What is Zibo Barbecue?

Zibo barbecue is an important part of Zibo’s food culture. Recently, it has become popular because “college students organized a group to eat barbecue in Zibo”.

As early as May 2021, an up manager from Station B visited the Zibo Barbecue store and released "Brother Shandong: "I promise, you will want to eat this barbecue as soon as you see it!"", with more than 500 views. million; a Douyin food blogger visited the Zibo Barbecue store and received 900,00 likes.

This year’s popularity came first from the large number of grass-growing videos posted by netizens on various platforms, especially college students. Since late February, passenger traffic at Zibo Railway Station has begun to increase significantly, with the average daily number of passengers sent hitting a record high in the past three years.

College students organized a group to go to Zibo to eat barbecue, which became a temporary phenomenon. They "checked in at Zibo Railway Station" and created their own "Zibo barbecue gesture". Various fancy check-in gestures triggered collective imitation by college students, and they went to Zibo to eat barbecue. Young people "made their own rings", and Zibo barbecue began to "explode".

Subsequently, various media quickly captured this news phenomenon, and provincial media such as Dazhong Daily and Shandong Radio and Television quickly followed up. Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, Guangming Daily and other media also joined in, publishing various live broadcasts, Short videos, reviews and in-depth coverage. At the same time, the local area invites Internet celebrities and foreign friends to Zibo to experience it. The wide spread of various media communication matrices, coupled with the automatic drainage of traffic by Internet celebrities, make Zibo Barbecue continue to be popular.

Characteristics of Zibo Barbecue

1. Soul secret skill: small stove

Small stove barbecue refers to charcoal barbecue with independent small oven for each table. , this kind of barbecue is also called "live barbecue". Generally speaking, when eating barbecue in cities, the skewers are grilled and served to the table, which is a ready-to-eat barbecue. For authentic Zibo barbecue, each table must have a small stove. The meat skewers served are already half-cooked, and the heat is controlled by the diners themselves.

2. Three-piece set: small pancakes, green onions, and sauce

Take two skewers of sizzling and oily meat skewers, first wrap them in the dipping sauce, and then spread them on the small pancakes. Hold the pancake with the palm of your hand and squeeze the meat skewers tightly, pull back the skewer, and a few pieces of meat will be completely wrapped in the pancake. Add a section of green onion leaves or green onion. This roll will create a unique pancake.

Take a big bite and feel the wheat aroma of the biscuit. The peanuts, sesame and freshly grilled meat are mixed together in the dipping sauce. The biscuit makes the slightly salty meat palatable, and the dipping sauce provides enough fragrance. Commission, and the green onions offset the greasiness of the meat skewers very well. The king and his ministers complement each other and complement each other.

3. The Chosen One: Ingredients and Ingredients

The barbecue ingredients in different places are not much different, but the taste of barbecue is the "secret skill of attracting customers" mastered by the store owner. ”, this is the biggest difference between the pros and cons of different barbecue restaurants: marinades.

Marinage is a specialty of Zibo Barbecue. Every family has different marinade recipes, but the standard is the same. With the taste guaranteed, the remaining heat is left to the guests to play freely on the small stove.