I grill chicken breasts on the barbeque (propane grill on the deck/patio) at least once a week and pork tenderloin every couple of weeks. My favorite steak to barbeque is flank steak, marinated in hot bbq sauce. Pork chops are pretty popular, especially here in the South, and bacon is a staple breakfast meat for many folks. While beef is certainly the most popular American meat, particularly since so many burger joints (including national chains like McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Hardees, etc.) do mega business, chicken is also very popular, fried or otherwise. Chick-Fil-A is a great (strangely only 3 in the Northeast) national chicken fast food chain (no hamburgers served here!) with great chicken sandwiches pressure cooked in peanut oil, with a dill pickle slice on a burger roll. I love 'em! As a child in Massachusetts, my mother used to serve lamb once in a while, with mint jelly on the side, but here in Virginia most of my friends have absolutely no interest in eating lamb. At the local grocery store, I would venture to guess that beef occupies 45% of the meat section followed by chicken and pork equally splitting the remaining 55%. Again, just a guess based on the store I shop at.
Steve

: Mutton is hardly ever eaten this side of the pond either. I've been
: veggie for over 20 years but never ate it before that. Hogget is
: growing in popularity but most sheep eaten here is still lamb.

: The impression I get is that US agriculture is still pretty
: dominated in some areas by 2 big monocultures, beef and wheat -
: the UK has a bit more variability meat-wise but wheat is still
: the dominant grain here too. There are some national
: specialisations in meats throughout Europe - some countries
: occasionally eat horse, which is something the UK tends to draw
: the line at.

: It's quite interesting when travelling to see both national
: cuisines and the local take on extra-national cuisines too. I
: was never able to get an Indian curry even approximating what I
: would call hot whilst in Germany, for example. And Mexican food
: I've had in NYC was very different from what passes as Mexican
: here - I had to look up what huitlacoche was for a start!