S/O - what do you consider to be barbeque?

[rhiOrion]

The controversial chili thread made me think about an even more controversial topic- barbeque. or bbq. or bar-b-q. or bar-b-que. or barbecue.

What is it for you?

I grew up in eastern NC, lived 6 years in western NC, and lived two years in Rochester, NY.

Eastern NC bbq is a vinegar based pulled pork generally made from the whole pig.

Western NC is a bigger chop with a tomato sauce from, i believe, just pork shoulder.

Rochester was even more roughly chopped and also with a red sauce.

I love them all. Rochester's Dinosaur BBQ wins my heart, but Eastern NC is my heritage, and holds a special place.

So... what do you consider to be BBQ?

[Arduinna]

Low and slow over wood or charcoal is BBQ to me, the rest is grilling.

[cristeen]

Out here, its anything you care to toss on the grill. Slow cooking is called smoking.

[Drummer's Wife]

For me it's whatever we throw on the grill - which is propane now, we had coal in the past.

[eclipse]

Anything on a grill.

[rhiOrion]

Hmm, see, to me it has to do with parts of speech.

If it's a noun then it is specifically pulled or chopped pork with some sort of sauce on it.

But other parts of speech can be anything on the grill.

So... "I ate BBQ for dinner" is pulled/chopped pork

"We were barbequeing last night" could be anything on a grill. "Let's have a barbecue at your house" is a get together that will involve a grill.

[Arianwen1174]

Originally Posted by rhiOrion

Hmm, see, to me it has to do with parts of speech.

If it's a noun then it is specifically pulled or chopped pork with some sort of sauce on it.

But other parts of speech can be anything on the grill.

So... "I ate BBQ for dinner" is pulled/chopped pork

"We were barbequeing last night" could be anything on a grill. "Let's have a barbecue at your house" is a get together that will involve a grill.

[Chamomile Girl]

Anything cooked on a barbeque. Helps if it has barbeque sauce, but the sauce is not necessary.

[Drummer's Wife]

oh, I know that BBQ means barbeque sauced meat - but I still use it as an abbreviation for the term grilling. I say, we are having a BBQ or let's get together and BBQ. Even though I know it's not technically corrrect.

[Alyantavid]

Originally Posted by cristeen

Out here, its anything you care to toss on the grill. Slow cooking is called smoking.

Same here.

[Ola_]

Here it's anything on the grill also. However BBQ is not really used as a noun here, just to describe a method of cooking. I'm sure it's a regional difference.

[Arduinna]

Smoking is not necessarily just slow cooking though. Smoking is a specific process. You can low and slow without smoking and you can smoke without doing it low and slow.

[BetsyS]

We grill lots of foods.

Barbecue is a big, all day, deal that is saved for special occasions. We make barbecue the day after Christmas, for instance. Where I'm from, barbecue is almost always pork, usually butts, and occasionally chicken for the picky ones.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by Arduinna

Low and slow over wood or charcoal is BBQ to me, the rest is grilling.

Originally Posted by Arduinna

Smoking is not necessarily just slow cooking though. Smoking is a specific process. You can low and slow without smoking and you can smoke without doing it low and slow.

I agree.

I am in Kansas City, a barbeque capital. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!

[ThisCat]

Pulled pork with a vinegar based sauce or a get together in someone's backyard involving a grill. If you are making BBQ in your backyard then that's pig pickin'.

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by rhiOrion

Hmm, see, to me it has to do with parts of speech.

If it's a noun then it is specifically pulled or chopped pork with some sort of sauce on it.

But other parts of speech can be anything on the grill.

So... "I ate BBQ for dinner" is pulled/chopped pork

"We were barbequeing last night" could be anything on a grill. "Let's have a barbecue at your house" is a get together that will involve a grill.

I'd say this, except that I don't use the noun form at all. Barbecuing is cooking something over the charcoal grill. I'm willing to use it for propane, too, but I don't really see that as barbecuing, yk? I like charcoal.

DH grew up in Tennessee, and he definitely uses barbecue as a noun.

[rhiOrion]

Originally Posted by ThisCat

Pulled pork with a vinegar based sauce or a get together in someone's backyard involving a grill. If you are making BBQ in your backyard then that's pig pickin'.

Hehe, I love a good pig pickin'. I just try to avoid looking at the pig, though.

[Purple Sage]

Barbeque is meat (I prefer beef - brisket, ribs, and beef sausage, but other kinds of meat are okay, too) cooked over a flame on a grill or smoked with indirect heat from a wood fire in a smoker, and it usually takes a long time either way. We use real wood like pecan or mesquite, not charcoal.

Sauce is optional, but never that vinegar stuff (yuck).

[KatWrangler]

Originally Posted by abimommy

I agree.

I am in Kansas City, a barbeque capital. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!

When are you sending me a care package?

I don't mean bucket either.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by KatWrangler

When are you sending me a care package?

I don't mean bucket either.

Some places here do mail it.



I can't believe all the wrong in this thread.

Grilling = / = barbeque. They are different things.