The True Definition of Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque or BBQ.. depending on where you live it may mean something a little different but usually that is the result of folks just not knowing the correct terminology.
Barbecue allegedly had it's roots in the carribean where the Taino indians would cook meat on frames made of sticks.
No matter how you slice it.. barbecue is meat cooked over an open fire outdoors and flavored with real wood smoke. It is usually basted with a flavorful sauce before, during and/or after it is cooked.
In the south "barbecue" mainly refers to pork and is basted with a vinegar sauce and there is a lot of history on why that is so if you care to do some research on it.
http://www.answers.com/topic/barbecue
In the midwest.. and predominately Texas, "barbecue" refers to beef as in brisket and is served with and sometimes even basted with a red tomato based sauce.
You do occasionally hear folks calling a get together where food is cooked outside a "barbecue" however, for those of us who understand the difference, barbecue is an indirect method of cooking and consists of temperatures that are at or below 225 degrees.
Grilling is the correct term for meat/foods cooked outdoors in a direct heat method at temperatures of 300 degrees or hotter such as hamburgers, hotdogs, steaks, etc.
I know of a restaurant just right up the road who has BBQ night but the only thing barbecue about it is the fact that it is swimming in barbecue sauce.
The sad thing is that people flock to this restaurant and many others just like it to satisfy an inner craving for real "Q" when all they leave with is a sated appetite and the true definition of barbecue drowned out by a sea of sticky red sauce.
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Barbecue allegedly had it's roots in the carribean where the Taino indians would cook meat on frames made of sticks.
No matter how you slice it.. barbecue is meat cooked over an open fire outdoors and flavored with real wood smoke. It is usually basted with a flavorful sauce before, during and/or after it is cooked.
In the south "barbecue" mainly refers to pork and is basted with a vinegar sauce and there is a lot of history on why that is so if you care to do some research on it.
http://www.answers.com/topic/barbecue
In the midwest.. and predominately Texas, "barbecue" refers to beef as in brisket and is served with and sometimes even basted with a red tomato based sauce.
You do occasionally hear folks calling a get together where food is cooked outside a "barbecue" however, for those of us who understand the difference, barbecue is an indirect method of cooking and consists of temperatures that are at or below 225 degrees.
Grilling is the correct term for meat/foods cooked outdoors in a direct heat method at temperatures of 300 degrees or hotter such as hamburgers, hotdogs, steaks, etc.
I know of a restaurant just right up the road who has BBQ night but the only thing barbecue about it is the fact that it is swimming in barbecue sauce.
The sad thing is that people flock to this restaurant and many others just like it to satisfy an inner craving for real "Q" when all they leave with is a sated appetite and the true definition of barbecue drowned out by a sea of sticky red sauce.
Visit Smoking-Meat.com for hundreds of great tutorials and guides on smoking meat.
The Technorati Tag for this post is Definition of Barbecue
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