Do you differentiate between a "cook-out" and a "BBQ"?

by the_old_coach Posted 2012/07/04 22:06:11

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In the South and Southwest, we have usually called a "cook-out" a time when you might throw some hot dogs, bratwursts, hamburgers or a steak on an outdoor grill and invited your friends and family over. We called a "BBQ" a time when we had the grill out but also the smoker and we had brisket, sausages, pulled pork, and ribs. I suppose it might be the same thing, but if you asked us over for BBQ and you had hot dogs and hamburgers, feelings would have been hurt!

Do you differentiate between a "cook-out" and a "BBQ"?

Ms Missy 2012/07/04 22:25:25

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i do a bit, if your firing up a grill that's a BBQ, if your roasting hot dogs or smores or fish over a fire that's a "cook-out" to me.

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the_old... to Ms Missy 2012/07/04 22:45:10

Yes, that sounds right.

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MyDaydream90 2012/07/04 22:24:12

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Where I live, a cook-out is a gathering with family and friends where you cook on the grill and barbecue refers to a certain type of food, not an event. Even when we eat barbecue, we don't usually call the event a bbq. We also have pig-pickins where we cook a whole hog.

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the_old... to MyDaydr... 2012/07/04 22:50:55

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Yes, I know what a pig-pickin is. Good stuff. (I have a son in Greensboro).

http://whatscookingamerica.ne...

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Muskoka to MyDaydr... 2012/07/05 04:42:12

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In Canada they are one and the same.

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beach bum 2012/07/04 22:12:16

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i don't think so

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Sister Jean 2012/07/04 22:12:10

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no

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DS in Oak Ridge NC 2012/07/04 22:09:46

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After living in Memphis, I know not all "Cook-Outs" qualify as "BBQ" so I choose my words more carefully than I used to. We cook-out a lot, but occasionally do a BBQ.

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