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There is controversy here. BBQ is claimed to originate in the USA, and when spoken of there it is considered an art form. Claims of discovery are widespread the world over.

The idea itself, the roasting of meat over hot coals has been practiced since man discovered fire. The addition of flavorings is not new either. The Romans and Greeks were said to have mixed oils and lemon, thyme and rosemary to drizzle over roasting meat long before Texans were, well, Texans. The Chinese can claim BBQ in some form of their own having cooked over hot coals and slow fires long before America was discovered. Duck, chicken and suckling pig were presented to rulers of China for thousands of years. Polynesians have been doing luau as celebratory feasts for many hundreds of years and that too is a form of BBQ.

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