Hi everybody,
Since I joint this NG, I discovered that BBQing in North America is much
more sophisticated than in France.
Knowing the reputation of American cuisine in Europe (MacDo, KFC, period) ,
that's came as a surprise to me.

Several points:

1 - Cooking method:
You BBQ or Grill or Smoke.
We only grill and we call that BBQ (Sorry)
What's smoking, Uh??

2 - Equipment:
You have Kamado high tech equipment, not naming their numerous competitors
fully computerised items .
We only have the smal grilling stuff that will definitely look "totally
amateurish" to you.

3 - Timing:
Some honourable members of this NG can BBQ in Vancouver or similar freezing
locations in January.
Below 15 Celsius, we don't BBQ in France, except the few happy fellows who
have an indoor chimney in the house. Outdoor with snow! Forget!

And so on...

There MUST be a logical historical explanation to that.

Kindly read what follows, my little assumptions, and correct as necessary,
thanks in advance.

I Europe, nomadism vanished a long time ago and everyone is cooking at home,
only at home, since several centuries.

In the USA, during the Conquest of the Far West, numbers of new immigrants
had to go from the East Coast to the Middlewest and/or the Rocky Mountains
and/or the West Coast on their own, driving horse powered wagons, fighting
their way though the Native Americans tribes and spending months "in the
wild".
What they had to cook? Wooden fires. Period. So they "invented" quite a
bunch of recipes such as "How to accomodate wild coyote meat with cactus as
a woodfire source". No choice.

Then, came the time of the "cowboys", spending days and nights in the wild,
managing cattles then bringing them to the cattle markets. What they had to
cook? Wooden fires. Period. So they "invented" quite a bunch of recipes such
as "How to accomodate an old cow meat with bush plants as a woodfire
source".

Here were the sources of the USA BBQ culture, which we don't have in Europe.

PLEASE note that all above are assumptions.
Amendments, corrections, complementary information are most welcome :-)
Avoiding to flame the stupid frog will be most welcome also :-((
Cheers
Daniel.