Home›Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes›Cooking Method›BarbecueCulinary TechniqueBarbecueDry-Heat Cooking MethodsReference and ClassificationVerifiedBarbecue is a term for cooking methods that use live fire and smoke, encompassing both the indirect low-temperature style common in the United States, where meat is smoked or roasted over wood or charcoal at roughly 116 to 138 degrees Celsius for several hours, and the direct-heat style used in much of the rest of the world, closer to grilling over hot coals or a gas fire for just a few minutes at temperatures above 260 degrees Celsius. The word traces to barabicu, a term from the Taino and other Arawakan languages of the Caribbean describing a wooden framework used to suspend meat over flames; Spanish conquistadors encountered the technique after 1492 and carried the word into Spanish, from which it entered English by the 1600s. Beyond the cooking method itself, barbecue also names the equipment used and the social gatherings built around it.FactsBarbecueConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOrigin Period, From (Year)Well-attestedfrom 1661 1BarbecueFilter Results7 entriesCuisineAllAmerican Cuisine (1)Chinese Cuisine (1)Kenyan Cuisine (1)Mexican Cuisine (1)Mongolian Cuisine (1)CourseAllMain Course (7)Dietary SuitabilityAllContains Meat or Poultry (7)Main IngredientAllChicken (2)Five-Spice Powder (1)Goat Meat (1)Honey (1)Meat (1)Mutton (1)Pork (1)Dish FamilyAllBarbecue and Mixed Grill Platters (1)East Asian Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (2)Latin American and Caribbean Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (1)North American Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (2)Sub-Saharan African Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (1)Format/TypeAllBarbecue and Mixed Grill Platters (1)East Asian Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (2)Latin American and Caribbean Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (1)North American Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (2)Sub-Saharan African Roasted, Grilled and Fried Dishes (1)Origin RegionAllChina (1)Kenya (1)Mexico (1)Mongolia (1)Tanzania (1)Turkey (1)United States (1)TraditionAllSalt Curing, Smoking and Drying (1)Street Food Culture (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Barbecue chickenBarbecueBeer can chickenBarbecueBoodogBarbecueChar SiuBarbecueMixioteBarbecueNyama ChomaBarbecuePulled porkBarbecueConnectionsAssociated WithNyama Choma, Dishes Well-attested Prepares DishesBarbecue chicken, Dishes Well-attested Source Barbecue chicken (Wikipedia)Beer can chicken, Dishes Well-attested Source Beer can chicken (Wikipedia)Boodog, Dishes Well-attested Source Boodog (Wikipedia)Char Siu, Dishes Well-attested Source Char Siu (Wikipedia)tier 3Mixiote, Dishes Well-attested Source Mixiote (Wikipedia)Mućkalica, Dishes Well-attested Source Muckalica (Wikipedia)Nyama Choma, Dishes Well-attested Source Nyama Choma (Wikipedia)tier 3Pulled pork, Dishes Well-attested Source Pulled pork (Wikipedia)Sources1. Barbecue (Wikipedia)QuoteAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use in modern form was in 1661, in Edmund Hickeringill's Jamaica Viewed: "Some are slain, And their flesh forthwith Barbacu'd and eat"; it also appears in 1672 in the writings of John Lederer following his travels in the North American southeast in 1669-1670.Char Siu (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaPrepares Dishes: Char Siu, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Char Siu, Lead sentenceChar siu (Chinese: 叉燒; lit. 'fork roasted') is a Cantonese-style barbecued pork.View the SourceMuckalica (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Mućkalica, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Mućkalica, Lead sentence(pronounced [ˈmût͜ɕkalit͜sa]) is a Serbian dish, a stew made of barbecued meat and vegetables.View the SourceNyama Choma (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaPrepares Dishes: Nyama Choma, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Nyama Choma, Lead sentenceNyama Choma is a specialty of grilled or barbecued goat meat or cattle meat.View the SourceBeer can chicken (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Beer can chicken, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Beer can chicken, Lead sentenceon a throne, beer butt chicken, coq au can, dancing chicken) is a barbecued chicken dish and method of indirect grilling using aView the SourceBoodog (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Boodog, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Boodog, Lead sentenceMongolian pronunciation: [pɔːtɔk]) is a Mongolian cuisine dish of barbecued goat, mutton or Tarbagan marmot cooked with heated stones insertedView the SourceMixiote (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Mixiote, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Mixiote, Lead sentenceA mixiote (in Spanish: ) is a traditional pit-barbecued meat dish in central Mexico; especially in the Basin of Mexico, inView the SourcePulled pork (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Pulled pork, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Pulled pork, Lead sentencePulled pork is an American barbecue dish, more specifically a dish of the Southern United States, basedView the SourceBarbecue chicken (Wikipedia)Prepares Dishes: Barbecue chicken, Lead sentenceQuote, Prepares Dishes: Barbecue chicken, Lead sentenceBarbecue chicken consists of chicken parts or entire chickens that areView the SourceBarbecue (Wikipedia)In Group: Grilling, Barbecue and Spit Roasting, Lead paragraphQuote, In Group: Grilling, Barbecue and Spit Roasting, Lead paragraphBarbecue or barbeque (often shortened to BBQ worldwide; barbie or barby in Australia and New Zealand) is a term used with regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods, employing live fire and smoke to cook food.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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