Barbecue or barbeque is a term used with regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods, employing live fire and smoke to cook food.
Meat being barbecued at The Salt Lick restaurant
The original Arawak term barabicu was used to refer to a wooden framework. Among the framework's uses was the suspension of meat over a flame.
A British barbecue including chicken kebabs, marinated chicken wings, sweetcorn, and an assortment of vegetables
A typical asado in Argentina
Barbecue is a tradition often considered a quintessential part of American culture, especially the Southern United States.
Barbecue
…heat, known in the United States as broiling. Its South American versions are the southern Brazilian churrasco and the Southern Cone asado. For barbecue in the United States, each Southern locale has its own variety of barbecue, particularly sauces. In recent years, the regional variations have blurred as restaurants and…
Pulled pork, brisket, baked beans and mac & cheese
A Southern Barbecue, 1887, by Horace Bradley
A slab of barbecued pork ribs
Pulled pork, baked beans and mac & cheese