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  "name": "Dine Out Santa Maria Style"
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  "what": "A Chamber of Commerce restaurant fortnight built around the local barbecue — the valley's way of pointing visitors at the places that cook it."
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   "url": "https://www.santamaria.com/our-community/bbq-association/",
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   "note": "the association's own page: red oak native to the valley, beef rolled in salt, pepper and garlic, cooked on skewers over the coals; points at a certification programme for 'Santa Maria Style Barbeque Certified' locations"
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   "note": "the visitor bureau's site; its blog post on the barbecue trademark returned HTTP 403 to this project on 16 September 2026 and was not read"
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