Originally Posted by Seaver

Charcoal, I hate gas grill which my brother swears by. He simply doesn't want the cleanup. If I want convenient food I'll order delivery or get fast food. When I invite friends for a bbq, I want to hang and drink with them while we wait the two proper hours halfway decent bbq takes. I do not want to skimp because of a 2min. cleanup afterwards, nor do I EVER have a problem controlling temperature.

Then again, bbq is done different down south. If you invite someone for a BBQ and have burgers/hot dogs... you'll have a lot of people who won't come to your next BBQ. Those classify as Cookouts, there's nothing wrong with them... they're just not BBQ's.