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Excellent advise... Now to address the important question; as far as I can tell, in North Carolina BBQ is a noun meaning vinegar based pulled pork, hush puppie

• jadell 7y ago
  The definition of BBQ in North Carolina varies depending where in the state you are. Eastern NC-style is vinegar-based sauce with whole hog pulled pork. Western-style (also know as Lexington-style) is thicker tomato-based sauce, the meat is also pork, but either pulled or chopped, and typically only the shoulder-cut. Texas BBQ is (almost) always beef, usually brisket, but can also be different cuts and sausages. It's usually dry-rubbed with mixed seasonings. "BBQ" is a verb everywhere, including NC and Texas, but outside the southern US, people use it to mean any type of outdoor cooking, while in the south it specifically means "slow smoked meat", while other types of cooking outside are called "grilling." "BBQ" as a verb is a style of cooking (you could BBQ vegetables if you wanted), but "BBQ" as a noun, at least in the south, means meat slow cooked with smoke rather than direct heat.