I think the terminology was regional until the advent of all of these reality cooking shows. On the west coast years ago a grill was a big flat hot surface you cooked burgers on in a restaurant. Anything involving burning charcoal was barbeque. I had never even heard the term grilling applied to outdoor cooking until I moved to the Southeast. Of course most people today have these gas fired monstrosities like he’s using here so the term barbeque wouldn’t apply to what they’re doing anyway.
Regional – a large flat surface to cook items is a griddle, for goodness sake. Our daughter would call that “machine” a grill. Barbecue is the stuff you cook in a pot on the stove and pour over rice, mashed potatoes, or bread. (Sloppy Joe type stuff.)
Ubintold almost 8 years ago
All it is, is burning up some raw meat.
dbartley53 almost 8 years ago
I think the terminology was regional until the advent of all of these reality cooking shows. On the west coast years ago a grill was a big flat hot surface you cooked burgers on in a restaurant. Anything involving burning charcoal was barbeque. I had never even heard the term grilling applied to outdoor cooking until I moved to the Southeast. Of course most people today have these gas fired monstrosities like he’s using here so the term barbeque wouldn’t apply to what they’re doing anyway.
Dani Rice almost 8 years ago
Regional – a large flat surface to cook items is a griddle, for goodness sake. Our daughter would call that “machine” a grill. Barbecue is the stuff you cook in a pot on the stove and pour over rice, mashed potatoes, or bread. (Sloppy Joe type stuff.)
K M almost 8 years ago
And that really isn’t barbecuing, no matter how much we apply the word; it’s grilling.
Sheila Hardie over 7 years ago
Cooking is a chemical process, and grilling/bbq’ing definitely qualifies.