Barbecuing vs. Grilling — What's the Difference?

A grill, pit, or outdoor fireplace for roasting meat.

Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side. Grilling usually involves a significant amount of direct, radiant heat, and tends to be used for cooking meat and vegetables quickly.

A whole animal carcass or section thereof roasted or broiled over an open fire or on a spit.

To broil on a gridiron.

A social gathering, usually held outdoors, at which food is cooked over an open flame.

To torture or afflict as if by broiling.

Meat or seafood cooked in or served with barbecue sauce.

(Informal) To question relentlessly; cross-examine.

To roast, broil, or grill (meat or seafood) over live coals or an open fire, often basting with a seasoned sauce.

To mark or emboss with a gridiron.

Present participle of barbecue

A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

Roasting a large piece of meat on a grill or a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire.

Food cooked by broiling or grilling.

Roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire

An informal restaurant or a room in a restaurant where grilled foods are served. Also called grillroom.

A series of marks grilled or embossed on a surface.

Variant of grille.

Present participle of grill

(informal) A thorough interrogation.

The act or process of grilling, or broiling.

Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)