Finally, therapist Jack Demiranda is ready to create a plan for you to eat your way through the menu at his favorite barbecue spot.

Located in West Palm Beach, it's called Tropical Smokehouse.

I'm Rick Mace, chef of Tropical Smokehouse.

So Tropical Smokehouse started as an idea that we wanted to make a local barbecue joint and have a real sense of place in the menu.

I was cooking locally in a hotel kitchen, and I took a trip to Texas and was really impressed with all of the barbecue joints that I visited there.

I came home and I was like, "How can I take that model and make it our own?"

And so, we started to weave together all of these ideas that have all these different cues of food and culture from here in South Florida and bring them together in a familiar idea of barbecue.

So we're here on Dixie Highway at the end of Antique Row, right before Southern Boulevard, so we're kind of at the center of all of the neighborhoods here outside of downtown West Palm, and we're right off the 95 as well, so it's really easy for a lot of different people to get to the restaurant.

We like to really just focus on our inputs and bringing quality ingredients in, our motto is, "Good groceries makes great barbecue."

Tropical Smokehouse is Florida's craft barbecue.

So you say that this really sets itself apart from other barbecue places, and tell me why that is.

It really does, yes, and it's mostly about the sides and sort of Latin flavor, and they say it's Florida smoke and sunshine and it really feels like a Florida barbecue place, you know, nothing comes to mind when you think Florida barbecue, because we really haven't had anything put us on the map like that, and I really think Tropical Barbecue does that with their brisket and their ribs, and also, you know, their interesting, innovative sides like plantains, so... Yeah.

That's interesting.

Okay, Jennifer, what'd you think?

I loved it.

It was great.

It was a fantastic restaurant, the parking was a little bit hard because so many people wanted to get in...

But we were able to park on the street and get in quite quickly.

Okay.

All right, so let's dig right in.

Jack, tell me what you had this last time you went.

Well, I order...

Always order the brisket, I've only been, you know, let down one time when they had run out of brisket, so most of the time since then, they haven't run out, it's been incredible, try all of the sides, the chorizo queso...

Hold on, let's get into brisket really quick, so obviously, slow-cooked brisket on the smoker, right?

Is it very smoky?

[Jack] It's not very smoky, there's a little bit of smoke and a beautiful smoke ring, it's juicy.

[Michelle] What sides did you have?

[Jack] We had the cheese fries, which are incredible crinkle-cut fries and the cheese sauce that they also use in their mac and cheese, which is incredible, and the plantains, you would never think that plantains go well in a barbecue setting, but... [Michelle] And why not?

[Jack] It's incredible.

Yeah, why not?

Yeah, absolutely.

[Michelle] Sweet, smoky, spicy, absolutely.

I mean, I love plantains, so I think they go everywhere.

Jennifer, what'd you have?

We started off with the smoked fish dip, it was very, very good, they have homemade chips to go with it, a side of pickles, the pickles are nice and sweet, so the smokiness of the dip went well with the pickles, my daughter had a pulled-pork sandwich that she had the sweet barbecue sauce with, very good, she got a side of black beans, they are my favorite.

My husband got a burger, which was juicy and cooked so well, it was a very good burger, and I got the fish sandwich, which was a big... [Michelle] Was it grilled or fried?

[Jennifer] It was fried.

Yeah, so it was a big, white fish, flaky, it was delicious with a coleslaw, and the bun was... Oh, it was great.

It was great, and their desserts, we had both of them.

We had the key lime pie and we had the cookie, and my husband doesn't like raisins in cookies, but I do, and it was a hit, he loved it, and I had a frozen margarita and it was delicious, it was a perfect meal.

I like that.

All right, Michelle, tell me about your experience.

Well, so I actually told friends of mine that I was going here, and they were so excited, they loved this place, so they wanted to meet me there so that I could try everything, so I had the brisket, I had the crispy fish sandwich... [Michelle] What'd you think of the brisket?

[Michelle] Excellent, melted in your mouth.

Crispy fish sandwich.

[Michelle] Same as Jennifer.

[Michelle] Yep.

[Michelle] Did you have the same feeling that she had?

That it was perfect?

Yep, perfect.

Okay.

And the hamburger, which is a smashburger, which was...

It melted in your mouth, so that with the crispy yuca fries, the white cheddar mac and cheese, I tried it all... We should maybe head there after this show, because y'all are making me so hungry.

Everything was dynamite.

All right, prices?

Excellent value.

Yep.

Are the portions huge?

I took... Well, obviously, I had three things, so... And I took them home.

But is it, like, overwhelmingly big?

[People] No.

I think the portions are perfect for individuals, it's not really sharing sizes, but it's good for one person.

Unless you order everything.

Unless you order everything.

Then you can just pass it around the table and be perfectly fine.

Okay, well, Tropical Smokehouse was your choice, Jack, so sum it up for me.

So for the purest or new-to-barbecue, it's smoke and sunshine for a satisfied mind.

Jennifer?

It's a great meal from a true smoke-master, every dish is delicious, the meat is great, I'm definitely gonna go back with my family to try out more of their items.

Brisket is next.

[Jennifer] Yep.

Okay, Michelle, tell me.

Great value, excellent food, thank you for the recommendation, Jack, I will be back.

Great.

For brisket that will leave you spellbound, you can visit Tropical Smokehouse, located at 3815 South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach.

They're open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, reservations are not accepted, with their average price for dinner without drinks is about 45 dollars.