What is real BBQ?

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

However as a Yank from Chicago, I'm much less militant about this. (Pizza and Hot Dogs on the other hand are a different story. Don't even start me on the pathetic nastiness New Yorker's call pizza.)

Just to sidetrack for a minute...
Chicago pizza isn't even pizza. It's a cassarole that happens to have cheese and tomato sauce in/on it.

 

[Umbran]

Every Culture has a way of grilling meat. For example: Teriyaki = Japanese BBQ.

Except that, both in origins and in modern application, BBQ is very different from grilling. Grilling is basically broiling - high heat applied for short periods of time. BBQ is done with low heat, slow cooking.

Unless, of course, you like your BBQ to have a texture similar to that of a radial tire.

I think that folks who limit themselves to "one true way" of barbecue are sad lost souls, bereft of variety in their lives. The lack of culinary stimulation makes them irritable, which is why these discussions get so heated.

 

[scrubkai]

Just to sidetrack for a minute...
Chicago pizza isn't even pizza. It's a cassarole that happens to have cheese and tomato sauce in/on it.

That's where you are wrong my friend...
Per Dictionary.com The definition of Pizza is: "A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, and often other toppings, such as sausage or olives"

Notice the word pie. When is the last time you saw a pie that was 1/4 an inch thick?

As such anything that can be folded to be eaten does not qualify as Pie and shouldn't be considered Pizza.

No Chicago Pizza is just the return of pizza to it's roots after the corruption of the pizza pie by the early New Yorkers...

But enough about Pizza, this thread is all about BBQ.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I think I'll join you ... but then I'll do anything once, just for the halibut.

Hey, is this the plaice for that? I'll have to mullet over, but the things I'm herring are a bit too hoki for my tastes.

I'd hate to see the thread flounder if people mackerel big deal out of it, y'know? But I guess w-eel see if it stays bass-ically on track.

(Sorry to carp on - that sort of post is almost gar-nteed to get my attention...)

-Hyp.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I think that folks who limit themselves to "one true way" of barbecue are sad lost souls, bereft of variety in their lives. The lack of culinary stimulation makes them irritable, which is why these discussions get so heated.

Oh, I'll eat those things that others call BBQ, and enjoy them quite a bit. I usually order it whenever I am in a different area and can have some. But they shouldn't deceive themselves into thinking it's BBQ that they are eating.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

What is real BBQ?

Korean.

But I'm also partial to Southern pulled pork, particularly Little Dooey's in Columbus, MS.

 

[Jdvn1]

Now, that said, one of my friends in my Saturday gaming group that I'm a player in, he's from Texas and every so often he'll make 'Texas style BBQ' beef brisket. Damn is it good, but it's not BBQ, it's 'Texas Style BBQ'. So while it's good, it gets that disclaimer added to its name as a qualifier

As far as I'm concerned, since the cows come from Texas, Texas is the standard. NC merely has a dialect.

 

[EricNoah]

(Sorry to carp on - that sort of post is almost gar-nteed to get my attention...)

Not at all -- I'm just reel-y happy that someone took the bait and caught onto my shrimpy little pun.

 

[GrayIguana]

I'm salivating as I read this. I love BBQ. I love grilling. In fact I've just come in from the yard after grilling some steak ka-bobs with a spicy chipotle sause. Now I'm getting hungry again.

 

[Klaus]

Only real BBQ = Gaucho style (southern Brazil, Argentinian and Uruguayan)

Meat needs no seasoning other than seasalt (the big chunky rocks, not the refined thing). BBQ needs no sauce on it.

No BBQ would be complete without BBQed sausages and chicken wings.

As for side dishes: white rice, fries, "farofa" (manioc flour slightly roasted on a frying pan with some garlic) onion rings, and slices of bread (garlic bread would do) to be had with "Campaign"-style mix: olive oil + vinegar + tiny cubes of tomato, onion and green pepper.

You can sample some nice Brazilian barbeque right there in the US, in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and Beverly Hills: http://www.fogodechao.com/locations.htm

Hmmm.... churrasco...