List of barbecue restaurants

Barbecue is a method and apparatus for char grilling food in the hot smoke of a wood fire, usually charcoal fueled.

In the United States, to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecue 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 the party that includes such food or such preparation methods.

The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method.

Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.