Building the Perfect BBQ Sandwich

   BUILDING THE PERFECT BBQ SANDWICH

Two very important things to remember when your trying to build the perfect BBQ Sandwich.  First, you have to use the right kind of bread/roll/bun!  I mean come on, you're with me right?  When you grab the buns off of the grocery store shelf and they're nice and squishy, you have to do the tip toe walk to the check out so that you don't squish them and keep them seperate from everything else you're buying, do you really think that's going to measure up to holding your perfectly cooked BBQ?

The biggest trick I can teach you is to find a bun or roll that is just firm enough on the outside and just squishy enough on the inside to hold all of that saucy, porky goodness.  Usually that means buying fresh baked stuff, yeah, I know it doesn't keep as long as the shelf stuff but who's to say it will last that long if the sandwiches are awesome?  The point is if you're going to showcase the good stuff aka. the perfect BBQ, then you need to make sure it's rested on bread that won't fall short of holding up the goods. 

The second thing to know about the perfect BBQ Sandwich is that down in the south we like to take pride in slapping some good old cole slaw on top of our pork.  This is definitly an ok thing to do providing that it's good cole slaw.  So many times I've been to restaurants that have defaced my sandwich with their version of cole slaw which can sometimes, well, I'll just say it, it sometimes tastes pretty bland, like salad, or just down right nasty.  Whatever your recipe may be for cole slaw make sure you...... I know this is a crazy concept...... make sure you season it when your making it!!!  But not too much as to take away the awesomeness of the pork.  It's an exact science to making a good cole slaw but not so complex that it's hours in the kitchen.  First you make sure that the cabbage is shredded or ground up to the correct consistancy.  Notice I said Cabbage and I didn't include other veggies like carrotts or onions or anything crazy like that.  We're talkin just cabbage, salt, pepper, a little shot of apple cider vinegar, sugar and good old Duke's Mayo, oh yeah and if you want, a very little shot of mustard for the tang.  This should give a perfect compliment to your sweet, tangy, or spicy pork BBQ that you spent so much time preparing.  Anyway, here's the deal, if you pay close attention to these two details when you're building your sandwich, you will bring out the greatness of YOUR BBQ sandwich and you are sure to be the "sandwich artist" that you've always wanted to be!