Archive for September, 2008

Memphis Tennessee and Carolina BBQ

[Email series excerpt # 4]
Today we’ll cover 3 types of American style barbecue. I’ll detail barbecue from the Carolinas and the “The Pork Barbecue Capital” Memphis, Tennessee.
In this issue…
- American Style Barbecue: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
American Style Barbecue
Although differences in barbecue are blurring as are many aspects of U.S. regional culture, variations still [...]

Kansas City Regional Barbecue (Among Others)

[Email series excerpt # 3]
Today we’ll cover several types of American style barbecue. If you’re not hungry now… you will be after a few more issues!
In this issue…
- American Style Barbecue: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Kansas, and Missouri
American Style Barbecue
Although differences in barbecue are blurring as are many aspects of U.S. regional [...]

Barbecue Etymology (Word History)

[Email series excerpt # 2]
Okay, time for your first “lesson”. Today we’ll cover the origin of the word barbecue, the basics of barbecue including the difference between barbecuing and grilling, and the basics behind regional variations.
In this issue…
- Barbecue: Name Origin
- Basics of Barbecue
- Regional Barbecue
Barbecue: Name Origin
Editor Comments: There doesn’t seem to be [...]

BBQ Blog Site Info

At the time I launched Ver 1.0 of this site I wrote/compiled a short autoresponder series/newsletter called “The Barbecue Cooking Update List”. I know, exciting name, right?
If I recall, it goes through some different regional and general BBQ history and then moves on to recipes (the stuff everyone really wants ;)). I think [...]

Mongolian Barbeque

Mongolian “BBQ” sounds more like stir-fry to me than BBQ. Honestly, who cares… stir-fry is great! The reason it sounds more like stir-fry is the fact that it is a vegetable, meat, and sauce mixture cooked on a flat griddle.
Of course, BD’s Mongolian BBQ restaurant provides an origin for their own unique style of [...]

BBQ Restaurants

There are basically two kinds of BBQ Restaurant.
Real BBQ Restaurants
Restaurants that slow cook their meat to serve up a true barbecue meal experience
http://www.smokeybones.com/
http://www.mosbbq.com/
http://www.blacksbbq.com/
“BBQ” Restaurants
Restaurants that serve BBQ food that isn’t slow cooked, but maybe just BBQ sauced.
Well, I could have some links here, but why bother? Think… better than a McDonald’s McRib, but not [...]

Barbecue Pits

What exactly are barbecue pits? Well, it seems there are three possible meanings of “barbecue pit”. The oldest meaning, and probably first to come to mind, refers to a crude pit fashioned to cook food over.
A cooking pit is a simple pit dug in the ground to hold wood or other flammable materials for food [...]

Grills and Grilling

Not everything that comes from a grill is Barbecue nor is it necessarily grilled. Learn more below about different grill types and some history of grills. See also Barbecue.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grill
This article is about the cooking surface or compartment called a grill or griller. For the cooking method, see grilling.
There are multiple [...]

My Char-Broil “BBQ” Grill

Well, technically… I guess it’s my wife’s “BBQ” grill. It’s a Char-Broil brand gas grill converted to charcoal (rusted innards) with 3 grilling racks, a side table, a side burner, utensil hangers, and spice/etc rack. Honestly, the thing is about to fall apart! The legs are starting to rust away quite nicely now.
She bought [...]

BBQ Blog Welcome

Welcome!
This is Ver 2.0 for this site. The first version was built offline using “static” .shtml pages. I haven’t had much time to deal with the site or update the Content Management… so, I am updating/upgrading to WordPress to see what I can do with it. I will be moving over my content [...]