# Can you teach me how to BBQ?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 7, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-me-how-to-bbq/964116 "2022-05-07T14:21:27Z")\
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> [@silenus](#):
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> What you have is a grill, not a BBQ.

I wonder how regional that is. Mrs. L (native of South Texas, anglo, German descent) always refers to it as a BBQ pit.

> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1217):
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> That thing you cook on outside—sometimes it’s charcoal, sometimes it’s propane, sometimes you even hook into your home’s natural gas—what do you call it? Choose as many as you use. [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1217)

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