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What kind of an eater are you?

From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.

7. Grill master

Grill masters rule the backyard in spring and summer, but tend to disappear once the snow flies. AP/File

Burgers, brats, steaks, kebabs, even the occasional veggie patty. There鈥檚 nothing like hot coals, the smell of smoke and meat, a set of cooking tools, and the great outdoors. Grill masters are a territorial breed, and tend to be verbal about horseplay within a 10-foot-radius of their grill. A seasonal eater, grill masters mostly appear in the spring and summer, and hibernate in the winter.

They are also solitary 鈥 spending a lot of time peering through smoke and thinking deep thoughts like, 鈥淚s that ready? I鈥檒l give it a poke with the spatula. Yeah, that鈥檚 ready.鈥  

When one grill master encounters another, an intricate set of social mores governs their interaction. Conversations often revolve around sports, or the benefits of charcoal vs. propane. The principle rule of conduct is: one may admire another鈥檚 grill, but must never take the helm unless specifically directed to do so.

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