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Okay, time to step things up.

Over the last three years...

-Ooh. -[man] Good.

-[woman 1] Oh! -[woman 2] Oh, my goodness.

[Selena] ...I've made over 80 dishes

with over 40 amazing chefs in my home kitchen.

-Whoo! -[woman 3 shrieks] Oh!

What happened?

-Roll it, you don't roll it now. Roll it. -[yells] I'm trying!

This culinary crash course hasn't been easy...

-We did it. -There it is!

...but it has been so rewarding.

Now, I think I'm ready to take it to the next level.

Raquelle, hurry up!

So I'm heading out to some of the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles.

Ooh, this is really good.

To cook with the chefs on their home turf.

[Raquelle] This is how the real chefs do it!

[Selena] And on their terms.

-Because I said so. -[laughs]

[Selena] The goal is to create my own dish.

Amazing.

[Selena] And I'm aiming high.

Would this be able to make the menu?

Seriously, I wanna make something good enough

to actually go on their menu. No pressure.

♪ Watch her go mm-mm-mm mm-mm-mm, mm-mm ♪

♪ Look at her now Watch her go ♪

♪ Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm

♪ Wow, look at her now

I am so excited for this one.

Okay, first off, Texas barbecue.

-Hello, I'm from Texas. -Yeah, this is your dream day.

Also, Papa and Nana are gonna come taste it...

-Ooh. -...because as the Texans,

-we need to know. -I was gonna say that makes me nervous, though,

'cause Papa's gonna test us

-with our skills. -[Selena] I know. It's true.

All right, let's do it.

-I got excited. I smell it. -It's so cute.

-Smelled the barbecue, we pulled in. -Yeah.

All right. Oh, how cute. Hi!

Hi, Selena. Hi, Raquelle.

-How are you? -[Raquelle] Hello.

[Michelle] Nice to meet you guys.

Welcome to Moo's Craft Barbecue.

-Thank you so much for having us. -[Michelle] So happy

-to have y'all. -It is so nice to meet you.

[Selena] Today, Raquelle and I are traveling to a restaurant

that really hits home for me.

Moo's Craft Barbecue.

Where the owners, husband and wife team

Chef Andrew and Michelle Muñoz,

serve up the tastiest Texas-style barbecue

outside of the Lone Star State.

I'm so excited!

-[Raquelle] Me too. -[Michelle] I hope you guys are hungry!

-I'm starving. -Oh, I am.

-Wow! -Here we go.

-[Raquelle] Wow, wow, wow, wow. -[chuckles] Oh, my gosh.

[Andrew] So why don't we go with what's closest to you?

Let's start with the pork belly burnt ends.

[Raquelle] Wow, guys.

[Michelle] We keep the Texas style, but where we have fun

is on certain things like the pork belly burnt ends.

Unbelievable.

It wasn't, like, the most common cut to do a burnt end with.

-Like, in Texas, it's all about the beef. -[Selena] Mmm-hmm.

[Andrew] But you know, people are having fun with pork belly now.

-It's really awesome. -And they complement each other so well.

-Mmm-hmm. -Right.

How long have you guys been married?

I don't know.

-We got married in... [indistinct] -[all laugh]

Why are you putting me on the spot, Selena?

-So, we're high-school sweethearts. -Sorry.

-So all together... -[both] About 26 years. Yeah.

-Congratulations. -[Michelle] Thank you.

-[Raquelle] What's the secret? -Goals.

Oh, my gosh. What's the secret, honey?

She's just always right.

-[all laughing] -[Selena] Nah.

Selena moved on to the brisket already.

-Oh, she did. Good. -I'm sorry. I had to.

[Raquelle] Whoa. Wow.

[Andrew] Well, these briskets have been going for about fourteen hours, roughly.

It's kind of what it takes to get 'em done.

[Selena] Wow. Okay. That's incredible.

Oh, my gosh.

One thing we also do is, like, our own sausages.

Sausage, I have never made in my entire life.

That would be so much fun, if I could learn how to make,

like, a really Selena-style sausage.

-That would be so much fun. -[Raquelle] I'm ready for that.

-[Selena] That would be fun. -[Andrew] So the cool thing with sausage is

you can keep it super traditional.

-It's just a spicy red link. -[Selena] Yeah.

But you can also do something like a jalapeño cheese sausage.

-That's very popular in Texas. -Oh, yes. Yes.

[Andrew] And then we do our riffs of our own.

So, like, think of your favorite fun food.

I love pizza. That would be amazing, actually.

-I think that would be so fun to try. -That sounds cool, yeah.

We've never made a pizza sausage.

-[Andrew] Yeah. -How would I do that?

We'll figure it out.

-Oh, my gosh. -I mean, we just take all the elements of a pizza,

uh, marinara, cheese,

put it in a casing, and we'll smoke it.

[Selena] I think I wanna make something else to go with the sausage.

Well, what would, like, a good...

If I were to make a Selena dish...

I do like a walking taco.

-[Michelle] Yes. -[Selena] I like putting corn chips and chili on top.

-[Andrew] Okay. -That's like one of my favorite things to do.

I grew up doing that.

-Okay. -[Selena] Is there any way we could elevate that?

I don't know. What if we stuff everything inside of a pepper?

-[Michelle] Like, a chile relleno walking taco? -[Selena] Oh, yeah.

-I love that. -[Michelle] What do you think?

I think that would be really fun.

-I don't... -All I have to say is if whatever we make...

-[Andrew] Uh-huh. -...is anything like what we've been eating right now...

-[Andrew] Oh, yeah. -...we can't go wrong.

-Yeah, it'll be fun. -Aw, thank you.

-[laughing] -That's a lot of pressure on me.

-Thank you. -Sausage is not an easy task.

-Let's see what you guys got. -You guys up for the challenge?

-I am up for the challenge. -Let's do it, guys.

So, where do we begin?

All right, so this is our meat grinder.

So, what we're gonna do is put the meat into the grinder,

-collect it all in a pan. -Okay.

And we'll make, like, some patties.

-Okay. -And then we'll try different toppings.

-Great. -[Andrew] Yeah?

-Okay. -Cool. So let's get started.

Do I just put it like that?

-Or do I put it in the hole? -Yeah, let's put that there.

And then I'm gonna go grab a pan from the kitchen.

-Okay. -I'll be right back.

That is so much pork.

Hah.

-[Raquelle] That's wild. -Yeah.

-Look at this. -[Raquelle] Oh, my gosh.

[Selena] All righty. That looks like it was a heart.

That is crazy.

Oh, my gosh.

Eh, it's a... Ooh.

Do you want any cheese?

Oh, why are you eating the cheese?

-[laughs] -You're hungry again after all that barbecue?

[Raquelle] Little hungry.

[Andrew] All right, so there's a little switch right on your side.

Turn that on.

And then what you wanna do is just drop the meat

-into this opening. -The little hole.

[Andrew] Yeah, it's for safety. Do not put your hand in there.

[Raquelle] Yeah, please do not put your hand in there.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa! -[laughs]

[Raquelle] Oh, wow. Look at that.

This is so cool.

And also, a key to getting a good grind

is making sure the meat is, like, really cold.

If you don't start off with a really cold piece of meat,

you're gonna get, like, a mushy grind, so...

-How fun. -[Raquelle] I love this.

-We can turn it off now. -[Selena] Okay.

All right. So, for every sausage,

we'll put, like, some salt in there.

Okay, cool.

[Andrew] And then we'll put a little bit of pepper.

We'll do the milk powder, and then the pink salt.

-[Selena] Great. -[Andrew] Um, let's do the marinara

'cause it's gonna need some type of moisture element.

-[Selena] Okay. -[Andrew] It's probably the right amount.

Hmm, that's good.

So, just kind of mix it down a little bit.

So what we're gonna wanna get to

at a certain point, we'll change gloves.

-[Raquelle laughs] -[Andrew] We'll wanna get it to where, like,

we can form a patty almost,

and when you let it go, it sticks to your palm.

That's a good test to let you know that it's mixed enough.

You've broken down the protein in the meat.

-Oh, I don't know that, okay. -Um, yeah.

You can see how it's sticking to your hand.

So, we've mixed this enough.

What was your first one gonna be, uh, basil?

[Selena] I wanna use some basil, mozzarella.

-[Andrew] Okay. -[Selena] And garlic.

-[Raquelle] Okay. -So just kind of mix it up

like if you're making a meatball,

and just kind of incorporate all those flavors.

That's pretty good.

Okay, so now I wanna try Parmesan...

-[Andrew] Parmesan. -...jalapeños, and garlic.

[Andrew] Jalapeños and garlic.

All right, let's use this fresh parm that Raquelle hasn't put her hands in.

-[laughs] -[Andrew] Let's press that a little

and move it off to the side.

And one more.

-Raquelle, why don't you help? -[Raquelle] Are you serious?

-Yep, I want you to pick up. -Okay, I have to take my ring off

'cause I'm not getting garlic on the ring.

-[indistinct] -You act like you're married.

[laughs] Most definitely not. You're my wife.

Sad, but true.

[Raquelle] Okay, here we go.

[groans] Oh!

Ooh, it's a little big. This is slimy.

Okay. So, can we put a little Parmesan and mozzarella?

-[Andrew] Yeah. You tell me when to stop. -[Raquelle] A lot.

-A lot of cheese, a lot of cheese. -[Andrew] Okay.

♪ Make it rain!♪

♪ With the cheese!♪

[Andrew] And the moz.

-Just kind of mix it all together. -Now just mix it.

-[Andrew] There you go. -This is a cheese pizza.

-This is my dream. -Okay, let's try it.

All right. I think that's pretty good.

Let's go ahead and fry these patties,

and then we'll decide which one's the best.

What are y'all doing?

-[Raquelle] Oh! -Oh, God. This is my Papa.

Hi, Papa.

Wait, why'd you come early? To pick on me?

Yep. I wanted to see this.

[Selena] I wanna introduce you. This is my Papa.

-Hi, Papa. How you doing? I'm Andrew. -Hey, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. You came right in time.

I smelled your cooking when I pulled up.

Smelled the woods and the wood burning in the back?

Yeah.

-[Selena] Okay. -[Andrew] See what you think, and then we'll

see if we need to adjust anything.

If you wanna add more cheese, less spice.

[Selena] I'm excited.

[Raquelle] Mmm.

-[Selena] Mmm. -It's good.

-You definitely get that flavor from the Parmesan. -[Papa] Mmm-hmm.

[Andrew] And then this one right here was the basil, mozzarella.

[Selena] Okay.

-Ooh. -It's cheesy.

-[Papa] Let me try that. -[Selena] Oh, wow.

That tastes good.

[Andrew] And we have one more, the cheesy pizza.

I like it, but that's all Raquelle, that's not me.

-[Selena and Andrew laugh] -[Papa speaks indistinctly]

So maybe I'll just add jalapeños to this one.

-No Parmesan. -[Andrew] Okay.

So, no Parm. We'll do basil, garlic, jalapeño, and moz.

-Perfect. -[Andrew] Sounds nice.

-All right, let's do it. -Let's do it.

[Andrew] Let's prep some of these jalapeños.

[Selena] Do you wanna cut up some garlic for me?

-Yeah. -[Andrew] Here you go.

-[Papa] Okay. -'Cause I wanna see how well you can cut those.

[Papa] Oh, okay.

-[Andrew] Pretty good knife skills. -I'm trying.

All right, so what we're gonna do is

add the cheese first.

-[Selena] Okay. -[Andrew] And then I would say the garlic and the jalapeño.

-Now I go for it? -Yeah, go for it.

I think we can add this basil in, so I'll sprinkle it in

-and you can kind of keep mixing. -Okay.

[Andrew] It's looking pretty good,

and so now we'll make some sausage.

Awesome.

[Raquelle and Selena] Oh, my God.

Whoa, okay.

All right, so let's just drop that down.

[Papa] Keep it untangled. There we go.

Papa, why are you acting like you know what you're doin'?

I got to keep you honest.

Okay, so here's your mix.

-Okay, now I go for it, right? -[Andrew] Okay.

Yeah, and pack it real nice and tight.

[Papa] There you go. Push it down.

-Keep going, girl. You're doing good. -Push it all the way in.

So now we put the sausage on the machine.

-[Selena] Okay. -[Andrew] Tilt it.

-There you go. -[snaps]

[Selena and Andrew] Okay.

-What's that? -[Andrew] It's a hog casing.

It's pig intestines, essentially.

-Okay. -[Andrew] Yeah, so right now,

I'm just putting the hog casing on the horn.

Now, what I'm gonna do is

-just kind of step on this pedal. -[machine whirrs]

[chuckles] This is so interesting.

[Andrew] So, you wanna make sure you keep it pretty tight.

Not too many bubbles.

And I think that's pretty good.

So, what you'll wanna do is kind of get an ideal-size link.

The trick to linking this is

you're gonna go forward about four to five spins.

And then when you get to the next section, you'll go in reverse.

This way, the twist doesn't untwist itself

on the next link. And that's it.

-So, like, think you can do it? -[Selena] I think I can.

So I wanna start all the way from scratch.

I'm gonna actually take this

-all the way off and... -Oh, no!

-...let you start from there. -Okay.

-[Andrew] All right? All right. I'll be right back. -[Selena] Okay.

Oh, my. This is new.

This is new. We've done a lot on this show,

we have not done this. This is...

Okay.

What the heck?

-[groans] Ooh! It's so gross. -[Raquelle] This is new.

-This is... -[Selena] Like, how do I open this?

-[Raquelle] This is special. -[Selena] I don't know, but...

[Raquelle] Get it on there.

[Selena] I'm afraid I'm gonna break it.

-[Raquelle] Yes! -[Selena] I think I've got it.

[Raquelle] You've totally got it.

Selena "Sausage-Maker" Gomez.

-Here we go. -[Selena chuckles] What?

[Raquelle] That is your new name.

I can't imagine how many memes are gonna come out of this.

-[laughing] -It's absurd.

This is so dirty.

Okay, here we go.

[Raquelle] Now you do the foot pedal.

[machine whirring]

[Raquelle exclaims, laughs] Ooh, wait!

No, no.

-I'm gonna hold it while you do the pedal, okay? -[Selena laughing]

[Raquelle] It's going, it's going.

It's... [laughing]

I hate it!

[continues laughing] There's so many!

It's like a huge worm.

[Selena] Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

[Selena and Raquelle laughing]

I think there's no more meat.

-There's no more meat. -[Raquelle] Okay, so just take it off?

[Andrew] So, yeah.

Actually, pretty good.

-Yeah? -[Andrew] I'm impressed.

And then we'll cut it and start twisting 'em out.

[Selena] One, two, three, four.

-You're good. You're good. -[laughs]

[Selena] So then, it's this way now, right?

-Yeah, just go, like, three or four times. -One, one,

-two, three, four. -[Andrew] That's, I think...

[chuckles] One, two, three, four.

[Raquelle] They look tasty.

-[Andrew] They look good, yeah. They have nice color. -Yeah, you did good.

[Andrew] What do you say, me and you can take these out back

and put 'em on the smoker?

-Okay. Let's do it. -Yeah?

-Oh, all right. -[Papa] Maybe cure 'em.

I guess we'll go to the kitchen

-and check out... -Hangout with Michelle?

-[Raquelle and Selena] Yeah. -[Selena] All right, have fun, Papa.

-Okay. -[Raquelle] See you, guys.

-[Andrew] Yeah, we'll see you. -[Papa] That sounds good.

I wanna eat.

-[thuds] -[exclaims, laughs] Oh!

-[laughs] Are you okay? -Yes.

That was a grand entrance. All right, Selena,

-are you ready for the next dish? -Yes.

-[Michelle] Beautiful. -[Selena] So how do we start on the walking taco?

[Michelle] We're gonna fire-roast the poblanos.

This is gonna be your vessel. You're gonna stuff

the Texas chili, all the toppings,

sour cream, the cheese.

-Yeah. -The crispy tortilla chips, all of that.

-So, this is... -Oh, that will be our bowl.

Yes. The skin of a poblano is very tough.

-Yes. -So, in order to get the skin off,

-you have to roast it. -[Selena] Yes.

-I grew up doing this, so... -[Michelle] Put it on high flame...

-Did you? -Yeah.

-So, I feel like I'm... -Let's see, girl.

Show me your skill, Selena.

-Your fire-roasting skills. -Why did I do that?

-I don't know why I said that. -All right, so what we're gonna do is

we're going to put the poblanos on top.

So, probably do about two to three at a time on each area.

Beautiful.

You want them to have a nice, even char all the way around.

So the trick to these is just constantly turning 'em

-without burning them. -Mmm-hmm.

[Michelle] This looks about right.

-This looks really, really good. -[Selena] Okay.

Once it gets to that point,

-Selena, we're gonna drop it into the container. -Okay.

Just so that they start sweating.

-[Selena] Is that good? -[Michelle] Give it a twirl.

Perfecto. That looks beautiful.

-Oops. -Perfect.

We're gonna leave those covered,

and we're gonna let those sweat.

I like to put 'em on there nice and straight.

-We're gonna smoke these for a couple of hours. -[Papa] Okay.

Let's close this lid.

We'll add some wood in here...

-[Papa] Okay. -...and we'll get this smoker up to temp.

We have a nice coal bed here.

-[Papa] Okay. -So the temperature's gonna rise on here,

and we're shooting for about 150-175 degrees.

-[Michelle] Now, it is time to peel them. -[Selena] Okay.

I like to just use, very gently,

a knife to just kind of peel it back.

Raquelle, do you think you can help us?

-I would love to help you out. -[Michelle] Thank you so much.

All right, Selena, we're gonna start making

-the meaty Texas chili. -[Selena] Whoo-hoo.

-Okay, -All right, we're gonna turn it on high.

You're gonna add some oil,

-some onions, and some garlic. -[Selena] Great.

So now we're going to add the meat.

So, it's going to be a blend of brisket and pork.

-[Selena] Yum, yum, yum. -[Michelle] Right?

-Next steps are going to be to add our spices. -[Selena] Ooh.

So, a good chili takes chili powder.

-[Selena] Yeah. -[Michelle] Cumin.

-Paprika. -How colorful.

[Michelle] Isn't that beautiful?

-Some brown sugar. -[Selena] Yum.

-[Michelle] We're gonna add the crushed tomatoes. -[Selena] Yum.

[Michelle] Some tomato paste.

And then we're gonna finish it with some beef broth.

And then we're gonna let it stew.

-[Selena] Okay. -We're just gonna continue to let it cook.

[Selena] I wonder how Papa is doing.

This is the best part of the barbecue day,

where we just kind of watch temperatures

and drink a nice, cold beer.

-That's good. I like this. -Cheers.

Cheers.

♪ Oh, it smells amazing!♪

[Michelle] Doesn't it smell so good?

Do you mind, since we have a minute, um,

telling me a little bit about the charity we'll be donating to?

Yeah, so we're donating today to No Kid Hungry.

It's just devastating to know that there's just so many children

still nationwide that are living in poverty

and don't have that food security at home.

-So... -Aw, well, I'm honored that we're doing it.

-I'm so grateful for it. Thank you so much. -Yeah, of course.

My pleasure.

We'll be donating $10,000 to No Kid Hungry.

A nonprofit that works to solve hunger and poverty around the world.

This is the last sprint.

So this is what I want you to do, I want you to grab a poblano.

So what you're going to do is

you're gonna grab some of that Texas chili,

-and you're gonna stuff it. -[Raquelle] That's cool.

A three-blend cheese. Just put it on top on the chili.

Kind of like on top... over it. There you go.

And then the fun stuff.

-Right? -[Selena] Mmm-hmm.

So now what we're gonna do is we're gonna add all of the fun

-walking taco topping ingredients to it, okay? -Amazing.

I think I would have put the chips first.

-[Michelle] Okay. This is your dish. -[Selena] Okay.

Um, feel like green onion or the scallions.

-[Michelle] What's next? -[Selena] I'm gonna put a little bit of pepper.

-Sure. Okay. -And then I'll add tomato on.

[Michelle] I love that.

Now the best part.

-[Raquelle] The crema. -[Michelle] So, like, there you go. Beautiful.

It's really a work of art. This should be in a museum.

[Selena] Hi, Nana. Michelle, this is my Nana.

-Nice to meet you. -Nana, I'm gonna give you a hug

-'cause I feel like I know you already. -[Nana] I know.

So sweet. It's such an honor to have you here.

-Thank you so much. -Hey, look what we got here.

-Oh, wow. -Oh, my gosh!

There you are.

-Look at that! -[Michelle] Wow.

Yay. Nana, Papa, why don't you sit down,

-and I'll plate the food. -["Ice Cream" playing]

♪ Look so good Yeah, look so sweet♪

♪ Hey!♪

♪ Lookin' good enough to eat♪

Finally.

-Finally. -Yay.

[Nana] I'm excited.

-Thank you so much. -[Michelle] This is all Selena, you guys.

[Selena] It was all of us.

So proud of you, girl.

Thank you.

-[Andrew] Let's try it out. -[Raquelle] I'm ready to try it all.

All right, how'd I do?

So, the fact you were able to get this quality sausage

in just a day is incredible.

-Mmm, thank you. -[Michelle] It really is incredible.

It's really good, Selena.

-[Selena] Good. I'm so glad. -Yeah, I like the flavor profile on it.

Yeah, everything has good taste, good flavor. It's seasoned right.

The sausage bound pretty well together,

-considering the short amount of time we had to work on it. -Yeah.

The flavors are right. It does give you those, like, pizza vibes.

The relleno walking taco.

It's delicious. Also, it has all of the textures

of a traditional walking taco.

-Thank you so much. -[Michelle] It is so good. You did such a great job.

Nana, what do you think of the walking taco?

I've never had one like this,

-but it is really good. -[Andrew] It's different, yeah.

It's different, but it's really good.

Papa, so I know you're, you guys are native Texans.

So, what did you think of the dishes Selena put together?

Yeah... No.

[all laughing]

No, it was good. You surprised me.

-Thank you. -[Papa] I'm surprised that you've come...

I mean, season one to now, you've come a long way.

-You've done real good. -Thank you.

-I'm proud of you. -I appreciate it.

[all applauding]

-I'm crying. -I'm crying, too, but also the pepper.

[all laughing]

No pressure or anything but, like,

would you guys ever add one of these things to the menu?

[Michelle] I think the highlight is probably

the sausage, the pizza sausage.

And I think that with some more work and some more time...

-[Selena] Yeah. -I think we can get it

right where it needs to be.

-A Selena's dish! -Yay!

-Selena's dish. -[Andrew] Selena's pizza sausage.

-[all applauding] -[Raquelle] Bravo!