History of BBQ and Meat industry Flashcards
BBQ as a verb
cooking on a barbacoa
types of bbq pits
pit bbq
raised pit
enclosed pit
indirect heat from side fire boxes
what does blue/clear smoke mean?
impurities are being washed away
BBQ as a noun (example)
Porcivorus people in Johnston, NC
BBQ styles
Eastern NC vs Western NC
Texas style brisket
Kansas City Style
Memphis style “dry ribs”
Hot gut sausage
BBQ sauce styles
vinegar base
ketchup
mustard sauce (SC)
thick, sweet, tomato based (deep south)
mayo base
BBQ as a culture
governor Jack Waltons BBQ in 1923
4th of July
tailgate
city BBQ
When was the first butcher?
3.4 million years ago
meat in the US in 1662
William Pynchon
East Windsor, CT
exported pork and beaver pelts
1742
First major slaughter/livestock market
Boston
Barrels (First form of packaging)
1773; first meat scientist
Ben Franklin
more compassionate slaughter
electrical stunning of animals and meat makes meat more tender
History of Uncle Sam
Sam Wilson
supplied meat to the military in the war of 1812
Where was porkopolis
Cincinnati, ohio
1818
Elisa Mills opens Ohio’s first slaughterhouse, largest pork processor due to rivers
1861
railroad killed meats industry in Cincinnati
What city became a major railroad and stockyard hub?
Chicago, IL