What is real BBQ?

[Vraille Darkfang]

The alternate title for this thread was: "Hey non-Americans, wanna see a fight?"

But, since the Steak Thread and the Coming to America Thread already movings towards this....

What do you think is the one, true way BBQ should be done?

(You can post your secret recipies too if you want) Which is sort of like saying "May I sleep with your wife?", only most Pit Masters would agree to that one if enough cash is flashed.


I'm a Texas Brisket & Southern Pulled Pork guy myself.

Oh, Yeah. Sauce SHOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER be put on the meat while its cooking!!!! Sauce ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS comes on the side.

Now, lets here about all those mouth-watering ribs, steaks, brisket, pork, etc...

Or, may the bit***** about the ONE TRUE WAY to cook REAL BBQ begin.

 

[diaglo]

homemade sauce... but should be vinegar based.

 

[Crothian]

The great thing about BBQ, is there are manty great and different ways. Wet and dry, I like them both so I say there is no one true way. I take comfort in the variety.

 

[Desdichado]

I'm a Texas Brisket & Southern Pulled Pork guy myself.

Me too. Although, that's not surprising as a Texan.

I'm not sure what a "vinegar" based sauce is. Ketchup is arguably a vinegar-based sauce. And no American sauce I've seen is as vinegar-based as the chimichurri I had in Argentina.

Now there's an unexplored BBQ tradition, right there.

 

[diaglo]

I'm not sure what a "vinegar" based sauce is.

if you have to ask then you've never had real BBQ

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Eastern North Carolina pulled pork with vinegar based sauce (NO KETCHUP IN THE SAUCE!). Sides of coleslaw, green beans, & hushpuppies.

My wife should be proud, turning this one time Yankee into a Carolina BBQ man.

 

[werk]

if you have to ask then you've never had real BBQ

Word. Coopers pit BBQ in Llano (?) TX.
You tell them what meat you want and how much. If you want, they'll dip the meat in this bucket of 'bbq sauce' which looks like red vinegar with spices suspended in it.

I used to not care about bbq at all, then I lived in Austin TX for 5 years. When you are running home with your buddy at lunch so he can check his smoker, you know it's serious.

Ruby's is good too, but has a regular bbq sauce, it is excellent.

I don't BBQ myself, but can grill a nice steak.

 

[EricNoah]

The McRib from McDonalds is the one true BBQ. All the rest are pale, spongy immitations.

 

[der_kluge]

Wars have been started over less trivial things.

The only true barbecue comes from Kansas City. The rest is a mockery of real barbecue.

And this crap they serve in Virginia is a joke.

 

[Henry]

The McRib from McDonalds is the one true BBQ. All the rest are pale, spongy immitations.

While enjoyable on its own, it is IMO..... Limited.

I had some "Ole Time BBQ" (That's the name of the place) from Raleigh NC recently, and that's probably the best BBQ I've tasted in a long time.