Just to show that I'm not all technical, triticale (who often posts recipes) has something of a write-up on eastern North Carolina barbecue sauce. That's the stuff they serve around here. Basically, they smoke/slow cook pork overnight, tear it into itty-bitty pieces, put it on a hamburger bun, and put this sauce on top. I think it's wonderful, and I consider myself a transplanted Californian because I don't know how to make good barbecue yet.

The interesting part is that Brazilian barbecue (churrasco) is, at it's best, beef grilled quickly and occasionally sprinkled with salt water. The Northeastern Brazilians like to add onions to the water, but the idea is that you get the taste of grilled beef and hardly anything else. North Carolina barbecue involves grilling the meat without anything and adding lots of flavor through the sauce. I can't say which approach I like better. I can say that grilled meat is one thing that will keep me from becoming a vegetarian. Biscuits and gravy are another.

And, no, I wasn't born in California, so "transplanted Californian" isn't completely accurate. I was born in Colorado, but I only lived in Colorado a total of three years. I lived in California for about ten years and it had a much bigger effect on me than Colorado did.