The Evolution of Barbecue: From Wood to Charcoal

If you heard the word of “Barbecue” then the first thing on your mind is United States. Yes, barbecue is famous in the United States. Usually, when celebrating big days, American will throw the barbecue party to celebrate. 

The first President of United States, George Washington is a barbecue buff, and when Abraham Lincoln’s parents were married, their wedding feast was a barbecue

Almost all of the people on the earth like barbecue, in fact, in almost national and traditional tradition, people are celebrating with throwing the barbecue. The sound of the meat on the grill, the fascinating of its smells can make you eager to eat meat more and more. 

Nowadays, the art of barbecuing is developed, many people are inventing the new method of barbecue, develop the new recipes, and many more in order to create the art food. 

However, even though the barbecue addict in the world is high, not many people know the history of barbecue. 

History of barbecue 

Barbecue was founded by a human ancestor called Home erectus about 1.8 million years ago when they tried to cooking meat with fire, according to the Planet Barbecue. The word of barbecue comes from wooden grate “Barbacoa” and appeared in print in a Spanish explorer’s account of the West Indies in 1526. 

At that time, there are no stove or gas to help us cook, which is why our human ancestor tried to cook meat with fire. 

The development of barbecue innovation is growing now. If in the past our ancestor were rely on the wood, today we can do barbecue with the Charcoal briquettes. 

The first commercial Charcoal briquettes was designed by Thomas Edison and built by Henry Ford in 1921. Charcoal briquettes is made of biomass of wood, plants, and other waste that already been carbonization. The invention of charcoal briquettes ever since that day is still continuing, and the charcoal business is still growing until today. 

Thanks to them, now in many developed countries, people are able to mass produce barbecue charcoal briquettes in a sustainable way that will help the local economy in there. 


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