At the risk of being lynched, I have to admit something. I'm from the piedmont area of South Carolina, and I went through life until I was 30 thinking that I hated barbecue. When I moved to East Texas at the age of 30 and had beef brisket, smoked turkey and Pittsburgh hotlinks for the first time, I became a barbecue lover.
I have never been able to stand pulled pork, minced pork "barbecue", ribs slathered in sauce or chicken with that same sauce cooked on it. I'm considered a heathen where I come from now, but I agree with Texans when they say "you can't barbecue a pig or a chicken".
See, now you gonna start a war...... if you can't say anything naaace, then...