Celebrity

Grill

-

Whoopi Goldberg took top honors as the celebrity

Americans want to barbecue with ( 23 percent ).

- The

guest list at your next cookout could be a battle of the

sexes:

- 29 percent of females choose

George Clooney as the person they'd like to barbecue with

as opposed to just 6 percent of the males.

- Cameron

Diaz, on the other hand, was selected by 21 percent of men and only 11

percent of women.

The

proper equipment

-

Casual clothing is a plus for barbecue-goers.

- 61 percent wear shorts.

- 52 percent wear T-shirts.

-

Barbecuing is just not possible without the right tools.

- 93 percent of outdoor chefs

won't step to the grill without tongs and 77 percent wouldn't

be caught without their basting brush.

How

Americans plan to heat up the last barbecue season of the

century

-

"We are going to Hawaii for a Luau."

- "By attending the world

barbecue competition in Memphis."

-

"Have more people over...attend more barbecue

events."

Where is

the wildest place Americans have barbecued?

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"On a glacier."

-

"Alongside the road when traffic was backed

up."

-

"Bottom of the Grand Canyon."

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This

survey was conducted online on behalf of Bush's Baked

Beans. The questionnaire was placed on a private web site

and selected members of the CyberPulse sm Advisory Panel, representing a

cross-section of the Internet and matching the

demographics of the U.S. population, were invited to take

the survey. A total of 3,057 men and women participated

in this survey. The sampling error for this survey is

+/-2 percent at the 95 percent level of confidence. All

answers add up to more than 100 percent due to multiple

responses.

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