A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.

plural of barbecue sauce

(Australia, slang) A topic of conversation which is controversial and of contemporary significance. Hence, a social gaffe.

(US) Red slaw.

plural of Mongolian barbecue

A stir-fried dish in which meat and vegetables are cooked on large, round, solid iron griddles at high temperatures.

plural of barbecue stopper

A style of barbecue, most common in the Piedmont and western areas of North Carolina, that uses a red sauce made from vinegar, tomatoes, and usually red pepper flakes, along with other spices.

(informal) Resembling barbecued food.