BBQ, Barbecue, Barbeque, Bar-B-Q, or just simply Q…
It’s called many things. Means different things to different people. Is used as a noun, verb, and adjective. And has a language all its own.

Our BBQ Dictionary tries to define the terms and capture the spirit, history and tradition of this tasty national pastime.

Tongs

Tongs are used for picking up meat to put on, take off or reposition on…

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Spatchcock

What is Spatchcock? Spatchcock or “Spatch” is the procedure for butterflying a chicken, turkey, Cornish…

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St. Louis Style

St. Louis Style refers to a method of trimming spare ribs. [caption id=”attachment_393″ align=”alignnone” width=”450″…

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Shiner

A Shiner is a piece of exposed bone showing through the meat on the top…

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Marbling

Marbling (aka intramuscular fat) refers to the white fat in the muscle of beef. It…

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Jerk Seasoning

Jerk Seasoning are the spices used in the Jamaican Jerk style of cooking. Jerk seasoning…

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Grilling

The terms grilling and barbecuing are often used interchangeably.  But they are different. Grilling is cooking over…

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Danger Zone

Danger Zone refers to the temperature zone from 40F degrees to 140F degrees. It is…

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