Definition

1. Noun:

   • A hibachi is a small, portable, charcoal-burning grill or brazier, traditionally used for cooking food. It typically consists of a cylindrical or box-shaped container for holding burning charcoal, with a grate on top for placing food to be grilled.

2. Verb:

   • To hibachi means to cook food on such a grill. This action involves grilling over the direct heat of charcoal on a hibachi.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We brought a hibachi to the beach for a barbecue.
  • The chef prepared the skewers over the hot coals in the hibachi.
• Verb:
  • Let's hibachi some vegetables and shrimp for dinner.
  • The fish was perfectly hibachied, with a delicious smoky flavor.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often associated with a style of cooking where food is grilled quickly over high heat. In modern Western contexts, "hibachi-style" cooking sometimes refers to teppanyaki, where food is cooked on a large, flat iron griddle, though this is a different apparatus.

Variants and Related Words

• Hibachi-style (adj.): Describing food cooked in a manner typical of a hibachi grill, often implying quick grilling over high heat.
  • We ordered hibachi-style chicken and steak.

Synonyms

• Noun: Charcoal grill, brazier, portable grill.
• Verb: Grill, barbecue, charbroil.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• Hibachi grill: This common phrase explicitly names the cooking device. It is often used interchangeably with the noun "hibachi."
  • The restaurant features an open kitchen with hibachi grills.

Noun

1. a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking

Verb

1. cook over a hibachi grill