barbecue, barbeque (noun)

meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

barbecue, barbeque (noun)

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

barbecue, barbeque (verb)

a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

barbeque, barbecue, cook out (verb)

cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

"let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"

barbecue (Noun)

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

barbecue (Noun)

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue.

barbecue (Verb)

To cook food on a barbecue; to grill.

Barbecue

Barbecue is a method and apparatus for char grilling food in the hot smoke of a wood fire, usually charcoal fueled. In the United States, to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecue is typically a much slower method utilizing less heat than grilling, attended to over an extended period of several hours. The term as a noun can refer to the meat or to the cooking apparatus itself. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecue is usually done in an outdoor environment by cooking and smoking the meat over wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose. Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.