s/o: linguistic differences-what does BBQ mean to you?

22 Feb.,2024

 

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Post by anxiousmom on



I live in the south where we grill out on a grill (either charcoal or gas.) BBQ is the sauce you put on the meat. The sauce can be sweet, vinegary, mustardy, whatever-and best if made homemade with your mama's secret recipe.   You can put that sauce on the meat, whether it is cooked on a grill, in the oven, in a crockpot, stove top...it doesn't matter. 

You can go to a bbque, a gathering where you know that the primary food will be cooked on a grill. That primary food may or may not involve sauce.

My personal favorite if my mama's sauce, on chicken, grilled on a weber grill (charcoal.) 






This is why I was asking...we already have a bunch of different answers!I live in the south where we grill out on a grill (either charcoal or gas.) BBQ is the sauce you put on the meat. The sauce can be sweet, vinegary, mustardy, whatever-and best if made homemade with your mama's secret recipe.You can put that sauce on the meat, whether it is cooked on a grill, in the oven, in a crockpot, stove top...it doesn't matter.You can go to a bbque, a gathering where you know that the primary food will be cooked on a grill. That primary food may or may not involve sauce.My personal favorite if my mama's sauce, on chicken, grilled on a weber grill (charcoal.)

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If you grill anything here, I expect it to be put in a compartment of the stove/oven indoors and heat applied to the top of it.

If you BBQ something here it is cooked outdoors on a BBQ, on top of a grill rack over coals or charcoal.  

A BBQ'd dish is either something cooked as above or something cooked in a smoky BBQ sauce in the indoors oven.

I cook steaks on a griddle pan on the hob in the kitchen.

We as a family do not BBQ anything and are not keen on hanging around for food to cook outdoors.  

A grill is an integral part of a cooker/stove in a kitchen. A BBQ is a piece of outdoor cooking equipment. A grill rack is a metal, mesh-like tray that either goes under the grill in the kitchen or on top of the heat supply of a BBQ.If you grill anything here, I expect it to be put in a compartment of the stove/oven indoors and heat applied to the top of it.If you BBQ something here it is cooked outdoors on a BBQ, on top of a grill rack over coals or charcoal.A BBQ'd dish is either something cooked as above or something cooked in a smoky BBQ sauce in the indoors oven.I cook steaks on a griddle pan on the hob in the kitchen.We as a family do not BBQ anything and are not keen on hanging around for food to cook outdoors.

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In the context of the post I believe it's the same thing. Where I live we use BBQ'd interchangeably with Grilled.

Technically though, I think, BBQ interprets as low and slow and Grill interprets as hot and fast.
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If I was in Kansas City or Memphis or South Carolina or where ever, I think it would be interpreted differently.  But I'm on the coast of California. 

We go to a BBQ or go out for BBQ. Which means that you are getting meat that is not cooked on a stove top, in an oven or crockpot.  We might say, "Hey do you want to come over for a BBQ"  That would mean anything cooked outside on briquets or on the gas grill.  Or we might say "I'm cooking a tri-tip (or skirt steak or Chx) tonight do you want to join us?".  That would imply the same thing - a BBQ (meat cooked outside).

  (Wiki only because it came up first in the Google search) 

Barbecue (also barbeque, BBQ and barby/barbies) is a cooking method and apparatus. While there is a vast degree of variation and overlap in terminology and method surrounding this form of cooking, the generally accepted difference between barbecuing and grilling is in the cooking time and type of heat used. Grilling is generally done quickly over moderate-to-high direct heat with little smoke, while barbecuing is done slowly over low indirect heat and the food is flavored by the smoking process.

The term as a noun can refer to the meat or to the cooking apparatus itself (the "barbecue grill" or simply "barbecue"). The term 'barbecued' is used as an adjective and refers to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecuing is usually done in an outdoor environment by smoking the meat over wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specifically designed for that purpose. Barbecuing has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.

This is what I wrote on the other thread -------In the context of the post I believe it's the same thing. Where I live we use BBQ'd interchangeably with Grilled.Technically though, I think, BBQ interprets as low and slow and Grill interprets as hot and fast.-------If I was in Kansas City or Memphis or South Carolina or where ever, I think it would be interpreted differently. But I'm on the coast of California.We go to a BBQ or go out for BBQ. Which means that you are getting meat that iscooked on a stove top, in an oven or crockpot. We might say, "Hey do you want to come over for a BBQ" That would mean anything cooked outside on briquets or on the gas grill. Or we might say "I'm cooking a tri-tip (or skirt steak or Chx) tonight do you want to join us?". That would imply the same thing - a BBQ (meat cooked outside). Wiki BBQ (Wiki only because it came up first in the Google search)Barbecue (also barbeque, BBQ and barby/barbies) is a cooking method and apparatus. While there is a vast degree of variation and overlap in terminology and method surrounding this form of cooking, the generally accepted difference between barbecuing and grilling is in the cooking time and type of heat used. Grilling is generally done quickly over moderate-to-high direct heat with little smoke, while barbecuing is done slowly over low indirect heat and the food is flavored by the smoking process.The term as a noun can refer to the meat or to the cooking apparatus itself (the "barbecue grill" or simply "barbecue"). The term 'barbecued' is used as an adjective and refers to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecuing is usually done in an outdoor environment by smoking the meat over wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specifically designed for that purpose. Barbecuing has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.

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Post by monklady123 on


We "grill" food outside. 

"Come over for a bbq" means we're invited to a meal that's cooked and most likely eaten outside -- burgers, hotdogs, corn on the cob, potato salad, etc.

"Mom, can we have pork bbq some time this week?" means I cook a pork roast all day in the crock pot, shred it, and put it back in the crock pot with bbq sauce. In my world that bbq sauce is reddish-brownish and tangy. 

"Let's get bbq from the food truck near church" means shredded pork like what I do in the crock pot except the sauce in very vinegary. I don't care for this kind as much as my red sauce.

 Apparently sauces are very regional and this vinegary one is from South Carolina (North Carolina?)



Northern Virginia, transplanted from Pittsburgh, if that makes any difference.

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Post by Linda on



BBQ sauce is a tangy sauce usually tomato based but some people make it vinegar based

BBQ'd chicken is chicken cooked on the BBQ or in the oven covered in BBQ sauce

BBQ pulled chicken (or pork) is boneless meat cooked with BBQ sauce in the crockpot and then pulled apart with forks before serving

If I invite you to a BBQ, we're having an outdoor meal that includes meat cooked on a BBQ aka a cookout.

But where I live, a BBQ place serves smoked meat - usually with bbq sauce as a condiment

a BBQ is used to cook food over charcoal outdoors - people around here call it a grill and the verb is to grill. I hear grill and I think interrogateBBQ sauce is a tangy sauce usually tomato based but some people make it vinegar basedBBQ'd chicken is chicken cooked on the BBQ or in the oven covered in BBQ sauceBBQ pulled chicken (or pork) is boneless meat cooked with BBQ sauce in the crockpot and then pulled apart with forks before servingIf I invite you to a BBQ, we're having an outdoor meal that includes meat cooked on a BBQ aka a cookout.But where I live, a BBQ place serves smoked meat - usually with bbq sauce as a condiment

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