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Originally Posted by javadog

........Let's start at the beginning:

American barbeque, as opposed to Chinese, Mexican, Mongol, or what have you, is very simple. A pig, cooked on a grate or stick, over the coals of a hardwood fire in a pit in the ground. It dates from the 1500's or 1600's, more or less originated on the east coast in the Carolinas and can be traced to either the American indians or the Carribean indians, depending upon who you ask. At any rate, the indians had the method. Europeans brought with them the pig and the indians knew immedialtely what to do with it. .....

JR

Saw this on "What American Eats" episode. BBQ came from the indian word Barbacoa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbacoa

Go ahead and read.