Barbecue
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Barbecue or barbeque is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that employ live fire and smoke to cook the food. The term is also generally applied to the devices associated with those methods, the broader cuisines that these methods produce, and the meals or gatherings at which this style of food is cooked and served. The cooking methods associated with barbecuing vary significantly but most involve outdoor cooking.
Meat being barbecued at The Salt Lick restaurant
Barbecued hickory-smoked baby-back pork ribs
A barrel-shaped smoker on a trailer. Pans on the top shelf hold hamburgers and hot dogs. The lower grill is being used to cook pork ribs and "drunken chicken".
A British barbecue including chicken kebabs, marinated chicken wings, sweetcorn, and an assortment of vegetables
Regional variations of barbecue
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Barbecue varies by the type of meat, sauce, rub, or other flavorings used, the point in barbecuing at which they are added, the role smoke plays, the equipment and fuel used, cooking temperature, and cooking time.
Briquettes placed in a barbecue cooker
Various meats being barbecued
A typical braai on a small braai stand
Boerewors and pork in a concrete braai structure