Barbecue or barbeque (common spelling variant) (with abbreviations BBQ, Bar-B-Q and Barbie), used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia (called Braai in South Africa) is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry, and occasionally fish with the hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, compressed wood pellets, or hot coals of charcoal. Typically^{[citation needed]}, to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecue is typically a much slower method utilizing less heat than grilling, attended to over an extended period of several hours.

The term as a noun can refer to the meat, the cooking apparatus itself (the "Barbecue grill" or simply "Barbecue") or to a party that includes such food or such preparation methods. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner.

Barbecue is usually done in an outdoor environment by cooking and smoking the meat over wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose.

Perry Lang (born December 24, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, U.S.) is an American director, writer and actor.

He has directed episodes of television series such as Arli$$, ER, Millennium, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Fantasy Island, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, The Twilight Zone, Alias, Las Vegas, Jack & Bobby and Everwood. He has also performed in many films and television shows, directing himself in Men of War (1994) (with Dolph Lundgren) and Little Vegas (also written by). He had a few important roles 1941 by Steven Spielberg (as the best friend of the main character) The Big Red One (directed by Samuel Fuller) as well as Eight Men Out, Alligatorand Sunshine State -- all written/directed by John Sayles. He also appeared in Spring Break, Tag: The Assassination Game, Jocks, O'Hara's Wife, Alligator, Mortuary Academy, Body and Soul (1981), The Hearse, and Relentless II: Dead On.

He is married to former actress Sage Parker-Lang, with whom he has two children.

Lang directs the ABC Television show Greek which is currently in its third season.