the spelling "barbeque" is occasionally used in Australia, New Zealand, and the US.

History

Spanish explorer Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés was the first to print the word barbecoa in Spain in 1526 as part of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (2nd Edition) of the Real Academia Española. After Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, the Spaniards apparently found Taíno roasting meat over a grill consisting

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