Thumbpicker
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The word barbecue (bbq) here is basically what you'd call a gas grill or a charcoal one (rarer because of the inconvenience). There are electric hotplates around but I don't consider them a bbq. To be decent you need to flame grill it...Heard from a reliable source that Australian Bbq is sad.
There are places that do "american bbq" ie. smoked brisket - but that's not the norm in an Australian household. It's also not what most people here would call barbeque in a normal conversation ie. if someone asked you around for a barbecue you wouldn't automatically think they meant smoked brisket.
We do a decent a barbecue or barbeque... but the word isn't used the same way so it depends on what you mean by it.