Barbeque has turned into "Smoking" over the years. I guess it's what's popular? I have gotten to the point of not liking smoked foods.
The other day, my wife wanted to cook her favorite baby back ribs. She asked how she should cook them? I responded that ribs are her favorite, so cook them the way she wants. She looked outside at our two smokers and an impressive pile of oak wood beside them and chose to use our large slow cooker instead.
We talked about it later and chose to use the oak firewood to burn out a stump. (Mostly her talking - imagine that
) She and I have been together since 1985. We always barbequed allowing some smoke. Eventually we gave in to the people telling us that you have to smoke meats and don't use barbeque sauce. I have seen so many briskets ruined by just smoking them. That's $50 and a lot of work for dog food. (Edit - we don't have a dog anymore) So we're going to go old-school the way we used to barbeque and not just smoke it.
I expect anyone to disagree, but what do you think?