barbecue vs hibachi

barbecue

noun
  • A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. 

  • A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried. 

  • 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. 

  • A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. 

verb
  • To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels. 

  • To grill. 

hibachi

noun
  • A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki. This terminology is virtually unknown in Japan. 

  • The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan. 

  • A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking. 

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