AP Stylebook says grilling is barbecue

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Jul 3, 2014, 12:41pm EDT

I used to talk this way myself, but my wife is a Texan and so I now know perfectly well that barbecue is slow cooked smoked meat and not just anything grilled over hot coals:

For your holiday plans, it's barbecue, not barbeque, Bar-B-Q or BBQ. pic.twitter.com/hQ1ZeNHCAj
— AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) July 3, 2014

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