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Also known as grill, outdoor grill, barbeque grill, bbq grill, BBQ grill

device for barbecueing or grilling

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Encyclopedic overview

Food cooking on a charcoal grill A barbecue grill or barbeque grill (known as a barbecue in Canada and barbecue or barbie in Australia and New Zealand) is a device that cooks food by applying heat from below. There are several varieties of grills, with most falling into one of three categories: gas-fueled, charcoal, or electric. There is debate over which method yields superior results.

History in the Americas

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “barbecue grill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.