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Where To Find The Best BBQ In Every State By Khelil Bouarrouj Sept. 16, 2025 4:40 pm EST

Barbecue is a big business in the United States, with countless spots competing to serve the best brisket, ribs, and sausage. The craft of barbecue, however, is older than the United States itself. Christopher Columbus encountered indigenous tribes cooking meat over an indirect flame. Spanish settlers, who followed Columbus's trail, labeled the cooking technique barbacoa and introduced barbecue in what is now the American South. The history of barbecue is also deeply interwoven with Black culinary history , with slaves often serving as the chief pit masters on plantations.

The rise of American suburbia, along with backyard cookouts (although grilling isn't the same as smo

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