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March 21, 2006
How about a BBQ Odyssey?
In the past it was not uncommon for The General and his bride to take field trips to different BBQ restaurants. We usually started on a Saturday morning, and most of the time distance didn't matter. We would try to hit 3 or 4 BBQ joints during the day, and it would only stop when she loudly protested, "No more!!!"
I was going through some of my cookbooks the other day, and found a book called "The Grand Barbecue - A Celebration of the Places, Personalities, and Techniques of Kansas City Barbecue." You see, Kansas City, MO, considers itself the BBQ Capital of the World...rivaled only by Memphis, TN. It is home of the American Royal BBQ Contest held each October. The book went on to mention that there are actually BBQ guides to take you from restaurant to restaurant to sample the different BBQ cuisine. Had we not already been to the Royal on several occasions, I think I would take the little woman on this trip. What a BBQ odyssey this would be!
The way the book ends and turned out to be a learning experience for The General. I suggest this book to anyone interested in the history of Kansas City BBQ and in taking the ultimate BBQ field trip. For those of you bargain hunters out there the book is on sale for $4.95 at the link above...such a deal!!
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drew,
you are right...good bbq is just good bbq. all bbq is essentially cooked/smoked the same way. it is the sauce that denotes the region. you are essentially telling me that you prefer eastern carolina bbq because of the vinegar based sauce. a lot of south carolinians and savannians like the sweet mustard sauce. texans like theirs red and sweet like kansas city...
perhaps you don't care for the sweet? a good bbq chef will not sauce or oversauce the meat....
i have a really good vinegar/pepper sauce i will let you try sometime...perhaps when we have our savannah bloggers' bbq...
the general
Posted by: The General at March 22, 2006 07:41 PM
i watched an incredible documentary on barbeque regions. it was awesome! britt and i prefer carolina barbeque and its vinegar flavoring. we didn't care for texas barbeque as we don't really like the red sauce deal. oh well. good bbq is just good bbq. one day we must get together and grill!
drew.
Posted by: drew at March 21, 2006 08:18 PM
