Here in the south (USA) bar-b-que is cooked on a grill, or in a pit, but it always involves a tomato or vinegar-based sauce. the meat may be marinated in the sauce, basted with the sauce, or both. but it is the use of bar b que sauce that makes it a bar-b-que (ever been to a pig-pickin;?) Without the bar-b-que sauce, it is grilling.

Here in the southern part of heaven (North Carolina Piedmont) pulled pork bbq is king. At it's best it is tart and sassy, tender and moist, but not wet. At cook-offs and festival fundraisers, it is definitely a male ritual. The guys stay up all night, tending the pit or the smoker, drinking (if allowed) and telling yarns.

My California cousins, damn Yankees like that transplant Mainiac, Sinsull, and other poor souls who can't be blamed for the accident of having been born elsewhere, call the act of cooking anything on an outdoor grill bar-b-queing. Hell, they even call the damn grill a bar-b-que.

Lord, they no not what they do. Please forgive them their sins.

Janie:^)