| There are many secret techniques that competition | | | | temperature, between 225 and 250 degrees F for a |
| barbecue cooks use to barbecue like champions. | | | | long period of time. For a rack of ribs, that is about |
| Three of the secrets are going to be revealed here. | | | | four hours, for pork shoulder or brisket, that would |
| | | | be about 8-12 hours, depending on the size of the |
| 1. Pre-treat the meat with either a rub or a marinade. | | | | cut of meat. There are many types and styles of |
| 2. Smoke the meat low and slow in a real barbecue | | | | real barbecue cookers. Just make sure to use one |
| cooker | | | | that is set up for indirect smoke cooking, not direct |
| 3. Apply a finishing sauce the last hour of cooking | | | | grilling. Any good barbecue book can go into these |
| If you use these three secrets while cooking your | | | | details. |
| barbecue you will be on the way to creating | | | | Apply a finishing sauce the last hour of cooking. Like |
| championship caliber barbecue! | | | | a barbecue rub, there are as many recipes for |
| Pre-treat the meat with either a marinade or a rub. | | | | barbecue sauce as there are people cooking |
| Most barbecue chefs will use a rub on their meat to | | | | barbecue. find one you like, again, by searching |
| give it that real barbecue flavor. Each barbecue chef | | | | through the numerous amount of barbecue books |
| seems to have their own favorite rub recipe, | | | | available. Just remember that most sauces contain |
| although they are mostly similar in nature. Any good | | | | sugar, and sugar easily burns when cooked. That's |
| barbecue book will have numerous recipes for | | | | why the sauce is put on at the very end of the |
| barbecue rubs, or a quick search on the Internet also | | | | cooking, when the fire has died down and everything |
| will yield great results for rub recipes. Basically, the | | | | is relatively cool. |
| rub is applied to the meat a few hours prior to | | | | By following these three secrets, a learning barbecue |
| cooking by liberally pouring the rub onto the meat, | | | | chef will start to turn out excellent barbecue |
| and massaging it in. The meat is then wrapped in | | | | competition quality barbecued meats. Greater details |
| plastic wrap until ready to cook. | | | | for these secrets can be found in a book dedicated |
| Cook low and slow in a real barbecue cooker. Low | | | | to teaching the fine art of barbecue cooking. These |
| and slow means to cook the meat at a low | | | | books can be found in bookstores, libraries, or on-line. |