The African Bantu word for okra is gumbo. This word has survived because of African American and Louisiana Creole usage. Gumbo is a very popular fish and shellfish southern stew which contains okra. Dr. Turner's intent was also to prove that Black American idiomatic expressions had little to do with our White American southern drawls or dialects. Righteous down-home barbeque has been developed all over America with considerable improvisation.
Perfection can only come from trial and error over many years.
Thousands of culinary experts, particularly in the South, guard and hoard their secret recipes and methods. Mexico, Canada, Australia, England, Hong Kong, and Ireland. Barbequing in all its contemporary activity, recipes, and methods has truly become an international festive occasion, a culinary example of human creativity. At the end are recipes for salt free, low sodium and sugarless barbeque entrees and accompaniments. I'm sure this book will answer many questions you may have had about preparing and getting the best results from backyard pit-grill, smoke barbequing.