BBQ shrimp isn’t really barbecue, but it is delicious and worth the try
February 6, 2025
BBQ shrimp isn’t really barbecue, but it is delicious and worth the try. The Gulf Coast has a long tradition of creatively naming dishes when it comes to using the term “barbecue,” especially when it comes to seafood. If we are sticklers for nomenclature (and Texans definitely are), “barbecue” is defined as cooking and flavoring meat with heat and smoke, using an appliance (smoker) in which the fire is on the side (offset) of the cooking chamber. To be sure, other countries and cultures are not so exacting when it comes to this term. “Barbecues” around the world — think Australia — refer to direct-heat cooking, where the meat is
