The History of Barbeque (infographic)

There is a difference between grilling and barbecue.

Grilling is short cooking time with medium to high direct heat. Barbecue is long cooking time, generally using indirect heat, lower temperatures and smoke from hard woods.

Grilling chars for flavor. Barbecue creates crust for flavor.

"Barbecue", "smoking" and "grilling" - just fancy names for what people have been doing since the discovery of fire and the advantages of cooked me. Its done in every culture, primitive or advanced, using essentially the same techniques worldwide. Not only pork, but "long pork" was a favorite in many cultures.

capt.huffnpuff,
Long pork - good one. Tastes like chicken.

Anyway, this post was soooo informative [yawn]

Texas and KC is just glorified grilling, ANYONE CAN DUPLICATE THEM....NC FOR LIFE!

In Mexico we make barbecues almost every weekend, just because!

A good barbecued steak with a beer is just priceless.

Here in South Africa we call it 'Braai'. (pronounced Bri) Sometimes highly specialized.

alexacrow,
Deberas carnal? yq con que cerveza? Corona? :03:

@TheIronSea
No soy carnal, soy carnala jajajaja

Cerveza Victoria, of course!!

The Mongoloid people even before they conquered America, they call it "cooking the food"

After you try a good "asado" in Argentina, you won't go back. With a great Cabernet Sauvignon