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I've Been On A Team That Won The World Championship Of Barbecue. But Barbecue's Interesting, Because It's One Of These Cult Foods Like Chili, Or Bouillabaisse. Various Parts Of The World Will Have A Cult Food That People Get Enormously Attached To - There's Tremendous Traditions; There's Secrecy.

-Nathan Myhrvold

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I've Been On A Team That Won

Nathan Myhrvold

I've Been On A Team That Won The World Championship Of Barbecue. But Barbecue's Interesting, Because It's One Of These Cult Foods Like Chili, Or Bouillabaisse. Various Parts Of The World Will Have A Cult Food That People Get Enormously Attached To - There's Tremendous Traditions; There's Secrecy.

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