BBQ Grill questions

[periwinkledaydreams]

We call the event a cook-out.

[thecatsmeow]

It is most commonly a BBQ in my area, but occasionally I've heard cookout too.

But to me BBQ = sloppy joes = ground beef in a bbq sauce.

I also make barbecued chicken, ribs, etc. I guess it is usually an adjective rather than a verb to me.

[periwinkledaydreams]

More specifically I might call different events different things.. like if I'm just having a few friends over for hamburgers and hotdogs and some pasta salad its a cook-out, but if we're talking a whole bunch of bbq chicken, ribs, sausage, whatever, REAL meats you get me, and a bunch of people are coming and they're bringing sides and all that.. thats a BBQ.

[Deleted]

BBQ = style of sauce and side dishes. You can BBQ with gas. You can BBQ on open flame. But if you are serving specific foods the event is called a BBQ. We are having a BBQ for Ps birthday and cooking ribs on the gas grill and guests are bringing the side dishes.

[prettymama36]

I'd call the event a BBQ as well. I would also refer to anything cooked on a barbecue as "barbecued", as in "we barbecued steaks and hamburgers". The word grill I have never used.

[prettymama36]

Like the actual cooker, you guys call a grill? Like this?

[periwinkledaydreams]

May 21, 2016 15:11:06 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

Ok so what would your ideal BBQ/Grill/cook out plate look like?

If I hadn't just cleaned up my phone onto the laptop I'd have an actual picture of it! And I won't be able to write this out without drooling. At least 2 types of chicken, so like a leg in one type of sauce and a thigh in a different sauce. Pork of some kind lol, not choosy just give me pork. Macaroni salad, the kind with seafood in it. Potato salad. A little bit of veggie salad mostly cucumbers. Strawberries. And a chocolate chip cookie.

[periwinkledaydreams]

I also would never call the appliance a BBQ or say that I had BBQed a steak. A grill and I grilled a steak. Just the type of food I call BBQ chicken etc.

[periwinkledaydreams]

How could I forget corn on the cob. Going up for seconds lol.

[periwinkledaydreams]

It was finally gorgeous almost summer weather last night and I made burgers and was lamenting that we didn't have any corn on the cob to go with. This thread it killing me I want a grill out so bad!

[periwinkledaydreams]

Okay so apparently I also call it a "grill out"... cause that came out without thinking

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May 21, 2016 15:20:55 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

So my grill looks like this

I call that an oven.

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Ideal BBQ plate = pork ribs, baked beans, potato salad, corn on the cob, fresh fruit, and brownies.

Good golly, now I'm hungry.

[purple]

May 21, 2016 15:50:03 GMT -5 @jimbobcooter said:

May 21, 2016 15:20:55 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

So my grill looks like this

I call that an oven.

Ovens tend to have heating elements on the sides as well as at the top, and you have to close the door to cook. A grill only heats from above, and you have to leave the door open. Many ovens have a separate grill above the oven - we do. I'll take a picture tomorrow.

The photo budders posted is of a very elaborate barbecue. I've never seen one that posh.

[Deleted]

I call cooking dinner on the grill a BBQ. Even if it's without sauce.

For example if I'm doing grilled chicken I'll say I'm BBQing chicken tonight.

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May 21, 2016 16:30:48 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

We had crockpot ribs (which I stole from musicfrk NOM NOM) corn on the cob and mashed taters tonight for dinner. If asked to describe our dinner, we would simply say we had bbq for dinner.

See this is just wrong to me. If it's in a crock pot it's not BBQ!

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May 21, 2016 18:28:02 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

It's called a cook-out of grill-out here. When we first moved here we would invite people over for a BBQ and they came expecting BBQ food (smoked meat) and we offered up hot dogs and hamburgers. It's totally a regional thing. I had never thought twice about it living on CA, but in KS, things are different.

Also, since you ask, I had BBQ again for lunch today. Sorrynotsorry. Burnt ends, BBQ beans and fried pickles FTW!

Must be regional. I'm from California and hot dogs and hamburgers are BBQ

[jessila]

I'm still confused about the grill in the UK. Like @amc25 said, I would think it's a broiler. But purple said that the oven door is left open which makes zero sense to me. Am I missing out on some amazing UK appliance that will make awesome melty cheese on toast? Do you toast the bread prior to putting it under the grill, @hazeldublin ? Now I want a grill on my new oven.

FTR, I call the event a cookout or say that whomever is grilling food. O's birthday will be a cookout with burgers and hot dogs. BBQ is a type of food that has barbecue sauce on it. I feel like it's used more with food that is smoked instead of grilled. But when we make this kind of food we say we're smoking whatever-it-is we're eating. And there's always cornbread. Now, I want cornbread.  

[pghtruelove]

Cookout, grill out and bbq are all pretty interchangeable to me. I usually choose based on what we are having.

[shahoi]

We call the event a cookout, or a BBQ. The grill is what the food is cooked on. And I would say "we are grilling steaks tonight." I would say "we had BBQ last night" if we went to Red Hot and Blue, or Rib Crib, or some other restaurant like that.

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May 21, 2016 18:35:10 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

May 21, 2016 18:30:47 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

-giggles- Kansas born girl here. I bet they wanted to murder you.

lol. They thought we were so weird. We also dropped "hella" here and there which is not a thing in KS. Lol

Is hella a northern Cali thing? My friend from Visalia would say it but I don't know anyone that says it in so cal

H dropped his first unintentional Canadian 'Eh' yesterday. I cracked up laughing

[mirage86]

Event = a BBQ, perhaps a cookout, or simply just "so and so is grilling".
Appliance = grill
We grill steaks/hamburgers/etc. BBQ always refers to the sauce. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure when I last heard someone say they had BBQ. They would be much more likely to say they had BBQ'd ribs/chicken/etc., meaning the meat was cooked in BBQ sauce. You can definitely grill without BBQ, and have BBQ without grilling.

[erbear]

I use them interchangeably when talking about the act, but the food has to be saucy (aka with BBQ sauce) or smoked.

We're going to a BBQ place in jersey, likely tonight. Om nom nom.

[erbear]

May 22, 2016 7:05:48 GMT -5 @scoop said:

May 22, 2016 4:29:41 GMT -5 erbear said:

I use them interchangeably when talking about the act, but the food has to be saucy (aka with BBQ sauce) or smoked.

We're going to a BBQ place in jersey, likely tonight. Om nom nom.

Tell me you are going to Dinosaur.

Yup!

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Aa

[erbear]

May 22, 2016 8:55:18 GMT -5 @scoop said:

May 22, 2016 8:50:06 GMT -5 erbear said:

Yup!

Dying of jealousy. Dying. Have you been? I hope their new locations are living up to the original.

I've never been! When I asked where we should go, it was the overwhelming consensus.

When my h was in St. Louis, he ate at a BBQ place (sugar fire) every day, so I can see him taking us there every night. alayne926

[jessila]

stcyct, ooooh. Maybe we'll smoke for O's birthday instead of grilling. H would be all over that. He does make really good ribs but we'd probably still end up grilling stuff for our niece and nephews because they're picky eaters.

Eta-I think we have the same smoker as you. H takes care of all things smoked.

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May 22, 2016 8:56:01 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Aa

This is a proud mama moment. LO just took my phone and posted thIs all by herself!

[erbear]

May 22, 2016 9:01:21 GMT -5 @scoop said:

erbear. I am so excited for you. That's the restaurant we had our wedding party/reception.

I don't like ribs, but I'll eat everything else. What should I get?

[alayne926]

May 22, 2016 8:58:12 GMT -5 erbear said:

May 22, 2016 8:55:18 GMT -5 @scoop said:

Dying of jealousy. Dying. Have you been? I hope their new locations are living up to the original.

I've never been! When I asked where we should go, it was the overwhelming consensus.

When my h was in St. Louis, he ate at a BBQ place (sugar fire) every day, so I can see him taking us there every night. alayne926

Sugarfire is AMAZING!!