Top 10 Coolest BBQ Grills

From Neatorama, at last: the Top 10 Coolest Barbeques : "BBQ," explains the Neat One, "is both a rite of summer and a rite of manhood (yes, BBQ is associated with male cooking, probably because any sane woman would not go near the combination fire, meat and beer). In some parts of the USA, BBQ is not just food, it's a religion. The fastest way to start a fight is not to talk politics, but to argue about the virtues of wood vs. charcoal vs. gas. Even the word itself is kind of controversial: is it barbecue, barbeque, bar-b-q, or BBQ? Just don't bring it up with a purist (or the one cooking your burger!)"

A finger has definitely been put on something of searing significance to those who seek the silly. The BBQer, regardless of the shape it takes, is inherently extra-ordinary. It veritably reeks of play. There is nothing necessary about a barbecue. It is a thing of fun, a portal to the not-quite-necessities of picnic and tail gate parties and backyard neighbor-baiting. And, today, thanks to the assiduous scholarship of the Neat-o-Ramans, we get to see the barbecue as the work of playful art it truly is.