Cooking Real BBQ
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Western-Style BBQ: Many people misuse the term barbecue. It has come to be applied to anything cooked on a grill, or even in the oven if a spicy tomato based sauce is applied. Barbecue is not a dish, or a cooking device, it is a method of cooking. Coopers BBQ Company makes “old style” BBQ in large pits, using Western Mesquite wood to slowly cook the meats.

Western Mesquite is a natural aromatic hardwood native to Arizona, Texas and Mexico. The mesquite used has to be thoroughly dried, so that the tar or pitch natural to the wood is gone. Mesquite provides a hot, even burning coal, so that meats are not exposed to hot spots on the grill. Mesquite smoking imparts a distinct, sharp flavor into Cooper’s grilled and smoked entrees.