bbq: Is this only if you eat them very often or will eating ribs and BBQ once in awhile do this as well?|||No, but grilling may be a different story. There are some studies that show eating charred foods may pose a cancer risk (see FSIS link). Grill flare-ups due to high heat and fatty meats/drippings tend to char meats which can be unhealthy. Charring can be avoided by controlling temps/grease when cooking on a grill and by properly trimming fatty meats. True barbecuing on the other hand is done at a lower temperature that grilling which basically slow-cooks the meat at around 225-300掳F as opposed to the much higher temps used when grilling. Most ribs will be cooked on a barbecue smoker at the low temps - usually 225-250掳F. Eat on! Rusty's BBQ Recipes http://tipsforBBQ.com/Recipes|||Nope it's all politics to try and blast a certain group. Just make sure your ribs are organic (as with all food) and that the charcoal does not fan up onto the food by using aluminum foil. What WILL give you cancer is undercooked food, because it does not burn off the cancerous tumors, worms, eggs, larvae, dirt, flu virus, STD's that the USDA allows in cows for profit|||What?? No! It doesn't matter how often you eat them, it'll never give you cancer (although I wouldn't recommend eating them for every meal