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BBQ Catering: Discover BBQ Styles For Your Dishes!

People simply love barbequing in this country. A typical American barbeque is a favorite option for almost all occasions held in this country. BBQ catering is one of the fastest growing catered choices for wedding receptions, company picnics, festivals, family re-unions, graduations and many other warm-weather occasions.

How to get started

You need to get yourself some good grilling equipment before anything else. These come in a wide variety of designs, sizes and models. From cheap wood and charcoal grills to very expensive electric and deluxe limo gas grilling equipments, there is always a type to suit your personal BBQ catering requirements. The kind of a barbequing grill to invest in depends on things such as personal cooking styles, outdoor cooking needs and so forth.

Outdoor cookers and grills can be bought in many places online and offline with a multitude of options. These include smoker boxes, rotisseries, side burners, griddles and so forth. Because of their convenience, clean burn and value, natural gas barbequing grills are growing in popularity.

Other specialty barbeque equipment to purchase includes:

•    Refrigeration units or coolers

•    Basting brushes

•    Long handled utensils that must include spatulas, tongs and forks

•    Sauce pans

•    Meat thermometers

•    Barbeque baskets for hotdogs, burgers and vegetables

•    Cook mitts

•    Aprons, hats, etc.

•    Grill light for events that might last after dark

•    Grill cleaning items and products

Barbeque styles

Each region has a unique way and style of barbequing. This however differs by the type of preferred meat, kind of barbeque and method of cooking. Recipes and barbequing methods fortunately have been handled down for generations and evolve from the available regional ingredients. Here are a few of the most popular barbequing styles around the country.

•    Kansa city: Before cooking the meat, it is completely dry-rubbed with a variety of spices and then smoked. The sauce used is thick and quite sweet and is also served as a table sauce. Due to its sweetness and uniqueness, this sauce is one of the best selling varieties of bottled sauces.

•    Carolina barbeque: The most preferred meat for a Carolina barbeque is pork. Hickory and oak smoke is quite common in this case. Sauces emphasize more on a peppery vinegar flavor, with Carolina Gold being the most commonly used. This sauce has mustard as the common ingredient.

•    Texas barbeque: This barbeque varies by region, however, throughout the states, sausages, ribs and choice beef cuts are quite common. Mesquite, a uniquely flavored sauce is popularly used in grilling. The sauce is mainly sweet and thick with a rich tomato base.

•    Memphis barbeque: Pork ribs are a favorite meat choice in this barbeque and are generally cooked over charcoal and then basted with peppery tomato sauce that is sweetened with molasses.

•    Hawaiian barbeque:  The most common meat types in this barbeque are chicken, fish and pork.  The meats are mostly cooked wrapped in ti or taro leaves.  A sauce made with pineapples and that is commonly referred to as sweet teriyaki is used in this barbeque.

The common side dishes which are served in BBQ catering include:

•    Hush puppies

•    Relishes

•    Beans

•    Salads and coleslaw

•    Veggies

•    Corn bread

•    Fries

The sides you serve in your barbeque event will be accepted regardless of where the occasion is being held as long as they are homemade and fresh.

All in all, you need to consider what style of barbeque is popular in the region the event is being held. Keep the choices and recipes as simple as possible. A vital ingredient that needs to be considered is the sauce. It needs to have the right balance of tart, spiciness and sweetness.

 

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