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[bahr-bi-kyoo]

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noun

pieces of beef, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted over an open hearth, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce.

a framework, as a grill or a spit, or a fireplace for cooking meat or vegetables over an open fire.

a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.

a meal, usually in the open air and often as a political or social gathering, at which meats are roasted over an open hearth or pit.

verb (used with object)

to broil or roast whole or in large pieces over an open fire, on a spit or grill, often seasoning with vinegar, spices, salt, and pepper.

to cook (sliced or diced meat or fish) in a highly seasoned sauce.

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verb (used without object)

to cook by barbecuing or to entertain at a barbecue: If the weather's nice, we'll barbecue in the backyard.

Also, barbeque, bar-b-que.

Origin:
1655–65; < Spanish barbacoa < Arawak (perhaps Taino ) barbacoa a raised frame of sticks

Related forms

bar·be·cu·er, noun

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Remove the top part of shell and brush clam tops with barbecue sauce.

Carolina barbecue and collard greens rock, and they are plentiful and cheap.

Serving barbecue to the media was probably the smarter strategy.

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Remove the top part of shell and brush clam tops with barbecue sauce.

Carolina barbecue and collard greens rock, and they are plentiful and cheap.

Serving barbecue to the media was probably the smarter strategy.

Home for the night is a sandy beach where guides barbecue steaks, chicken, or ribs over a fire.

Soon after, she had another, this time at a friend's barbecue.

But others go the opposite direction, celebrating the manner of his death with a barbecue.

Nearly all of the action at a backyard grilling party takes place around the barbecue.

It is officially barbecue season or, for those to whom barbecue means burying a pig in a hole in the ground, grill season.

It no longer offers dieting tips, barbecue recipes or audience makeovers.

Started right in about his backyard, tiki torches and barbecue.

The two played down the significance of this, joking that the only thing at stake was the barbecue they had wagered.

Barbecue can't be frozen, can't be canned, and can't be vacuum stretched.

Tomorrow's noon meal, the one at the end of my shift, should be a barbecue.

With the official kick-off of outdoor barbecue season this weekend also comes an alarming increase in beer waste.

Real, slow-cooked barbecue takes time, but this dish is truly worth it.

In the barbecue pecking order, gas grills sit at the bottom.

Use a brush to coat the flank with some of the barbecue sauce.

One of my mother's cats has the disgusting habit of finding old barbecue leavings and bringing them to the house.

My family is planning the all-American barbecue with a bit of kayaking before the food fest.

The barbecue sauce was a nice complement to the sweetness of the doughnut, and the potatoes tasted almost creamy.

The living/dining space flows easily out to the barbecue patio in the central courtyard.

Urban suburbs are replaced by canvas suburbs, barbecue meals, and communal toilets.

Baste with the barbecue sauce and serve at once with any remaining sauce on the side.

The vibe in our flotilla of canoes and kayaks was a cross between a backyard barbecue and a waterlogged rave.

Tote it on a picnic, or serve it at a backyard barbecue.

Anyway, there is really no such thing as too much summer barbecue and this song.

Memphis is alleged to have more than a hundred barbecue joints.

Warm, grilled fruit desserts make use of an already hot barbecue.

Oliver says, he hooked up a propane jet to the bottom of a barbecue where he was cooking hamburgers.

In the backyard there's an inground pool and a fully loaded barbecue.

As anyone who has entertained outside knows, all of the action at a backyard grilling party takes place around the barbecue.

Cut a hole in the tape and insert a barbecue lighter.

We've shamelessly spiked our homemade barbecue sauce here with the wine to lock in the match.

Restaurants that specialize in barbecue go far beyond the backyard rudiments of hot dogs, hamburgers and sticky sauces.

The party is going to be at her family's house, a backyard barbecue with lots of food.

Low-carb barbecue sauces and salad dressings are also coming.

Using in-season fruit, such as peaches, as a base to a simple homemade barbecue sauce is a great way to add a bit of surprise.

The meaty, tender ribs are accompanied by a slightly sweet tomato-based barbecue sauce that pairs perfectly with them.

WilliamKeith: but you can buy evaluations by giving a barbecue at your home or inviting students over for a pool party.

Whaleyboy, bring a flint and we'll barbecue some squirrel.

And again, barbecue preparation has deep roots in slave culture.

Though your barbecue won't get quite as hot as the circular.

Their itchy, irritating bites and nearly ubiquitous presence can ruin a backyard barbecue or a hike in.

Use this guide to plan and build the base of our barbecue bar.

Whether a traditional salmon bake on a pebbled beach or a barbecue in the backyard, gatherings delight in the gifts of nature.

Cooley has parlayed the good will of his barbecue joint into a restless pursuit of community-building.

But the brand doesn't necessarily extend as easily to barbecue grills.

Just be sure to make plenty of the cherry-Zinfandel barbecue sauce to top the super-succulent.

Wearing barbecue mitts, remove pan from grill and gently shake asparagus in pan until oil coats bottom and sides of pan evenly.

Or roll the scapes in olive oil, then throw them onto the barbecue grill briefly.

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World English Dictionary

barbecue (ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː)

—n
1.	a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire
2.	an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served
3.	a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing
4.	the food so cooked

—vb , -cues, -cuing, -cued
5.	to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
6.	to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce

[C17: from American Spanish barbacoa, probably from Taino: frame made of sticks]

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Word Origin & History

barbecue

1650s, from Amer.Sp. barbacoa, from Arawakan (Haiti) barbakoa "framework of sticks," the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally "meal of roasted meat or fish," modern popular noun sense of "grill for cooking over an open fire" is from 1931.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

barbecue

an outdoor meal, usually a form of social entertainment, at which meats, fish, or fowl, along with vegetables, are roasted over a wood or charcoal fire. The term also denotes the grill or stone-lined pit for cooking such a meal, or the food itself, particularly the strips of meat. The word "barbecue" came into English via the Spanish, who adopted the term from the Arawak Indians of the Caribbean, to whom the barbacoa was a grating of green wood upon which strips of meat were placed to cook or to dry over a slow fire

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