1 - BBQ is pork. Pork that has been pulled, not sliced or minced or "shredded" into little straws. (Dear Texas - bite me! Brisket is not BBQ, even if it is mighty tasty.)
2 - Other meats may be slow-cooked over coals, but BBQ is not cooked directly over the heat source. (Anything cooked via a source of heat other than hardwood coals is not BBQ. It is some sort of roasted meat.)
3 - BBW is not cooked in any sauce. BBQ may be basted as it cooks, and may be served with a sauce pre-applied. DO NOT start the tomato vs. vinegar discussion. DO NOT start the catsup/ketchup (two different substances) vs. tomato sauce discussion. Karo or brown sugar may be substituted in an emergency, but doing so would be an admission of having run out of molasses (as bad as not having enough ammo for the zombie apocolypse!).
4 - Pulled pork is not "shredded".
4a - Minced, chopped, or sliced are methods for ruining the texture, flavor and "feel" of BBQ. They are also alleged to be methods used to control the amount of meat served. (The appropriate and officially sanctioned amount per serving is "a handful".)
But what can you expect from someone who lives North of the Ni, and who probably has never set foot in Allman's? Heck, I'll bet you don't know the dates for the opening and closing of the season at Carl's!
stay safe.
Alright what started out as amusing evidence that I'm not a BBQ expert quickly turned into fightin' words!!!
I have eaten at Allmans, but, being that I can't stand the [FORBIDDEN]vinegar sauce[/FORBIDDEN], I really don't get all the fuss. I am, however, a
significant fan of the "Virginia sauce" at Virginia BBQ just down the hill from Allman's, in the old Safeway building.
As for those fightin' words!!! Carl's is open from the first weekend after Valentine's Day to the first weekend around Thanksgiving. Or thereabouts.
TFred - Lovin' Carl's for over 30 years now!
P.S. I laughed at this from
Wiki: "Carl's is closed each year from the Sunday before Thanksgiving until the Friday of Presidents Day Weekend. This is because Sponseller would close the shop each year for hunting season, and the current owners (also Sponseller family members) have continued the tradition."
"Tradition," my ...you know what... Those suckers take in money as fast as you can hand it to them 12 hours a day, for 9 months out of the year. Rumor used to be that Carl spent winters in the Bahamas. He's passed on now, but I'm sure the current family can do anything they want in the off-season.