BBQ

[fish2plus2]

Im not an American BBQ expert, but I think all the ones they sell in the grocery store taste very bad, and the ones you get on your food in places like TGIF are bad too.

I have googling for pictures of Mekong grilled fish, but can't find any. The fish is gutted, stuffed with banana leafs, ginger, basil, and lemon grace and slowly cooked over coals with a very thick salt crust. It is served with an assortment of different sauces and dishs; similar to korean bbq except the sauces and side dishs are dissimiliar.

I also like strips of chicken soaked in a coconut based sauce and bbqed slowly over coals.

I can eat almost any piece of meat cooked on a BBQ with salt alone and I will be happy, otherwise I perfer the Asian methods of seasoning. BBQing meat is a pretty simple process. Adding that sweet slime to it is like ruining a wet dream.

I am going up there next week so I will get a bunch of pictures.

[Colt McCoy]

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Im not an American BBQ expert, but I think all the ones they sell in the grocery store taste very bad, and the ones you get on your food in places like TGIF are bad too.

I have googling for pictures of Mekong grilled fish, but can't find any. The fish is gutted, stuffed with banana leafs, ginger, basil, and lemon grace and slowly cooked over coals with a very thick salt crust. It is served with an assortment of different sauces and dishs; similar to korean bbq except the sauces and side dishs are dissimiliar.

I also like strips of chicken soaked in a coconut based sauce and bbqed slowly over coals.

I can eat almost any piece of meat cooked on a BBQ with salt alone and I will be happy, otherwise I perfer the Asian methods of seasoning. BBQing meat is a pretty simple process. Adding that sweet slime to it is like ruining a wet dream.

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I agree with you that the sweet crap they sell in stores is pretty gross. But, yeah, there are actually good American BBQ sauces.

It sounds like you're talking about grilling, not BBQ (smoking), but the dishes you describe sound delicious.

[RUFFNECK]

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b's barbeque in greenville, nc. best ever.

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I second this.

[fish2plus2]

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Im not an American BBQ expert, but I think all the ones they sell in the grocery store taste very bad, and the ones you get on your food in places like TGIF are bad too.

I have googling for pictures of Mekong grilled fish, but can't find any. The fish is gutted, stuffed with banana leafs, ginger, basil, and lemon grace and slowly cooked over coals with a very thick salt crust. It is served with an assortment of different sauces and dishs; similar to korean bbq except the sauces and side dishs are dissimiliar.

I also like strips of chicken soaked in a coconut based sauce and bbqed slowly over coals.

I can eat almost any piece of meat cooked on a BBQ with salt alone and I will be happy, otherwise I perfer the Asian methods of seasoning. BBQing meat is a pretty simple process. Adding that sweet slime to it is like ruining a wet dream.

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I agree with you that the sweet crap they sell in stores is pretty gross. But, yeah, there are actually good American BBQ sauces.

It sounds like you're talking about grilling, not BBQ (smoking), but the dishes you describe sound delicious.

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So BBQing is when you trap the smoke inside?

Where do you buy your BBQ sauce if not in a grocery store?

[AquaSwing]

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Im getting BBQ for dinner tonight. I hope you are all happy with yourselves.


http://www.bandanasbbq.com/PDF/BandanasCarryoutMenu.pdf

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Please find something better than Bandanas, quids. That place is rank.

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Ive actually never been there, in fact, wow, I dont think Ive ever had any take out BBQ. Anyone have any suggestions, Im in st. louis, in the city.

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It's tough now that Bandanas is the only big player in town. I used to love Super Smokers but they folded shop a year ago and one of the three partners recently reopened up the Eureka store but as they say, it's not the same.

I do have a source for the SuperSmokers dry rub for ribs, butt, and brisket and it's fantastic.

When I do pulled pork I follow Alton Brown's basic recipe but substitue my own dry rub. I think the brining is key. I use the Brinkmann bullet smoker and kingsford with apple, cherry, or peach wood that has been soaked. I use lump for all of my grilling but I feel it's much easier to control the heat with the kingsford. I try to keep the temp around 225 and let it cook to 165 which is the better part of 12 hours. Getting up at 5am to fire up the smoker is always so fun. Once it's done I let the thing sit for 30-60 minutes.

[RunDownHouse]

KKF,

There's plenty of sauce recipes listed all over the web, including those sites linked in this thread. Making a good BBQ sauce is really not that hard. Making one so good that people will buy it - in addition to the dedication to cooking, etc - is what earns the money.

[AquaSwing]

Chicago Troy,

I like what you say about judging. I have a buddy who lives in Memphis and was part of a local team who competes there every year. His role in the team was to make sure everyone is loaded and to bring as much hot talent to the booth as possible. He doesn't do much of the BBQing, but he's certainly the most active.

He decided a couple of years ago that judging what his lifes goal so he took all the classes and judged some smaller competitions and now he's a full on judge at Memphis in May. Last year was his first full year and he said he had 10x the amount of fun as when he was with the team.

[ChicagoTroy]

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So BBQing is when you trap the smoke inside?

Where do you buy your BBQ sauce if not in a grocery store?

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BBQ'ing technically involves using indirect heat at lower (225'ish) temperatures, regardless of weather you're using smoke wood or not. Cooking directly over coals or gas is normally referred to as grilling. In many parts of the country, grilling is called BBQ'ing.

[guids]

Aqua

I went to smoking Al's, its on hampton near 40, it was actualyl pretty damb good, I got some brisket, and some pulled chicken, ate half of each, chicken could have been a little better, but the brisket was v good.

[El Diablo]

f2,

"Im not an American BBQ expert, but I think all the ones they sell in the grocery store taste very bad, and the ones you get on your food in places like TGIF are bad too."

Many BBQ fans would agree with you on this.