I always thought "northern" BBQ was basically just Manwhich sloppy joe sauce.

I had to click on this just because of the words North and BBQ together like that.

I guess you could grill up some brats or kielbasa or sausage and peppers, for north. Sometimes in the North, in a college town or at a festival, you can smell beer and grilled meat on the breeze.

In the south driving along, it is scrumptious BBQ that you can smell on the breeze. Life is good.

Bring the truth, PP. Man, am I missing me some Wilber's 'cue...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to be a turd in the BBQ sauce, but it's:

Carolina
Texas
Kansas City
Memphis

St Louis, not so much.

And also: big difference between east and west Carolina!

Yes, it's eastern carolina vs western carolina

Nc BBQ means nothing

Sort of correct, PP. Away from NC, you need to designate that eastern NC vinegar sauce (manna, really) from western/Lexington NC tomato sauce. South Carolina has this weird mustard sauce that's not fit for human consumption.

It sounds like maybe instead of a BBQ you could just host your family arguing over what BBQ is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to be a turd in the BBQ sauce, but it's:

Carolina
Texas
Kansas City
Memphis

St Louis, not so much.

And also: big difference between east and west Carolina!

Yes, it's eastern carolina vs western carolina

Nc BBQ means nothing

With the one notable exception that much of the south has still not figured out that spare ribs are better than baby back ribs.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah because the North has a terrible track record in fights with the South.

BBQ contest my dear.

As a Midwesterner, I have no bone in this fight, but there is no way anyone could seriously consider "north" and "bbq contest" as words belonging in the same sentence.

Anonymous wrote:
Not to be a turd in the BBQ sauce, but it's:

Carolina
Texas
Kansas City
Memphis

St Louis, not so much.

And also: big difference between east and west Carolina!

And also: big difference between North Carolina (either east or west) and South Carolina!


The whole concept may be a little off, as BBQ in the US is primarily a Southern tradition. It's actually many different traditions in many parts of the South, but really not so much a Northern thing. Unless you're talking Chicago ribs, but those are basically Southern ribs that moved North with the great migration.

Might be better to match Southern 'cue against New England seafood. Since if you matched it against Boston baked beans there wouldn't be much of a contest.

Yeah because the North has a terrible track record in fights with the South.

Anonymous wrote:I'm hosting family members who are in town for a course on the Civil War. I thought it'd be fun to have BBQ showcasing North vs South. I could use some help defining what is typical for each region as well as any traditional sides. The menu isn't meant to be historically precise, just a fun dinner theme.

For example:
South - North Carolina style chopped pork
North - St Louis style ribs

Missouri was a slave state fyi. Research the Missouri Compromise. From Wikipedia "...Missouri Compromise[edit]

Controversy over whether Missouri should be admitted as a slave state, resulted in the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which specified that Louisiana Purchase territory north of latitude 36° 30', which described Missouri's southern boundary, would be organized as free states and territory south of that line would be reserved for organization as slave states. As part of that compromise, the admission of Maine as a free state was secured to balance Missouri's admission as a slave state"

The north really doesn't have bbq.

Maybe do traditionally bbq dishes, and either frou frou bbq (veggies, fish, etc) OR beach bbq (clams, lobster, etc).

Really, "north" should not be included in the same sentence as bbq, let alone in a contest with the south

Wasn't Missouri a Free State?
How about South: Meat and Three vs.
North: Lobster/Steamer/Clams

Anonymous wrote:Not to be a turd in the BBQ sauce, but it's:

Carolina
Texas
Kansas City
Memphis

St Louis, not so much.

And also: big difference between east and west Carolina!

Not to be a turd in the BBQ sauce, but it's:

Carolina
Texas
Kansas City
Memphis

St Louis, not so much.

I'm hosting family members who are in town for a course on the Civil War. I thought it'd be fun to have BBQ showcasing North vs South. I could use some help defining what is typical for each region as well as any traditional sides. The menu isn't meant to be historically precise, just a fun dinner theme.

For example:
South - North Carolina style chopped pork
North - St Louis style ribs