How many BBQ joints does it take to make a good entrtmnt district?

[Red Arrow]

Depends on the smoker.  There are some very high dollar smokers that put out almost no smoke, or run the exhaust through scrubbers.  This is a good idea because BBQ smoke is very very toxic.

Yea! Really!

Three things are happening when you smoke.  First you are burning wood at low tempatures producing smoke that is full of hundreds of carcinogens.  Second you are sometimes grilling or finishing product creating heterocyclic amines a known carcinogen.  Then finally you are melting away fat, and as that vaporizes it releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons another powerful carcinogen.

The smell of BBQ is wonderful, but it's probably worse for you than the occasional cigarette.

To the occasional BBQer this is probably not a problem, but if you work in or near a BBQ joint and are smelling it all day long, you are probably getting a healthy dose of something not to healthy.

Consider wearing a painters mask with the activated charcoal cartridges.

It's only a matter of time until backyard BBQ and smokers are outlawed by OSHA and EPA.

[rdj]

Do the electric smokers carry the same amount of risks?

[Conan71]

Depends on the smoker.  There are some very high dollar smokers that put out almost no smoke, or run the exhaust through scrubbers.  This is a good idea because BBQ smoke is very very toxic.

Yea! Really!

Three things are happening when you smoke.  First you are burning wood at low tempatures producing smoke that is full of hundreds of carcinogens.  Second you are sometimes grilling or finishing product creating heterocyclic amines a known carcinogen.  Then finally you are melting away fat, and as that vaporizes it releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons another powerful carcinogen.

The smell of BBQ is wonderful, but it's probably worse for you than the occasional cigarette.

To the occasional BBQer this is probably not a problem, but if you work in or near a BBQ joint and are smelling it all day long, you are probably getting a healthy dose of something not to healthy.

Shhhhh!  It's my idea of health food.  Don't ruin it for me.

[Red Arrow]

Shhhhh!  It's my idea of health food.  Don't ruin it for me.

Too late. You will die young from complications of BBQ.

[Gaspar]

Coming soon. . .Warning labels on smokers and grills.

[Gaspar]

Do the electric smokers carry the same amount of risks?

Smoke. . .check
Meat. . .check
Fat. . .check

Perhaps even more since they are capable of creating a more efficient level of smoke due to the fact that none of the smoke is burned with the fuel source.

[rdj]

Smoke. . .check
Meat. . .check
Fat. . .check

Perhaps even more since they are capable of creating a more efficient level of smoke due to the fact that none of the smoke is burned with the fuel source.

I've never used one so I wasn't sure exactly how they work.  I assume they heat up wood chips until they create smoke for flavor and use a heating element to smoke the meat at even temperature?  I've taken to using wood chips with my charcoal and gas grills.  I guess I'm going experience to the Q in hell just a little faster than I thought.

[Red Arrow]

Coming soon. . .Warning labels on smokers and grills.

Including: "For Professional Use Only"

[Conan71]

I'm still thinking there's got to be a joke in the original topic title.

How many DOES it take?

[dbacks fan]

I'm still thinking there's got to be a joke in the original topic title.

How many DOES it take?

Enough to "smoke out" all the places that don't serve BBQ?

[sgrizzle]

I'm still thinking there's got to be a joke in the original topic title.

How many DOES it take?

1 to roll, 1 to.. wait.. what was the question?

[Conan71]

1 to roll, 1 to.. wait.. what was the question?

Winner

[dsjeffries]

All this talk of barbecue has made me decide to drive to my favorite local BBQ place for dinner tonight... Mac's Barbecue in Skiatook. You all can keep Albert G's--Mac's is where it's at!

[nathanm]

The smell of BBQ is wonderful, but it's probably worse for you than the occasional cigarette.

I'll take the cancer over not getting to smell the sweet smell of smoking BBQ.

In the 80s, the Safeway near my house in Fort Smith had a smoker in the parking lot. It was a good day when I happened along when they were cooking.

[heironymouspasparagus]

To the original topic title;  only 1 good one.
Rib Crib ain't it.

Will go check out Albert G's this week.  Gotta find something fit to eat somewhere in this town!  (Don't worry, Gaspar, will still be coming to find you this weekend, even if I find somewhere else, too.)


Gaspar,
Your description of how the Q is being done sounds like what Billy Sims is doing now.  It has steadily gone downhill almost since it started.