Dude-esque cooking clearly is in vogue. On Food Network, there's spiky-haired Guy Fieri, who works up "fun, fearless" dishes such as pepperoni lasagna, and "2 Dudes" caterers Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.

Another fad? No way, say the Feasty Boys, aka Jon Mayer and Jim Stump: It's true to America's cooking roots.

"We cook with the four B's: beer, butter, bacon and better not forget the cheese," Mayer says.

Annapolis, Md., natives Mayer and Stump got their start on local-access TV in 1999, showing how to make simple meals without cooking gadgets or hard-to-find ingredients. Their irreverence — and enormous appetites — soon garnered national attention.

Starting in 2004, they appeared twice a month on ESPN2's "Cold Pizza," where they cooked and tailgated at national sports events.

Now, it's on to the Travel Channel with "The Feasty Boys Eat America."

Over the course of the five-episode show, the pair will whip up a Maryland crab feast in their hometown, visit an Arizona ostrich farm and travel to Vermont, where the water buffalo roam. "We were surrounded by water buffalo," Mayer says. "I think they were wondering who was joining the herd."