Springtime, and a young man's thoughts turn to firing up the smoker...
The BBQ Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubTQfr_tyY#normal)
Memphis in May.
Gonna fire up mine this weekend. [thumbsup]
Mine goes year round. It will be going this weekend as well. Non of this burgers and weenies shit either. [drink]
Mine goes year round as well. I have a good friend here who's from Texas, he takes his BBQ very seriously. Once I heard something rummaging around on my patio, thought it was a whole troop of raccoons, turned out it was David trying to get over the fence so he could start smoking the pork at 5am.
BBQ is too a verb. The most dedicated BBQer I ever met referred to it simply as "Q-ing". He spent up to 24 hours smoking his brisket, and measured success not just in taste but smoke ring depth. Anything less than about half an inch was considered amateurish. Needless to say his "Q" kicked complete ass.
Words that are not verbs:
- gift
- text (especially "texted")
Words that are not adverbs:
- wirelessly
BBQ is not a verb.
you make BBQ
your manufacture a car, you don't car.
you make a sald, you don't salad some lettuce.
BBQ isn't a word...it is an abbreviation.
The word barbecue is both a noun and a verb, although only the verb useage is officialy recognized.
Examples
Traditional verb usage recognized by dictionary: I am going to barbecue some chicken tonight.
Meat Lovers usage, not recognized by dictionary, but what do those book learnin' morons know anyhow: Lets go get some barbecue for dinner. or Carolina barbecue kicks ass on Texas barbecue.
;D
Quote from: Ducaholic on March 23, 2010, 07:54:37 AM
Non of this burgers and weenies shit either.
That's just grilling. ;)
Quote from: KnightofNi on March 23, 2010, 10:32:59 AM
BBQ is not a verb.
you make BBQ
your manufacture a car, you don't car.
you make a sald, you don't salad some lettuce.
Wait. Don't you live North of the Mason-Dixon line? If so, you don't count. Sorry. I don't make the rules about where people live that don't know what they are talking about
;D
As a goodwill gesture, I won't comment on how to properly pronounce clam chowdah, or why youse is the improper use of the word y'all.
Quote from: il d00d on March 23, 2010, 05:36:54 PM
Wait. Don't you live North of the Mason-Dixon line? If so, you don't count. Sorry. I don't make the rules about where people live that don't know what they are talking about
;D
As a goodwill gesture, I won't comment on how to properly pronounce clam chowdah, or why youse is the improper use of the word y'all.
Roger that! You haven't lived BBQ till you've hit Dreamland in Tuscaloosa. Or that hole in the wall by the airport in Memphis, or the man with the smoker that looks like a T Model Ford.
Quote from: Speedbag on March 23, 2010, 01:18:34 PM
That's just grilling. ;)
Just to confuse things further, in the UK grilling means broiling.
Quote from: somegirl on March 23, 2010, 07:59:19 PM
Just to confuse things further, in the UK grilling means broiling.
What is broiler but an up side down grill? They can be used for many of the same purposes. The broiler is always the standby if you run out of propane. Of course neither is actually BBQing.
sac
Quote from: somegirl on March 23, 2010, 07:59:19 PM
Just to confuse things further, in the UK grilling means broiling.
Don't listen to the vegan. She knows nothing of grilling.
Quote from: MrIncredible on March 23, 2010, 08:14:13 PM
Don't listen to the vegan. She knows nothing of grilling.
[roll]
(http://www.cookstr.com/photos/recipes/1132/medium/recipe-1132.jpg)
(http://www.grilledvegetablerecipe.com/Grilled-Vegetables-Recipe-Images/grilled-vegetables-recipe.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#UK_and_Ireland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#UK_and_Ireland)
Quote from: Triple J on March 23, 2010, 12:40:05 PM
BBQ isn't a word...it is an abbreviation.
The word barbecue is both a noun and a verb, although only the verb useage is officialy recognized.
Examples
Traditional verb usage recognized by dictionary: I am going to barbecue some chicken tonight.
Meat Lovers usage, not recognized by dictionary, but what do those book learnin' morons know anyhow: Lets go get some barbecue for dinner. or Carolina barbecue kicks ass on Texas barbecue.
;D
I hear they got one a them dictionaries in the libary.
Quote from: somegirl on March 23, 2010, 08:19:10 PM
[roll]
(http://www.cookstr.com/photos/recipes/1132/medium/recipe-1132.jpg)
(http://www.grilledvegetablerecipe.com/Grilled-Vegetables-Recipe-Images/grilled-vegetables-recipe.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#UK_and_Ireland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#UK_and_Ireland)
Is all that fluffery hiding meat of some sort? [evil]
I use mine less in the winter but still did 45lbs of pork but in Jan when temps were bout 15 degrees. Makes for a whole lot of charcoal usage over the course of 18 hours. And beer. Cuz you can't have the smoker goin without beer.
Quote from: vwboomer on March 24, 2010, 09:17:26 AM
Cuz you can't have the smoker goin without beer.
True dat. [thumbsup] [drink]
Can be somewhat of a "problem" with long-term BBQ sessions, trashed by the time the food's done.
http://www.commissarybbq.com/ (http://www.commissarybbq.com/)
Quote from: il d00d on March 23, 2010, 05:36:54 PM
Wait. Don't you live North of the Mason-Dixon line? If so, you don't count. Sorry. I don't make the rules about where people live that don't know what they are talking about
;D
As a goodwill gesture, I won't comment on how to properly pronounce clam chowdah, or why youse is the improper use of the word y'all.
first of..go make the beast with two backs yourself [cheeky]
secondly, i grew up in AL with fam just past Dallas tot eh west and Jax to the south.
Uncle was station in KC and we would go visit.
i'm a victimn of a moving family.
you can blow your mason-dixon line shit right out your ass buddy.
though i do tend to agree with yo abit the masin-dixon line thing. i'm just trapped on the wrong side :(
anybody see food wars last night?
Lockhart Texas. sibling rivalry over brisket and sausage. I was drooling within 30 seconds.
can't find brisket in PA that's slow cooked on the grill.
Told the husband we took up the wrong hobby. If we flew a plane, we could fly in for a day, fill a suitcase and be home late that afternoon!
Quote from: KnightofNi on March 24, 2010, 12:11:40 PM
you can blow your mason-dixon line shit right out your ass buddy.
There's that famous carpetbagger hostility. You should go relax, eat some sub-par BBQ and...
Quote from: KnightofNi on March 23, 2010, 10:32:59 AM
your manufacture a car, you don't car.
you make a sald, you don't salad some lettuce.
... as we say in the South, beer your liver.
;D
Just back from the doc, and after years of hearing good news about my blood work and eating whatever the hell I wanted, the bastid tells me my cholesterol is teh suck. Bad enough that even I noticed the numbers were way weird.
Enjoy your BBQ, folks. :'(
OTH, he did tell me to drink more red wine...
sigh. i miss miss memphis bbq already.
Nothing annoys me more than hearing someone saying their having a "barbecue" this friday, and mean burgers, steaks, weenies, brats, whatever. No you are not. You are grilling out.
The only way you can verb bbq, is to be make bbq.
Now living in Texas, i can have bad version of memphis barbecue at the local "red hot and blue", or i have to eat brisket. I only consider pulled pork to be bbq, everything else is meat prepared in a bbq fashion.
Quote from: il d00d on March 24, 2010, 01:22:17 PM
There's that famous carpetbagger hostility.
;D
Carpetbagger, huh? Well welcome back 1865 haven't seen you in a while, but you know what? your satirical cartoons are still going strong!
This was a recent feast off the BBQ:
(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo118/Speedbag/2009_0531Image0002.jpg)
Whole fryer chicken, rubbed with spices, can of beer crammed up the rump in the official beer can chicken holder thingy, smoked with apple wood for four hours.
It was gooooooooood. Hot pink almost all the way through, literally fell apart.
:)
Anyone else notice they used California as the symbol for Florida
Quote from: il d00d on March 24, 2010, 01:22:17 PM
There's that famous carpetbagger hostility. You should go relax, eat some sub-par BBQ and...
... as we say in the South, beer your liver.
;D
i still have kin all across the south.
i will send them after you [laugh]
actually, being called a yankee doens't really bother me as much as anyone who automatically dismisses me based on something about me. (unless it's girls talking about girl issues, they can disregard my opinion all they want[i also won't get into those conversations])
yankee.
sigh. i married one - family from detroit. the winter holidays were... 'different'.
I thought this thread was about BBQ. >:(
More pics, dammit!
Quote from: ato memphis on March 25, 2010, 04:55:53 AM
sigh. i married one - family from detroit. the winter holidays were... 'different'.
mine always makes fun of me for my "southernisms"
her family is the one that decided to deep fry their turkeys. [laugh]
This is a small 10 pound brisket. It's marinated for 24 hours and I just put on the rub. Fires going. Another hour and it'll be ready. Its 5:30 am.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-03-27052934.jpg)
This is three racks of beef ribs. These have a 12 hour marinade. Also just applied the rub. Two racks are rubbed with an applewood rub, the third is spicier with Saltlick brand rub.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-03-27052945.jpg)
Oh man, those ribs look awesome uncooked.... :o
7:15 am. Brisket on bottom rack ribs on top. Barely enough room for the waterpan. Time for a bigger smoker and a beer. ;D
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-03-27070403.jpg)
Inspired by your pics, I did up one large rack of pork ribs yesterday. I had planned to post a pic, but in the midst of another task the wife had cut them up! [bang]
Oh well, they were delish.
BBQing a whole turkey for Easter. :)
Quote from: Ducaholic on March 27, 2010, 02:00:34 AM
This is three racks of beef ribs. These have a 12 hour marinade. Also just applied the rub. Two racks are rubbed with an applewood rub, the third is spicier with Saltlick brand rub.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-03-27052945.jpg)
None of them were rubbed with the bottle of windex behind them, right? :-p
Nah no Windex this time. everything came out great. Drank a bit much though. :-X
Quote from: il d00d on March 23, 2010, 05:36:54 PM
As a goodwill gesture, I won't comment on how to properly pronounce clam chowdah, or why youse is the improper use of the word y'all.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [bow_down] [bow_down]
Quote from: Ducaholic on March 28, 2010, 06:01:20 AM
Nah no Windex this time. everything came out great. Drank a bit much though. :-X
still waiting on the mouthwatering "after" pics, but "before" you ate them
Quote from: djrashonal on March 28, 2010, 08:46:42 AM
still waiting on the mouthwatering "after" pics, but "before" you ate them
They were gone before I could find my camera. :-[
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-04-03093418.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-04-03094410.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-04-03095337.jpg)
That looks delicious. [thumbsup]
There's also a brick of creme cheese in each one. [evil]
Nice. [thumbsup] Try and get a pic when you slice one of those bad boys open. Oh the recipe would be nice as well. ;)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-04-03123606.jpg)
Hmmm recipe. Ummm.
Bacon. Yer favorite Italian sausage. Big lump of creme cheese. Bbq rub and bbq sauce. Weave Bacon, unsheath sausage, apply rub generously, mash cream cheese into sausage. Roll it, baste it, smoke it to 160°f internal temp. Ill try to get some pics when we cut it. [evil]
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/porschaholic/2010-04-03131912.jpg)
Mmmm.....health food. :)
Yankee B-B-Q
Drop a pork butt or pork ribs in some homemade or store-bought apple whisky for 24 hours or so...
http://www.leopoldbros.com/Apple_Whiskey.html (http://www.leopoldbros.com/Apple_Whiskey.html)
it'll open up the grain in the meat....remove from marinade pat/press dry
drop the meat in a bucket of dark amber maple and let it cure for another day or 2....http://www.morsefarm.com/pages/syrup.php (http://www.morsefarm.com/pages/syrup.php)
maple gets deep into the meat rendering a good and proper cure
throw that sucker in a smoker or an indirect heat grill and slow cook
As for Verb vs. Noun
well take your pick.,,,,,
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue)
The origins of both the activity of barbecue cooking and the word itself are somewhat obscure. Most etymologists believe that barbecue derives ultimately from the word barbacoa found in the language of the TaÃno people of the Caribbean. The word translates as "sacred fire pit." The word describes a grill for cooking meat, consisting of a wooden platform resting on sticks.
Traditional barbacoa involves digging a hole in the ground and placing some meat (usually a whole goat) with a pot underneath it, so that the juices can make a hearty broth. It is then covered with maguey leaves and coal and set alight. The cooking process takes a few hours.
There is ample evidence that both the word and cooking technique migrated out of the Caribbean and into other languages and cultures, with the word moving from Caribbean dialects into Spanish, then French and English. The Oxford English Dictionary cites the first recorded use of the word in the English language in 1697 by the British buccaneer William Dampier.
While the standard modern English spelling of the word is barbecue, local variations like barbeque and truncations such as bar-b-q or bbq may also be found. In the southeastern United States, the word barbecue is used predominantly as a noun referring to roast pork, while in the southwestern states, cuts of beef are often cooked.
The word barbecue has attracted several inaccurate origins from folk etymology. An often-repeated claim is that the word is derived from the French language. The story goes that French visitors to the Caribbean saw a pig being cooked whole and described the method as barbe à queue, meaning "from beard to tail". The French word for barbecue is also barbecue, and the "beard to tail" explanation is regarded as false by most language experts.
The only merit is that it relies on the similar sound of the words, a feature common in folk-etymology explanations. Another claim states that the word BBQ came from the time when roadhouses and beer joints with pool tables advertised "Bar, Beer and Cues". According to this tale, the phrase was shortened over time to BBCue, then BBQ.
I keep her fired up year round! I love to slow smoke ribs. I can get a bunch of burgers on this thing as well.
(http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv108/ducrider45/2009_10040124.jpg?t=1270421472)