BBQ Basics

However you call it, barbecue or barbeque or bar-b-que or bbq, barbacoa (Spanish), barbie (chiefly in Australia and New Zealand) or braai (in South Africa), it is a method and/or apparatus for cooking food with the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, hot coals of charcoal or with propane or other similar gases, and may include application of a marinade or basting sauce to the meat.

With the season upon us, here are some tips to prevent foodborne illness while searing your whatever over some form of heat.

TTFN, Fred.

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