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m'''Barbecue''' (or ''Barbecue'', ''BBQ'') is a special type of [[grill (cooking)|grill]]. It is also a way to prepare [[meat]] which is then cooked with that instrument. It is especially popular in [[Australia]] and in certain parts of the [[United States]].
Barbecue cooking means to cook very slowly. It is not as hot as grilling. Some meats must be cooked slowly to be [[tender]], and easy to chew. Sometimes, meat may be slowly cooked for 8 to 24 hours in a barbecue.
==Barbecuing in Australia==
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==Barbecuing in the United States==
People in the United States barbecue [[chicken]], [[beef]] and [[pork]], depending on the part of the country. Barbecuing is very popular in the Central and Southern U.S., especially in [[Texas]] with beef and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] with pork. In the United States barbecued meat is usually covered in barbecue sauce, a type of thick, dark red sauce that often contains spices, tomatoes, and honey. Very often, American barbecue grills get heat from [[hickory]] wood.
In [[California]], it was common to barbecue beef in a hole in the ground rather than a grill. This is called a "pit barbecue"<ref>http://santamariavisitor.com/cm/santa_maria_barbecue/barbecue.html</ref>
==Images==
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Image:Bar-b-que-lam-cutlets-on-the-grill.jpg|Lamb cutlets on the grill
Image:Barbecue.jpg|Another barbecue image
Image:BBQ Burwood Park.jpg|A barbecue in Australia
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{{Commonscat|Barbecued food}}
==References==
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[[Category:American food]]
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