American BBQ

You know as well as I do that cooking BBQ over an open pit is not new.  Every culture does it and it usually runs parallel with an occasion like a “party”. It most cases when, “the party gets to goin” when the brisket and ribs are in the smoker and almost done. In my case and the bunch I hang around with down here “gets to goin” we have a party without a name or reason. It don’t matter because we got style. And we got BBQ. That’s all we need . Oh yes, a few iced glasses of hard lemonade and some frosty brews, kind of puts every thing in perspective.


We got ourselves a new and avid aficionado of BBQ . He just joined the crew. Louie the Barber from Lindenhurst  N.Y. Yeah, can you believe the guy had been down here 20 years and never had BBQ.  Well, we were all glad to introduce him to it.  It was our extreme pleasure and boy was it a pleasure for the smoking mullet crew.  Now, Louie took to BBQ so well that he called his daughter to come on down and have a taste.  The fellas were especially courteous when she got down to chow down on some feasty meaty and well rubbed ribs. Done up with those new spices we imported from the mail order seed catalog. They are so potent that you only have to use a bit as much as before.  When she started to come in sight I could see that this was going to be a treat to our eyes. Just as much as BBQ is tasty. Stella was a knock out. So much so that I heard one of the now interested on lookers exclaim, “Baby got her blue jeans on“. It was like an alarm or warning that said, “don’t look you can be transfixed and vexed”.  I could see how that was possible and I didn’t look or glance her way the whole day. Older and wiser is the phrase of choice for that decision.


Two more satisfied customers addicted to BBQ. That is the idea. I just go along promoting great BBQ. I do it out of love for the smoked delicacy and my commitment to great BBQ and home style potato salad. That is my work and I take it seriously. So watch it. “Cause I am watching you...Sweetie."