Q 01/05

The English word 'barbecue' comes, via Spanish 'barbacoa', from the language of which people?

A) The Maya

B) The Taíno

C) The Inca

D) The Aztecs

Answer · why

B) The Taíno

The Taíno word barbacoa first named a raised rack of sticks, used for sleeping on as well as for curing meat, so it described a piece of furniture lon...

Q 02/05

Which country lends its name to a stir-fried 'barbecue' that was actually invented in Taiwan in 1951?

A) Korea

B) Mongolia

C) Thailand

D) Japan

Answer · why

B) Mongolia

Mongolia never had it: Taiwanese comedian Wu Zhaonan created the dish at an eatery he opened in Taipei in 1951, and it is stir-fried on a searing roun...

Q 03/05

In North Carolina, what are the two rival barbecue styles that feud light-heartedly with each other?

A) Raleigh and Charlotte

B) Upstate and Lowcountry

C) Lexington and Eastern

D) Blue Ridge and Outer Banks

Answer · why

C) Lexington and Eastern

Lexington and Eastern fans have fought it out in the legislature: a bill to make Lexington's festival the state's official food festival stalled, so a...

Q 04/05

In North Carolina's Piedmont, barbecue joints dress 'red slaw' with what in place of a creamy dressing?

A) Beet juice

B) Red pepper jelly

C) Ketchup

D) Pickled red cabbage

Answer · why

C) Ketchup

Ketchup, or the pit's own tomato-and-vinegar 'dip', colours the chopped cabbage, so the slaw on a western North Carolina barbecue tray is seasoned wit...

Q 05/05

What makes Memphis-style 'dry' ribs dry?

A) An overnight salt cure

B) A spice rub and no sauce

C) Cooking without smoke

D) Trimming off all the fat

Answer · why

B) A spice rub and no sauce

A spice rub and no sauce is the signature of the Rendezvous, yet ribs came late to it: Charlie Vergos opened the Memphis basement in 1948 selling ham ...