If you’ve ever wondered if there is a difference between grilling and barbecuing, CNN writer Emanuella Grinberg sets the record straight.
She says after moving to Atlanta from New York years ago, it quickly became evident she had a language problem.
She says she embraced “y’all” with ease for its gender neutrality. Sweet tea somehow made sense, too. But it took years to let go of the habit of declaring a “barbecue” every time she decided to cook hamburgers, steaks or hot dogs on the grill.
A friend from Memphis was the first to correct Grinsberg. He said Surely, she meant she was going to “grill out,”
Here’s his bottom line-
Barbecue involves slabs of meat cooking for hours — in a grill, in a smoker or maybe in the ground, depending on one’s level of enthusiasm. But he said grilling involves involves cooking meat or vegetables for minutes at a time.
