So What Do BBQers Do?

According to the National Barbecue News, here's what the enthusiasts do...

What type of fuel do readers of the National BBQ News use?

• 35% use charcoal as their source of barbecue fuel.
• 34% choose gas
• 21% use only natural wood products.
• 2% use electricity
• 9% use some sort of combination from the above.

What is their favorite barbecue sauce?

• 69% say their favorite barbecue sauce is their own.
• 51% of these are totally homemade
• 18% of these use a commercial base to start.
• 28% prefer a commercial sauce without changing it at all.

How often do they barbecue?

• 66% fire up the grill or pit at least one time per week.
• 23% barbecue more than two times per month.
• 8% saythey barbecue once or twice a month.
• 1% said they cook five times a year or less
• 1% said they have never cooked barbecue because they do not know how to cook good barbecue.

That last statement confounds me, as this was a poll of readers of the National Barbeque News. Why would they be reading the paper if they don't participate in the hobby? As The Beatles say, very strange.