On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:48:14 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:21:42 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:38:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>> snip
>> >
>> >My dad used to BBQ perhaps once or twice a year. It was either steaks or
>> >hamburgers. When I knew he was firing up the BBQ, I would run and look for
>> >recipes that I could make.
>> snip
>> What you dad did was "grill". He did not do BBQ in the sense that we
>> are discussing. You may have called it barbeque but it is not what we
>> are talking about.
>> Janet
>
>Grill and barbecue are both nouns and verbs and their use depends on
>the region you live in the USA. Context is everything! I'm talking
>the same BBQ language that Mayo, Ed and Pete are talking at this point
>in time and I really appreciate their input.

I know. The same thing came up a couple of days ago and it was
pointed out to Julie that was she was talking about with steaks was
grilling not BBQ.
non sequitur: In Wisconsin, when I was a child, grilling was called
'having a fry out.' Burgers and brats.
Janet US