What makes BBQ taste so good?
Where do you begin.
It's the anticipation you get as you pass by a beaten down BBQ shack with white smoke bellowing out of the top and the smell of the smoke wood burning in the air.
It's the memories of your dad in the silly chef's apron standing around the Weber kettle on a hot summer evening.
The first time you dip any thing in barbeque sauce.
When you then realize that there are thousands of different sauces to try and play with.
It's the wet naps, paper towel roll and sticky menus on a cheap Formica checker board table top.
It's the lack of knife spoon or fork.
It's the piece of white bread sucking up all the sauce of that luscious piece of meat underneath.
It's getting the last string of meat off that rib bone.
It's the point of enlightenment you get when you realize how primitive the activity is.
When you see something pink on the inside and realize that oh yeah it's done, and it is good.
The sound of a slop mop smacking a slab of ribs.
The sound of the smoker door creaking open, and close with a clang.
Adding brisket, and pork shoulder to your grocery list.
It's the sound of slapping the meat on the grocery conveyer belt.
When you stop giggling when you seriously say: "I'm going to inject a butt over the weekend"
It's seeing the brown cardboard box from the UPS man sitting on you front porch.
It's the charcoal under you finger nails, the sweat on your brow, the smoke burning your eyes, the constant perfecting of the vents, the smoke smell on your pillow and your pajamas, and knowing which goes on first the transmitter or the receiver on you ET-73
Sitting outside at 5:00 on a peaceful morning in a comfortable chair with your dog asleep at your feet watching the sun come up and taking a deep breath and smelling your own barbeque.
Watching the one you love shred a pork shoulder with their bare hands.
The look people give you when you put the slaw on the top of their sandwich.
What makes BBQ taste so good? It is when you make it yourself and see the look on the faces of those you love.
Ben