Originally Posted by
cubbie
Someone correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm sure someone will), but to address the OP's question;
if you draw a straight line southwest from Chicago through Kansas City and project it down through Texas --
and draw a straight line from Chicago east to say, Virginia Beach, VA, keeping all of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia south of the line ...
you'll have outlined the quadrant of the continental US that feels strongly about barbecue.
HI has some great pig... gotta love the emu...
AK also has its own variations... with lots of game like moose, caribou, buffalo & even beaver
But for the lower 48... that's a good generalization...