Is it bbq when you just grilled?

[hornguard]

For my first post, I wanted to tell you about my son. Just took him up to Franciscan Univ. in Ohio. He called when my wife and I got back home to say he put a bunch of meat on the grill and invited the dorm guys over. Everyone wanted to know what he was barbequeing. He said "I'm grilling". They said "No, if you cook meat outside, that's barbeque." He tried to tell them how it's got to be slow-cooked away from the fire to be barbeque. They didn't get it. I had always told him that yankees are raised differently. Now I know.

 

[CaptainEd]

it's ohio. they think that throwing a couple chicken breasts on that burning couch in the street is bbq'ing.

 

[Natron]

They do the same thing here in Seattle.
Ridiculous. My wife's family will be cooking halibut and saying they are having a bbq. NO NO NO....

 

[THEU]

 

[IcyHotStunta]

What a way to have a first post.

 

[S197HQQKEM]

actually for yankkes if you pour "BBQ" sauce on it, that makes it BBQ, hence BBQ polenta, BBQ tofu, BBQ boiled meat, BBQ potato chips, BBQ ice cream, BBQ broccoli, BBQ rutatbaga, BBQ spagetti and other nasty stuff.


speaking of OHIO food delusions, has your kid come across that nasty weird stuff known as Cincinatttiii Chilli?

 

[scottsins]

^^^

to your last query...

 

[Macanudo]

I slip every so often and refer to cooking outside as both BBQing and grilling. I suck.

 

[Luke Duke]

If you want your son to go to school with a bunch of 'tards, atm is much closer and cheaper.

 

[CaptainEd]

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[hornguard]

Luke, my son, the son of a Texas Ex, is a diehard Longhorn. He wears more Longhorn gear than I do. Simply put, he didn't finish in the top 10% of his class and couldn't get in. I told him I probably couldn't get in right now either, the standards have risen so much.
I like that a bunch of Einsteins want to go to UT, that they think it's the place to be. At the same time, it sucks that Joe Texas can't get in anymore. It's very much not a school for the proletariat anymore.
And, no, ATM was never in the cards. He went to a small Catholic high school, and decided he wanted that same bonding you get from a small school. We had heard great things about Franciscan U. where each student is a part of a household during his years there, so you come out with lifelong friends. Plus studying one semester in Austria doesn't hurt. Hook 'em.

 

[CaptainEd]

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[Brisketexan]

Grilling something and saying you barbecued is like whacking off and saying you got laid.

Not that there's anything wrong with ANY of those options -- you just need to call them what they are.

 

[Beau Vine]

Sheesh, that's like asking if you're baking when you use a microwave oven.

 

[NickDanger]

Arguing over what you call it is like whacking off your roomate.

 

[S197HQQKEM]

so if you use BBQ sauce to whackoff would that be BBQing yankeeeewise?

 

[Brisketexan]

Nick's post disturbed me.

The BBQ sauce follow-up made me gouge out my eyes, and certain parts of my cerebral cortex. I can never do math again, but at least I won't have that visual anymore.

And actually, I don't give a crap what you call it. I think calling grilling barbecue is kind of a yankee thing, and I have a general disdain for yankee cooking, so there's some prejudice there. But you can call it "noodling" when you slap a steak on the grill -- I don't much care, so long as you don't overcook mine.

But I reserve the right to make fun of yankees.

 

[SAChick]

I always call it BBQing

but down in the valley no one ever called it grilling. I could care less what you call it as long as you do it right.

 

[S197HQQKEM]

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[GakFoo]

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[Mr.Wizard]

BBQ slow, Grill fast.

 

[Tex Pete]

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[Sip94]

Having done both, i'm pretty careful to use the terms properly. Calling a grill humburger or chicken breast "barbeque" is just a bit disrespectful to those that put in the effort to make real BBQ. It's like calling a famous chef a "cook."

 

[AstroHorn2001]

Brisket, I just laughed so loud I woke my girlfriend up. Thanks for the new sig material.

 

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[OzzieVirgil]

A few months back Steve Raichlen (author of several BBQ books) was on the Maxim channel on Sirius. The two dudes (both New Yorkers) teased his segment by hyping BBQ. They promised to get the low-down on "BBQ recipes, and the best way to cook steaks and burgers". Wow.

After the break, Raichlen quickly corrected them stating that "steaks and burgers are grilled, pork shoulder, brisket, ribs are bar-b-qued". They offered their recipes for "killer ribs" that included boiling. I was totally uphauled.

Pretty much stopped listening to those yanks after that. I could put up with the talk of $200 jeans and $10 cocktails. Not knowing the difference between grilling and BBQ was the straw that broke the camel's back, though.