BBQ Mailing List Survival Guide and Smoke-Cooking FAQ
Acronyms and Terminology
Banzal Contabulate:
One who is qualified to sample other peoples BBQ and pass judgment.
See also: Belly
and Bear.
BBQ, Barbecue, Barbeque, Barbacoa, Que, 'Q':
On Dave Lineback's IPASS list these are all NOUNS referring to meat
(specifically pork) that has been cooked slowly over hardwood coals
without using a thermometer.
On Rick Thead's Azstarnet list these are nouns, verbs, adjectives,
and propositions referring to anything of organic origins to which heat
and smoke (from whatever source) is applied until it is considered edible.
B) a mouth lesion affecting the taste buds caused by eating BBQ with too much ketchup-based
sauce.
Collagen:
Connective tissue found in the toughest and tastiest cuts of meat.
Beef brisket and skirt steak, pork shoulders, and ribs of all animals need
to solubilize their high levels of collagen into its component parts- amino
acids. Collagen has no flavor. Amino acids have a lot of flavor. BBQ meat
acquires one of its distinctive flavors when amino acids undergo the
browning reactions from cooking. The key is to cook at a low enough
temperature for a long enough time for the collagen to "melt", breakdown,
and brown. (Kit Anderson)
Etiquette:
Faux Q:
A term given to any meat called BBQ which was
not cooked with low heat and smoke over a long period.
Commonly, faux Q is oven cooked meat doused heavily
with sauce, the misconception being that bbq is defined
by the sauce, not by the cooking technique. Examples of
this are crockpot ribs, sloppy joes, etc. (Patrick Lehnherr)
Essential tool for stirring coals according to Wendel Smith .
The 1951 Studebaker lug wrench has been officially designated to go to the BBQ Hall of Flame located in
Danny and Carolyn Gaulden's Dairy
Queen Restaurant in Carlsbad NM.
MD = Mindless drivel:
Denotes posts consisting of off topic, trite and/or personal comments. Light banter interspersed with
BBQ topics made the Azstarnet list fun and interesting - until certain inconsiderate members took their
freedom to an extreme and almost destroyed the list. Many old members left for the Ipass list and newbies
unsubscribed rather than wade through volumes of pointless posts. Since this is an unmoderated list and
posters do have the right of free speach, a compromise was reached whereas posts consisting of MD would
include "MD" in the subject line so that they could be filtered out or deleted by readers. See etiquette.
