mndsm wrote: If they chop it to the point that it's mush, something's wrong with the way they make the BBQ and they need to revisit their cooking techniques. No cut of meat should be rendered down to meat batter like that. (Sausage notwithstanding). Chopped, pulled, sliced, whole, whatever- as long as it's delicious. I do prefer a bit of a "bite" if you will, not so much a mashed potato feel to my BBQ, so take that for what you will.
I have eaten at a restauarant chain that used a mechanical chopper. It comes out about one grade above hash. They fianlly got rid of it and went conventional. I would refuse to eat it and went for their coarse chopped, which was more like cubes and cost more.
