Talk:Chicago-style barbecue

A fact from Chicago-style barbecue appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 14:44, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium? Source: https://chicago.eater.com/2016/6/15/11923078/chicago-style-barbecue-history
- Reviewed:
- Comment: This is my last DYK before I start doing quid pro quo

Created by AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk). Self-nominated at 03:22, 25 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Chicago-style barbecue; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

It would be more accurate, and therefore preferable, to say something like, "Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an indoor smoker that looks like an aquarium." — Mudwater^(Talk) 10:01, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - na
Used in article: - NA
Clear at 100px: - NA

QPQ: None required.

Overall: "... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?" would resolve Mudwater's concern.

"Leon's Bar-B-Q is credited with the popularization of this dish." is not supported by the given source. One of the other sources likely supports that statement. Alternatively, a different page might do the same thing.

Add a page number to the Chicago: A Food Biography citation. The link leads to it, but the reference does not state it. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 22:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing! Alright I added page numbers and changed the line about the popularization of the dish so I can cite a different source. I like the last version of the hook more because I think it keeps some of the mystery about what an aquarium smoker is without being misleading. AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 19:21, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AllWeKnowOfHeaven: To be clear, what hook to you prefer? "... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?", right? (If yes, I like it too.) — Mudwater^(Talk) 20:03, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mudwater: Yeah, that's the one! I think it's a good balance. AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 20:05, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure it is ok to say that "all" Chicago-style barbecue is made in an aquarium style smoker. It seems to be one style that began in chicago. I will promote the hook because it may just be my own reading is incorrect and it seems a unique Chicago style smoker. Lightburst (talk) 14:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]