Simple, elegant solution.
Edit, that also doubles as a mechanism to tell your guests about how long you’d like them to be there ha ha
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I always think that those flowers are little drops of sauce elegantly placed. Like every time. And I always think “man, pwn does such delicate plating”…and then reality hits and I get sad
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I’m not, and if I was, I’d still lose because your arms are bigger than mine, haha.
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It depends. I live in Houston, and it’s fairly diverse.
I’ll say people who follow through on the logic, will call anything that touches a pit, BBQ. Fair enough. To which I can agree.
There’s some…people… I guess… who specifically only call BBQ anything that pertains to burgers, sausages, pork, or chicken. It’ll easily turn into an argument if you have someone who is…more or less what I call “schematically sensitive”, (probably gonna get shit for calling it that, whatever.)or maybe due to just…never eating anything outside of “southern stuffs”, will argue that if it isn’t specifically those aforementioned food items…it’s not BBQ. Then there’s the whole cooking process that TXiron mentioned.
My whole thing is that if you can smoke it…and it tastes good, whatever “it” is… or it has touched a pit for any length of time, I’m gonna call it BBQ such and such.
There’s also the use of the word “grilled”. To which it can also mean BBQ. A lot of southerners (including myself), use the words interchangeably. If you come across the ones who don’t give a damn, we generally know what you mean anyways.
In the instance you run across someone who just HAS to make it into a whole ordeal, they’ll perhaps think you mean like…grilled onions, or grilled veggies. Grilled lamb. Grilled shrimp. Grilled [insert anything other than aforementioned meats up above]. But generally most south folks know what you mean either way. If it tastes good we’re gonna eat it anyways.
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Those don’t really count, do they? I mean yeah, they’re grilled, but not like real food.
Not that onions aren’t real. Of course they’re real. I mean the other more decorative stuff. The yellow squash or whatever.
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I’m assuming I’m eligible for most improved again, up a decent chunk of weight so things are moving nicely.
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You aren’t from here originally, are you? Foods cooked on a grill are grilled. Foods smoked on a pit are BBQ.
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No, but we came here when I was really little. Been here over 10+ years. I consider myself a Houstonian. Why do you ask?
As I said prior, if it’s good I’m gonna eat it anyways whilst calling it BBQ yada yada, or grilled whatever whatever.
I’m just mostly siding with the whole logic part of it having touched a pit for any length of time. Hence just calling it BBQ anyways. Just depends on how you call a pit. Or if it’s a smoker or whatever.
We all can call it what we wish. If it’s good I’m gonna eat it anyways. But I’ll just leave it at that since I’m now getting slightly scrutinized for the length of time I’ve lived in Texas.
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I was just messing with you. No offense intended. It was just pretty clear by your lack of a hard stance on BBQ vs. Grilling.
I’ve finally regained most of my strength after Covid-19 infection. It took me almost 2 months… Now it’s time to push some cardio and diet and lose my beer/food belly 
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I’ve been fighting to get last 216 for a while now. Woke up this morning 219! I’m sure it’s all bloat and stuff, but who cares! Scale moved!
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Whatever you do, don’t take a shit!
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I made sure to have a high sodium lunch this cruel world won’t steal my gains today!
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Southerners butcher the English language daily, but say the wrong thing about BBQ and one of them will bust through the nearest wall like the Kool-Aid Man to tell you the one true definition of the word.
I made the mistake of saying the forbidden acronym once when I moved down South - never again.
shudders
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Agree. I’m not sure what’s so mind-blowing about regional differences in speech. “We’re having a BBQ, come by” in New York means come over for some burgers and dogs, or what have you, cooked on the “bbq grill.” “We’re having a BBQ, come by” in the south means there’s a smoker going and you can expect to be given something to eat with bbq sauce on it.
Both nice events to attend, IMO.
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Don’t get me wrong, now that I’ve experienced the atmosphere of true southern BBQs, I see why there’s such a staunch defense mounted in their favor. I’m the same way with pizza, egg sandwiches and bagels.
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You know, I really do.
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I’m not suggesting it’s not delicious, I’m just suggesting it’s not confusing.
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