Fast Fact #1. If it ain't pig, it ain't barbecue. Sorry Texans. It may be barbecue STYLE chicken or barbecue STYLE beef. Real barbecue is pig and nothing but.
there are 4 main styles
North Carolina - pulled pork with a vinegar based sauce. They frequently pile the cole slaw on top of the pulled pork sandwich (which I disapprove of).
South Carolina - pulled pork with a mustard based sauce.
Memphis style dry rub ribs. (simply divine if they know what they're doing)
Kansas City style - heavy tomato sauce on ribs
there is also Alabama style white sauce on pulled pork but that's not as common.
There's also Texas style beef brisket....and its close cousin Mesquite brisket. Yummy, but this isn't technically barbecue.
It has long been known that if you want to get Southerners fighting each other instead of outsiders, the two time honored subjects for this are college football and barbecue. :^)
All sounds so yummy. Excited to have these food frontiers still left to explore! Thanks for all the recs! 🇺🇸🥘🔥
“It has long been known that if you want to get Southerners fighting each other instead of outsiders, the two time honored subjects for this are college football and barbecue. :^)”
I don’t know, but if you get a Southerner trying to push his BBQ on another there will be an invite to produce said BBQ for tasting!