zmjezhd has hit it right on! Barbecue is a slow process which few in the US actually do. Most people that say they're going to "barbecue" something are actually just grilling. Grilling is cooking quickly over high heat. To me, the "poor man's barbecue" is not grilling, but combining oven roasting with grill finishing (and/or beginning...), which satisfies me, although I'm not really poor... :0)