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On 2/10/2019 7:21 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:45:57 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
>> On 19:10 10 Feb 2019, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/10/2019 12:18 PM, Pamela wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree. A barbeque can be fun but it rarely produces better food than
>>>> cooked indoors.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Better is just opinion. Both can produce excellent food and they are
>>> different.

>>
>> Many people enjoy a BBQ but, in my experience, they are fooling themselves
>> if they think they're getting better tasting food.
>>
>> Maybe the event, the commotion, the smoke, the inevitable alcohol, the
>> socialising, perhaps a pool, the outdoors air, etc takes their mind off
>> the sometimes indifferent, and perhaps not well cooked, food.
>>
>> I have had some good BBQs but the taste of the same food would very often be
>> better, in absolute terms, cooked in a kitchen.
>>
>> No one would say the actual food at a picnic is better than at a dining
>> table but the event and its setting probably compensates. Same for a BBQ.

>
> I must agree. Most who host outdoor BBQs turn out crap... no better
> than an upstate NY churchy FEED. Most times the main event is cheap
> bologna sandwiches on white bread with yallow mustard.
>

While I agree with that, we are talking apples and oranges here. Yes,
the typical backyard bbq, company picnic, church picnic is about volume
and a social event that happens to have food.

The other end is the able cook that uses an outdoor grill to turn out
some really good food. Usually is is just a family meal or a couple of
guests, not a big feed. The grill is another cooking tool with some
differences to the typical range in the kitchen.