Carolina Barbecue vs BBQ??? What's up with that?

N8man · May 8, 2014

I've read somewhere today that here in Carolina we don't BBQ nothing other than Pork...well, that's pretty accurate for the most part, and yet, it's not.
Here abouts, when we'uns says,"Barbecue" in and of itself means pork, whole, sliced, diced, pulled or chopped....cooked pig, pure and simple. But that's not all we cook outside over coals and smoke and live fire, we just don't call it,"Barbecue", but we may call it,"BBQ" Confused? Don't be, it's all good.
Today for example, I built a fire in the stubby drumpit using royal oak lump.....

and cooked up this....

some of the best BBQ'd chicken you'd ever hope to eat.....but it ain't "Barbecue"......

peeps · May 8, 2014

Good lookin' barbeque! :boink:

Yendor · May 8, 2014

What kind of pig did that come from?

I'll take a plate of that and a side of slaw.

bwsawman · May 8, 2014

I love your cooks N8man....thanks for sharing! (Just wish I could stop by and find out how much I love'em.)

Bludawg · May 8, 2014

Mmmmm DFC Wahoooo

deguerre · May 8, 2014

Preach it Cuzzin!

deepsouth · May 8, 2014

good looking yardbird.

N8man · May 8, 2014

Welpers, I just recalled something from my youth and indeed I have it all wrong....
My Granny and my Mama used to call a dish they both made "Barbecued Chicken"....
it involved putting cut chicken pieces in a pan, seasoning and then pouring a home made barbecue sauce consisting mainly of ketchup, lemon juice, and lemon wedges over all the pieces and baking it in the oven.....I actually didn't care for it at all.....blahhhhh.....

Mark70 · May 8, 2014

For a beginner what's the coating/rub you have used looks great

peeps · May 8, 2014

IIRC, N8 uses this...

http://www.house-autry.com/_pages/products/chickenbreader.php

oldbill · May 8, 2014

N8man said:
I've read somewhere today that here in Carolina we don't BBQ other than Pork...well, that's pretty accurate for the most part, and yet, it's not.
Here abouts, when we'uns says,"Barbecue" in and of itself means pork, whole, sliced, diced, pulled or chopped....cooked pig, pure and simple. But that's not all we cook outside over coals and smoke and live fire, we just don't call it,"Barbecue", but we may call it,"BBQ" Confused? Don't be, it's all good.
Today for example, I built a fire in the stubby drumpit using royal oak lump.....

and cooked up this....

some of the best BBQ'd chicken you'd ever hope to eat.....but it ain't "Barbecue"......

That's good lookin' shicken!!!:-D
It's a little on the light side though, why don't you bring it down here to my pit and I'll put some smoke on it for ya!:wink:

N8man · May 8, 2014

Mark70 said:
For a beginner what's the coating/rub you have used looks great

For those keeping score at home...
this is an original, down home, taste of North Carolina...

made at a grist mill close to where my Daddy was born and raised....
I took a cup and a half of the breader, placed it in a gallon zip lock baggie,
added a tablespoon of crushed sea salt and a tablespoon of Mike Mills Magic Dust....recipe as follows....

1/2 cup paprika
1/4 cup kosher salt, finely ground
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons mustard powder
1/4 cup chili powder
1/4 cup ground cumin
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
1/4 cup granulated garlic
2 tablespoons cayenne

mixed it well into the breader then coated the chicken pieces two at a time by placing them into the baggie, zipping it closed and shaking the bejezus out of it, then using tongs I grasped the pieces while still in the baggie, shook off the excess breader and placed into a bowl for transport outside...
I cooked the chicken somewhere around 350*f for forty five minutes and checked them with my thermapen heat probe, cooking them to 170*f internal.....

Gore · May 8, 2014

Beautiful! :hungry:

sliding_billy · May 8, 2014

Kind of like calling all soda "Coke." I'd like a Dr. Pepper Coke with my Brisket (BBQ) please.

ShencoSmoke · May 8, 2014

Nice! Where did you get those grate risers?

N8man · May 8, 2014

ShencoSmoke said:
Nice! Where did you get those grate risers?

repurposed beer can chicken holders....:wink:

Al Czervik · May 8, 2014

I sooooo want these... :hungry:

bander7003 · May 8, 2014

I don't care what you call it. It looks delicious!!

bander7003 · May 8, 2014

So that's a completely dry breading on the chicken when it goes on the smoker? I'm beyond impressed with the end-product.

landarc · May 8, 2014

Nice outdoor cook in' Cuzzin N8man

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