BBQ Tips & Techniques Main Dishes American Food BBQ Food The Great American Cooking Tradition Written by Derrick Riches Regarding BBQ, Inc. The debate over the origin of American Barbecue is one that will probably never be resolved. By defining barbecue as a process by which meat is slow cooked over a low fire with smoke opens up the history of barbecue to prehistoric times. As to who gets to claim the origin of American Barbecue, well, wars have been fought over less. First of All, Let's Separate Grilling From Smoking While they may appear similar in equipment and techniques they...