It's almost patio season and I am such a foodie, what a great forum to have on here! Just thinking about cranking some GBS tunes and smoking out the neighbourhood. I am also a fan of the show - Licence To Grill. Anyone have any great BBQ recipes?

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MuppetMcD:

Anyone have any great BBQ recipes?

 OK...have you tried beer chicken yet? 

ha, I love that show! What's the thing he says a million times an episode? Time to kick it up a notch or something....you think since he says it all the time I'd remember, but I don't. It's hilarious.

Nella78:

ha, I love that show! What's the thing he says a million times an episode? Time to kick it up a notch or something....you think since he says it all the time I'd remember, but I don't. It's hilarious.

The "kick it up a notch" guy is Emeril - I think the Grill-show bbq show guy is different

I hope I don't get slapped on the wrist for a word I am about to use , however www.roadfood.com which has tons of BBQ places is food porn at its finest.

Have fun!

In the Southeastern USA, "barbecue" means a specific kind of dish - usually shredded pork cooked in a sauce.  If you refer to cooking on a grill as a "barbecue" in front of these hardcore Southern BBQ aficionados, they'll be very confused!

For a superb side dish, try just snapping the tough bottom section off of asparagus and grilling it.  And if you've got vegetarians coming to your burgerfest, get some jumbo portobello mushroom caps - they grill up deliciously!

Love, Columbine 

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I think I would go to TX just to this....

 

 

however this doesn't look so appetizing

Columbine:

In the Southeastern USA, "barbecue" means a specific kind of dish - usually shredded pork cooked in a sauce.  If you refer to cooking on a grill as a "barbecue" in front of these hardcore Southern BBQ aficionados, they'll be very confused!

Same goes for the Southwest.  Cooking outside on your grill = grilling.  Barbecue = meat drenched in BBQ sauce such as chicken, ribs, and shredded pork, beef, or chicken.  There used to be this awesome place called Mark Twain's at the Colorado Belle hotel in Laughlin, NV where you could get all-you-can-eat BBQ chicken and ribs, beef and pork, for $6.95.  It was very tasty!

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moneypenny:

I think I would go to TX just to this....

 

 

however this doesn't look so appetizing

First off, barbecue is the manner of cooking, long and slow with a lot of wood smoke. Doesn't necessarily matter if you have a sauce or dip, though that's what typically sets geographic settings apart.

Depending on where you go in the South (Memphis and parts west of the Mississippi are known for beef, while east of the Mississippi is heavy on the pork.) the pork can come chopped or sliced and can be every bit as good as the beef. Seems like the Carolina Low Country focuses on a mustard based sauce, while the NC interior uses a vinegar based ground red pepper "dip."

The other half and I were in Salisbury, NC this weekend and were able to hit about 4 different barbecue joints in 3 days (figures that the b'ys would be in a couple days after we had to leave). They had some very good pig down there.

Doesn't matter to me if it mooed or oinked. It's just gotta have a good smoke ring on it before it's chopped. I agree, that's a lousy presentation.

 

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What a great thread.

In Calgary you get the bbq nice and hot and u take a big ol' piece of AAA Alberta Beef and you thow it on wait 30 seconds, flip it, wait 30 seconds and eat!

That's wha I'm talkin' about!

Bought a barbeque today!  Whoo hooo!!  got the steaks in the fridge, and hubby is out there settin' 'er up as we speak!!  Steaks with grilled new potatoes and a cucumber and shrimp salad for dinner tonight! 

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Sharneliz:

and a cucumber and shrimp salad for dinner tonight! 

 BTW....that sounds pretty good.  What are you using as a "binder" for the salad?

 

Calorie wise creamy cucumber dressing.  mmmmm. The recipe calls for ranch, but I can't eat it due to a garlic allergy, creamy cucumber works pretty well!

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I LOVE bbq!!!   I just bought one myself, and grilled up some steaks to christen the grill.  There are just two things about bbq that are a must for me.  The first one is Montreal Steak Spice (I'll even put it on chicken) and the second thing is beer.  Not only is beer a great marinade, it also helps with the grilling time.

 

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FeelFine:

What a great thread.

In Calgary you get the bbq nice and hot and u take a big ol' piece of AAA Alberta Beef and you thow it on wait 30 seconds, flip it, wait 30 seconds and eat!

That's wha I'm talkin' about!

*drooling*

Nova Scotia beef does not compare to Alberta beef.   I wants me some of that!

Bulls Eye #1 bbq sauce, nothin' beats it!

 

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