"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:48:14 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:21:42 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:38:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>> snip
>>> >
>>> >My dad used to BBQ perhaps once or twice a year. It was either steaks
>>> >or
>>> >hamburgers. When I knew he was firing up the BBQ, I would run and look
>>> >for
>>> >recipes that I could make.
>>> snip
>>> What you dad did was "grill". He did not do BBQ in the sense that we
>>> are discussing. You may have called it barbeque but it is not what we
>>> are talking about.
>>> Janet
>>
>>Grill and barbecue are both nouns and verbs and their use depends on
>>the region you live in the USA. Context is everything! I'm talking
>>the same BBQ language that Mayo, Ed and Pete are talking at this point
>>in time and I really appreciate their input.
>
> I know. The same thing came up a couple of days ago and it was
> pointed out to Julie that was she was talking about with steaks was
> grilling not BBQ.
> non sequitur: In Wisconsin, when I was a child, grilling was called
> 'having a fry out.' Burgers and brats.
> Janet US

Whoever pointed it out to me must be in my KF then. Here, what we mean by
BBQ is the use of an outdoor cooker that takes gas or charcoal. If that's
not what it is, then what is it? And why is it called a BBQ? And that
*is* what it is called.