| I like to grill foods outdoor on my grill. I also like to | | | | use a "low and slow" fire and a wood smoke source |
| eat barbecue. For some people, these are the same | | | | to cook the meat. Low and slow means a small fire, |
| things. They are sadly mistaken. Cooking food on a | | | | which does not throw off a lot of heat, and cooks |
| grill and cooking barbecue is two wholly different | | | | the food slowly. The fire is either made of wood |
| things. A grill cooks relatively fast using direct heat. A | | | | which provides the smoke taste, or of some other |
| barbecue cooker cooks relatively slow, using low | | | | substance and soaked wood chips or chunks are put |
| heat, and smokes the meat during the process. That | | | | on the fire to provide smoke. Smoke is necessary |
| is why it is called a barbecue smoker, or sometimes | | | | for barbecue cooking. It is not necessary for grilling. |
| referred to as just a smoker. | | | | Types of meats that are cooked will also tell you |
| The main difference between grill cooking and | | | | indicate whether a person is grilling or barbecuing. If |
| barbecue smoking are the type of apparatus cooked | | | | there is a whole pork shoulder, a whole brisket, |
| upon and the type of cooking fire. While grilling, the | | | | whole chickens or entire racks of ribs, it is a good |
| cook uses what is called direct heat. That is a fire | | | | bet that cook is making barbecue. If the article being |
| directly underneath the whatever is being cooked, | | | | cooked is a steak, hamburgers, bratwursts, hot dogs |
| whether it be meat, fish or vegetables. | | | | or chicken pieces, you would probably guess |
| While barbecue smoking food, the barbecue chef will | | | | (correctly) that that is grilling, not barbecuing. |