Season 15

2024 · 13 episodes

Episodes

1Austin, TX: 40 AcresChet explores the University of Texas campus and surrounding longhorn favorites. He visits the LBJ Presidential Library and Blanton Museum of Art. He dines on a beloved burger from "Dirty's" and eats at the oldest beer garden in America.
2Menard, TXChet visits the ruins of an abandoned Spanish Fort and the US's Fort McKavett to learn about the battle for the frontier. He swims in the San Saba River and fuels up at a local bakery run by three teenage sisters.
3Denison, TXChet visits the birthplace of US President Eisenhower and explores its expansive Main Street. He learns about the man who saved the European wine industry and visits a local distillery making Cognac in his honor. He swims in Lake Texoma and fills his belly with country catfish.
4Eastland/Cisco, TXChet visits a town made famous by "Old Rip" the horny toad who lived 31 years trapped in the courthouse wall. He eats at a local meat market and beloved Tex-Mex establishment. He hikes the spooky ruins of an abandoned zoo, learns about the "Santa Clause Killer," and visits the first Hilton hotel.
5Karnes County, TXChet explores Texas Polish Country by traveling around Karnes County. He visits Panna Maria, the oldest Polish settlement in America and gets educated at their state-of-the-art Heritage Center. He eats authentic Polish sausage at Pollok’s Market in Falls City and mesquite-fired steak in Kennedy. He also experiments with Kool-Aid Pickles on a snow cone.
6Bulverde, TXJust north of San Antonio, Chet finds a scratch-bakery making delectable breakfast items. He partakes in some traditional 9-pin bowling, paddles the Guadalupe River, and visits a distillery before eating a PB-J Burger.
7Plano, TXChet explores a town in the midst of DFW. He eats at a butcher shop making delicious bison burgers and takes a trail ride across the TV-famous Southfork Ranch. He swings through the trees on an urban ropes course and stuffs himself at a modern food-court before finishing the day trying a new sport - fowling.
8Jasper, TXChet heads to East Texas to experience its history and beauty. He dines at a New Orleans inspired bistro and partakes in a 40-year-old country buffet tradition. He hikes through the piney woods and visits an abandoned sawmill.
9Hutto, TXWelcome to Hutto, a place where a runaway circus hippo became a town legend, and every corner is packed with comfort food, quirky history, and unexpected adventure,
10Mexia, TXChet visits the home of songwriting legend Cindy Walker, eats a three-pig sandwich and fried catfish while enjoying this charming town.
11Katy, TXChet heads to this Houston suburb for a festival of foods! Venezuelan pastries, Viet-Cajun crawfish, and South African street food. He operates an excavator at a local theme park and enjoys a "rice lager" under the historic rice silos.
12Coleman, TXChet explores this town built on the cattle trail. A 100-year-old soda fountain, a wicked candle shop, and an olive oil company are highlights.
13Paris, TXChet heads to the frenchy-est town in Texas to visit the Eiffel Tower with a cowboy hat, eat crepes, drink wine, and learn some history. He bikes the Tour de Paris rails-to-trails project and makes bagels with a local baker.