: a device that is placed inside a machine (such as a clock, toy, or car) to supply it with electricity. : a usually large group of similar people, things, or ideas that work together, are used together, etc.weet. : a device that is placed inside a machine (such as a clock, toy, or car) to supply it with electricity. : a usually large group of similar people, things, or ideas that work together, are used together, etc. : a group of two or more big guns used by the military.
In the United States, barbecue (also spelled barbeque or abbreviated BBQ) refers to a technique of cooking that involves cooking meat for long periods of time at low temperatures with smoke from a wood fire; often this is called pit barbecue, and the facility for cooking it is the barbecue pit.his form of cooking adds a distinctive smoky taste to the meat; barbecue sauce, while a common accompaniment, is not required for many styles. Often the proprietors of Southern-style barbecue establishments in other areas originate from the South.
In the U.S., barbacoa is often prepared with parts from the heads of cattle, such as the cheeks. In northern Mexico, it is also sometimes made from beef head, but more often it is prepared from goat meat (cabrito).In central Mexico, the meat of choice is lamb, and in the Yucatan, their traditional version, cochinita pibil (pit-style pork), is prepared with pork.arbacoa was later adopted into the cuisine of the southwestern United States by way of Texas, which had formerly been a part of northern Mexico. The word transformed in time to barbecue, as well as many other words related to ranching and Tex-Mex cowboy or vaquero life.