Why do I like to BBQ
Beef brisket samich I had fun this past Labor Day weekend smoking two beef briskets. Every time I take the time to fire up my little smoker so I can BBQ some meat I think about why I do it. It takes a lot of effort and patience to smoke beef briskets. A typical brisket that I smoke can take 12 to 16 hours. If I love eating brisket why not just settle for eating brisket at a restaurant like Sonny's? The love of smoking meat on hardwood was instilled in my when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Both my father and my mother were born and raised in the country of Texas. My dad was from a small central Texas town called Winchester. My mom was from an east Texas city called Texarkana . I was not born in Texas. I was born in Glenridge New Jersey , but my parents moved to Los Angeles when I was two years old so I grew up in California. I suppose this would be a good time to define some terms for this discussion. To me the term Bar-B-Que (BBQ) means that you are cooking with w