Native American joint, which serves blueberry BBQ ribs, in Denver.

Southern favorites are sampled all over the country, including po'boys served at a San Francisco whiskey bar; homemade peach cobbler and gumbo with cornbread are dished up in Denver.

A look at farm-to-table cooking in Boulder, Chicago and Norfolk.

Guy samples shitake-mushroom empanadas and flautas with queso fresco at a Mexican joint in Chicago; New Orleans favorites, like jambalaya and blackened catfish, in Mooresville, Indiana.

Latin eateries in Chicago, San Antonio and Queens, N.Y., are visited. Featured eats include Pepito sandwiches with steak and black beans; a modern take on Mexican empanadas; and al pastor tacos on homemade masa tortillas.

Guy samples sandwiches all over the country, including burnt BBQ ends on a bun in Virginia Beach; fried puffy tacos in San Antonio; and bison burgers with blueberry BBQ sauce in Chicago.

International comfort foods are sampled in San Antonio (Puerto Rican mofongo); Virginia Beach (Italian focaccia and stuffed meatballs) and Chicago (Cajun meat loaf and chicken-fried chicken).

Guy checks out a breakfast joint servin' up waffles filled with bacon and an old-school pfannekuchen from a decades-old recipe.

Guy Fieri samples pizzas with homemade toppings and crepe-filled lasagna in Detroit; citrus-glazed pancakes in Virginia Beach; and massive pork-belly sandwiches in Chicago.

Stops include a Polish eatery in Detroit for Hungarian pancakes and goulash; a café in Virginia Beach for homemade favorites, including chicken-salad sandwiches and beef tenderloin; an innovative diner in Vancouver for pulled pork w/slaw.