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Kebab vs Barbecue - What's the difference?

kebab | barbecue |

As nouns the difference between kebab and barbecue

is that kebab is a dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit while barbecue is a fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

As verbs the difference between kebab and barbecue

is that kebab is to roast in the style of a kebab while barbecue is to cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.

kebab

English

(wikipedia kebab)

Alternative forms

* kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit.
  • A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  • A Muslim, usually of Arab descent.

    • Derived terms

    * doner kebab * kafta kebab * shish kebab * seekh kebab

    Verb

    (kebabb)
  • To roast in the style of a kebab.
  • (slang) To stab or skewer.

    • See also

    * shashlik * giros * shawarma * souvlaki * suya

    References

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    barbecue

    English

    (wikipedia barbecue)

    Alternative forms

    * barbeque * BBQ (informal abbreviation) * bar-be-que, bar-b-que (informal forms based on the abbreviation) * (meat) 'cue, 'que, que (informal shortenings)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
    • We cooked our food on the barbecue .
  • A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
    • We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.
  • Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.
    • She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.
  • (dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
  • A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
  • * 2000 , Andrew Gerald Gravette, Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean , page 227:
    • Drying the coffee beans took place in a barbecue , basically a large, flat platform, where the pulped coffee beans could be laid out and turned as they dried. Barbecues were often walled around and raised above ground level.

    Synonyms

    * (grill) braai (South African English), buccan, compare grill * (event) braai (South African English), cookout

    Derived terms

    * barbecue sauce * barbie

    Verb

    (barbecu)
  • To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
  • To grill.