"Dave Bugg" wrote in message
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Joseph wrote:
Hey Folks,

I am thinking about using all the different styles of BBQ I am
aware of to create a log and help decide which I prefer best. These
are the one I am aware of...

1) Southwest BBQ - Just about anything slow cooked over open
fire, adjustable height grilling grate. Frequent basting and turning.

The kind of southwest style you're referring to is more rotissere-grilling
than bbq.

I have had this style of chicken and ribs, I have found it to have the
tenderness and smoke flavoring like the more traditional BBQ'd meats. Slow
cooked over an open wood pit seems to qaulify to me as the distance from the
coals creates the same results.


2) Texas BBQ - Dry rubbed brisket and sausage, mesquite smoked
low and slow (mostly) with out mopping or sauce.

Most Texas joints use pecan or oak, not mesquite.

3) Kansas City BBQ - Spare Ribs and now briskets smoked with a
thick sweet sauce. It isn't BBQ until the sauce is added. Hickory
and Oak wood I think.

There is really no such thing as a KC style. KC is the *******
conglomeration of all styles which originated from other locations.

4) Memphis BBQ - Smoked low and slow dry rubbed or wet with tangy
tomato based sauce (they can't decide)

5) North Carolina BBQ - (east) Spicy vinegar based sauces added
to hickory smoked pulled pork shoulders and served on a bun w/slaw -
(west) "Pork Butt" with tomato/vinegar sauce and hickory smoke.

I haven't ever tried the boil and grill/smoke method yet either. Is
it worth a try and where does it come from???

Boil and grill? That originates in hell. It sure the hell ain't bbq.

Now if I were to take a par boiled piece of meat and then smoke it low
and slow, would it not be BBQ. I don't know if it would be any good but I
heard of people doing it that way. Boiling doesn't sound like a good thing
but it may be worth trying.


Good luck with the log. I tend to enjoy good bbq wherever I go, and tend
to think that whatever good bbq I have in my mouth at the time is the
best. :-)

I agree, any style has it merits. I guess I am just looking to see how
well I can create the different styles. Pulled pork and brisket are both
great eats, but different forms of BBQ. I guess the first thing to do is
decide how many variations I want to try. Thanks for the input.

Joseph




Dave www.davebbq.com

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