What is real BBQ?

[JamesDJarvis]

Real BBQ is brisket and pulled pork, you don't drizzle on the sauce you rub in the spices, vingear is used while marinating not as part of the sauce, cooked on coals not on propane.

 

[ledded]

Corn bread - Ah, nature's most perfect food (or at least one of them) Southerner's have the right idea, northern's learn how to do it right - first off corn bread is not cake minus the icing!!! If you make your corn bread in anything other than a cast iron skillet, stop right now and go get one! Corn bread should be flat, not fluffy, crumbly but not hard - dark golden brown on top and bottom, and a soft lemon yellow in the center. It shouldn't clump or be moist and it shouldn't have a sheen on top of it (Charlie, Martin or otherwise)! If you've had it this way and think it's too dry - please do us all a favor and have yourself beaten.

I have to say Thunderfoot, while I may disagree or flat out take umbrage with some of your obviously delusional bbq ranting above (just kiddin'), I have to give you a big ton of credit on cornbread. It's not cake (sweet... yech). It's not bread (fluffy... yech). And if it's not cooked in a cast-iron skillet like you said, it sure as hell aint cornbread. The *only* thing I will tolerate added to my cornbread is that mexican cornbread thing with the peppers and whatnot that makes it a bit spicy, and that's only because I've got a couple friends from Texas who prefer it that way so I give 'em the benefit of the doubt. If I go to a rib joint or a meat-n-three and the cornbread is sweet, I toss it.

Besides, if you think that the cornbread is too dry that way, that *is* why the Good Lord gave us butter, aint it?

 

[ragboy]

I have to say Thunderfoot, while I may disagree or flat out take umbrage with some of your obviously delusional bbq ranting above (just kiddin'), I have to give you a bit ton of credit on cornbread. It's not cake (sweet... yech). It's not bread (fluffy... yech). And if it's not cooked in a cast-iron skillet like you said, it sure as hell aint cornbread. The *only* thing I will tolerate added to my cornbread is that mexican cornbread thing with the peppers and whatnot that makes it a bit spicy, and that's only because I've got a couple friends from Texas who prefer it that way so I give 'em the benefit of the doubt. If I go to a rib joint or a meat-n-three and the cornbread is sweet, I toss it.

Besides, if you think that the cornbread is too dry that way, that *is* why the Good Lord gave us butter, aint it?

We _have_ to have Thunderfoot at our barbeque. He can bring the cornbread. I throw in actual corn, peppers (not super hot, but enough to give it a bite), and sometimes tomatoes. But, a good plain cornbread with real butter can't be beat either. Now if I can just convince my wife that sweet cornbread is the Devil's work, I could put on that extra 50 lbs I'm looking for.

 

[Gomez]

Always drink Shiner beer with Brisket.

Amen Brother!

 

[Thunderfoot]

LEDDED AND RAGBOY -

Thank you for the compliments! Butter for everybody!