The History of Barbecues

Nowadays, barbecue refers to the process ofwith thick tomato sauce.
slow-cooking meat that needs smoke, lowBarbecue Sauces
temperature and longer periods of time. The mostBarbecue sauce is the sauce that is often poured
commonly used meats for barbecue are porkonto the meat while it is being barbecued and/or
shoulder, ribs, brisket, whole hogs, mutton roasts andused as a dipping condiment when being served. Most
other pork and beef roasts. The word barbecue isbarbecue sauces are made of mixed spicy, sweet
used to refer not only to the cooking process, butand sour ingredients. The most popular sauces are
also to the whole event when this type of food ismade of tomato sauce with vinegar and sugar. In
being served.certain regions of American southern regions, vinegar-
Barbecue Originsand mustard-based sauces are popular too. Barbecue
No one knows for sure where was barbecuesauces are often used with other foods too.
invented and who invented it. There is a chance thatDifferent regions have their own barbecue sauce
the term comes from the Taino Indian wordstyles and sometimes they even keep the recipes
barbacoa, which means meat-smoking apparatus.secret.
Another possibility is for the word comes from theHere are some of the most popular barbecue sauces
French expression barbe a queue, meaning whiskerswith their ingredients:
to tail. However, in America, barbecue originated in" Kansas City: thick, red-brown tomato molasses
the late years of the 19th century during Western" South Carolina: vinegar, mustard, black pepper
cattle drives. The cowboys used to consume tough" North Carolina: liquid vinegar, pepper flakes
and stringy pieces of meat, often brisket which" Alabama: white mayonnaise
required cooking for seven hours before it could be" Texas: tomato sauce with hot chilies and cumin
eaten." Arkansas: thin tomato and vinegar sauce with
Barbecue Cooking Stylespepper and molasses
Texas Style Beef BrisketBuilt-In vs. Free-Standing Barbecue Grills
This barbecue cooking style involves one of theBuilt-in grills are barbecue heads built or framed into a
toughest pieces of meat. This is why it can take apermanent cabinet, finished with tiles or rocks. Building
very long time to be cooked. It is served sliced witha grill with all the accessories you need into a
thick tomato sauce.customized cabinet gives you the opportunity to
Owensboro Muttoncreate the perfect outdoor kitchen for summer
This is an unusual tradition traced back to the earlybarbecues.
1800s. This is when sheep production became aHowever, a free-standing grill gives you more
profitable business in the United States. It involvesflexibility when it comes to where you put it. It can
sliced meat on white bread with a vinegar sauce andbe easily moved around and hooked up to a fuel
is cooked mainly in Owensboro Kentucky.source. Free-standing barbecue grills come in a wide
Pulled Porkrange of sizes and accessory options, such as
This delicacy is probably the original Americanrotisseries, smoker boxes or side burners.
barbecue. Slow smoked meat from the whole hog orMost people do not distinguish between barbecuing
selected cuts turns very tender and it is pulled apartand grilling. While grilling is a fast cooking process over
by hand, then dished up on buns with vinegar saucehigh heat, barbecuing is a slow process, over indirect
on top.heat or hot smoke. Even though barbecue is
Ribstraditionally prepared in outdoor environments, it has
This is the most popular barbecue style and tastesalso become very popular in restaurants, where it is
best when cooked the traditional way. There arecooked on large metal or brick ovens especially built
several styles in which the pork ribs are smoked, butfor this purpose.
generally they are cooked in whole racks and topped