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liuzhou

liuzhou

  On 4/16/2022 at 12:26 PM, gfweb said:

 

I would say that barbecue is a process and not an appliance. Lots of BBQ places use rotating racks so that the heat is all around.

 

I agree that broil is heat from above and that grill is from below.

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In America. Barbecue originally meant an appliance (actually a bed). In the UK and much of the world it means both the appliance and the process. (And the occasion when we eat it.)

 

Broil  just meant to burn!

liuzhou

liuzhou

  On 4/16/2022 at 12:26 PM, gfweb said:

 

I would say that barbecue is a process and not an appliance. Lots of BBQ places use rotating racks so that the heat is all around.

 

I agree that broil is heat from above and that grill is from below.

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In America. Barbecue originally meant an appliance (actually a bed). In the UK and much of the world it means both the appliance and the process. (And the occasion when we eat it.)

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