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.

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.