History of Barbecue

In America, barbecue (or BBQ) originated in the late 1800's during Western cattle drives. The cowboys were fed the less than perfect cuts of meat, often brisket, a tough and stringy piece of meat that required five to seven hours of cooking to tenderize. The chuckwagon, a cowboy's portable kitchen wagon used on the cattle trails, was invented by Charles Goodnight in 1866. (Just a sampling from our History of Food and Food Related Inventions Directory)