Finger Licking Good Barbecue

Have you ever found yourself walking around your neighborhood, and smelled something that made you want to beg for a handout from a stranger? That devilishly scintillating smell was more than likely someone barbecuing steak, chicken, or hamburgers. That barbecue or barbeque or BBQ smell is so tantalizing that you find yourself staying near the house just so you can continue to smell that delicious, finger licking good barbecue.

Have you ever wondered just how barbecuing got its start? Personally, I think a cave woman was carrying a load of meat that was too heavy for her, and she dropped a piece right into the fire pit. Her cave man husband had brought half a dinosaur home for dinner, and was napping while he waited for dinner. As luck would have it, of course, the piece that fell in the fire was his favorite cut. Don't ask! Afraid to tell him what happened, she brushed off the burned meat, and set it before him. He was ecstatic and praised her for her perfect preparation. Her accident turned into his pleasure and eventually hers - and yours.

The term barbecue refers to a very special method of cooking meat utilizing a flaming or smoking heat source such as coal, gas or wood. People often confuse barbecuing with grilling, and while that is understandable, there are several very distinct differences. For starters, barbecue takes a lot longer than grilling. And most often with barbecue, the heat is applied to the food in an indirect manner. Barbecue is also commonly referred to as barbeque or BBQ. And in the Land Down Under, aka Australia, the word barbecue is shortened to the slang barbie.

In different parts of the US, the word barbecue connotes slightly different concepts. For instance, barbecue can refer to the equipment that is used to slowly cook the food in question. It can also be an event where friends and family gather to enjoy food cooked outdoors. And, barbecue is also the name for a particular flavor, as in barbecue sauce or barbecue chips. Also, in the American South, the word barbecue is frequently used to describe a dish of slowly smoked, pulled pork, that is often served with a tangy, spicy barbecue sauce.

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If you happen to be a novice to the world of barbecue, it helps to know more about the various cooking methods that are used. The first is wood. Many traditionalists love cooking meat over wood, because the type of wood used can impart a certain special flavor to the meat being cooked. Others prefer to combine wood with coal to maintain more control over the temperature and cooking speed.

While we're on the subject, coal is another primary method of barbecuing. You will need a charcoal cooker and a bag of charcoal. Charcoal comes in briquette form, or raw, unshaped form. Most people use lighter fluid to set their charcoal briquettes aflame. Once the charcoal has been lit, and the briquettes or pieces are ashed, the food is added to the top portion of the cooker. The heat level on a charcoal barbecue is controlled via careful venting and placement of burning charcoal. Some barbecue that uses charcoal takes many hours and requires special equipment. This is commonly referred to as smoking.

Yet another method of barbecuing involves the use of gas or propane grilling. This is certainly the quickest, easiest, and most efficient way. However, many of us simply don't consider anything cooked with gas or propane to be real barbecue. One way to add a smoky wood flavor to any food cooked on a gas or propane grill is with the use of water soaked wood chips placed in a foil packet or special smoker box.

No matter what your imagination conjures up when you hear the word barbecue, delicious food is always involved!

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