Engineers lighting a charcoal grill ... oooh, ooh!

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>>>>> "Tyler" == Tyler Nally <tnally@iquest.net> writes:

    Tyler>          ==================================== LIGHTING
    Tyler> CHARCOAL GRILLS or WHY ENGINEERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE...
    Tyler> =====================================

That was ***GREAT*** !!!

However, as a true *SOUTHERN* BBQ lover, I must protest the use of
both speed and charcoal to cook barbeque.  BBQing is a slow process,
and charcoal, if used at all, is only used like starting ether is used 
on a sub-zero morning to start a diesel engine.  True BBQ uses *SMOKE* 
from one of several aromatic woods.  I prefer hickory, but some
(probably our Texan Bro. Masoner) prefer mesquite, and cherry is also
good.   Each variety of wood gives a different flavor to the smoke,
and hence to the meat.

Just last Saturday, I smoked 4 rather small pork tenderloins for a
crowd of family members and friends up from Kentucky.  I took about
2.5 hours to smoke these pieces of meat, after first marinading them
in "Ron's Sauce".  Ron did not actually invent the sauce; he inherited
the recipe from a great uncle or some such thing.  If you believe BBQ
stories, I will have to tell you about my uncle Paul's BBQ sauce -- he
says he makes it from used motor oil he drains out of the family car!

Anyway, Ron and I perfected this sauce together, as a kind of joint
effort.  He would adjust the proportions of the recipie, and I would
be the taste tester.  In his BBQ restuarant that used to be in
Florence Kentucky (a genuine "Rush Room", no less), he had the bottles 
of this stuff labeled "Bob's Sauce", because I was the taste tester.
The last day he was open, he gave me the recipie, bound by secrecy to
never divulge it nor use it for commercial purposes.

After a court battle, Ron had to keep "Bob's Sauce" behind the counter 
and only make it available to adults upon request, because it was so
hot!  (This *IS* a true story!)  It seems a mother sued him for that
sauce making her child sick.  The kid was only around a year old and
grabbed the bottle (a squeeze bottle, like mustard and ketchup are
served in) and started nursing on it!  Well, ya ain't *SUPPOSED* to
use it like that.  It was abuse of product, not child abuse.  Oh well, 
the lawyers told him to keep it in a safe place, kind of like a
hazardous substance or something.

Anyway, it was delicious, the pork tenderloin that is.  My uncle Paul
used to always BBQ chicken in an old wash tub in the backyard down in
Lafayette Louisana.  It was delicious too.

The point of this post is that if you really want to have BBQ, don't
be in a hurry, and don't use charcoal; use the right kind of wood,
and use good suace!

PS Be sure you have plenty of RC Cola and Dr Peppr on hand, along with 
the iced tea.  That sauce is *RAELLY* hot!

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