Massachusetts BBQ Spot Named Best for Summer
Summer is the prime time to enjoy a juicy, flavorful barbecue delight, and that’s especially true in Massachusetts. Well, any season is really perfect to enjoy good barbecue, but the dish is often most associated with summer. I actually recall a neighbor grilling BBQ outside in the cold over the winter, during one of our most chilly days, which was funny. But, at least it brought the tantalizing smells of barbecue to the streets in the middle of a chilly winter. Now, one Massachusetts barbecue spot has been named one of the best in the country, and it’s a delicious one.
Best BBQ in America
The experts and barbecue lovers at Food and Wine have unveiled a roster of the best BBQ places in the country, with one for each state. “Barbecue belongs to all of us, it can crop up anywhere, and the cast of characters responsible for this is more diverse than ever,” Food and Wine states in the feature, adding, “We celebrate the very best brisket and whole hog wherever we find them, but this list also has a great deal of affection for the pre-existing culture in so many of the other states.”
For Massachusetts, their pick is B.T.’s Smokehouse, located at 392 Main Street in Sturbridge. “The beef ribs — not quite the monsters being hawked all over the country just now, but still, more than generous enough — are smoked over apple and hickory and good to the last shred,” they rave. “This is the perfect summer evening mini-adventure from Boston, or from anywhere within an hour or two, really — a messy, joyful expression of Northeast barbecue.”
So, we all know what barbecue tastes like, but what actually is barbecue, as in, the official meaning? “Barbecue is meat cooked over live fire and smoke, low and slow,” states The Low and Slow Barbecue Show, adding that one “can add sauce or not. You can chop it, pull it, slice it, or pick it.”
Girls Can Grill adds that, “Barbecuing is more slow and low. It’s when you’re cooking at temperatures around 225 to 275 degrees.” So, that’s what really sets barbecue apart from other ways of enjoying cooked meat. You can actually barbecue veggies, too. I know this, because I’m a vegetarian, and barbecued veggies are simply delicious.
