Cooking large pieces of meat

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 barbecues 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. Cooking large pieces of meat. When cooking larger pieces of meat, apply a seasoning, known as a barbecue rub, prior to cooking. This will enhance the flavour greatly at the end. If time allows, cook the meat for an extended period of time, using a much lower temperature than may be used normally.

Barbecue or barbeque common spelling variant with abbreviations BBQ, Bar B Q and Barbie, used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia called Braai in South Africa is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal. Typically to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecues 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, the cooking apparatus itself the Barbecue grill or simply Barbecue or to a party that includes such food or such preparation methods.