Barbecue Quote by Calvin Trillin

Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. ... Texas food should be…

— Mercedes McCambridge

“It’s good,” Jackson said. “You’re just saying that,” I replied. “No, really, it’s good. A little greasy….” “The grease is part of the charm,”…

— Nick Wilgus

“Texas barbecue is so good, you don’t need barbecue sauce, and some places don’t bother to serve it, believing that it distracts from the…

— Patricia Schultz

“Pork and chicken grease, the aromatics of choice for the Cajun.”

— Ken Wheaton

Backyard barbecues are really just about getting together. It's all about making people come over, having a really good time, talking about their lives,…

— G. Garvin

I was brought up on animal grease.

— Rita Moreno

To barbecue is a way of life rather than a desirable method of cooking.

— Clement Freud

“[I]t is remarkable how much sheer bullshit seems to accrete around the subject of barbecue. No other kind of cooking comes even close. Exactly…

— Michael Pollan

Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that's what our whole country is…

— Ira Glass

I love barbecue, it's my favorite thing to eat.

— David Nail

I love barbecue, its my favorite thing to eat.

— David Nail

No self-respecting Southerner will eat something baked, broiled, grilled, stewed, poached, sauteed, or flambeed when it can be deep fried.

— Sandra Brown