[SJackson]

You might note my post 36 Spanish bucanero, other sources would say the Spanish word is barbacoa. Buccan? Or the French, boucane? The BBQers being boucaniers. Others as you alluded, boucan, the wooden bbq grill, like a Webber. One of the interesting things about early history in our hemisphere is that many interpritations come from limited sources, quoted over the centuries. I don't know if that's the case here, Arawak, French, Spanish, but it wouldn't surprise me. And it all comes out pretty much the same. Other than the manatee part. Pigs, cattle for bbq is a different thing. Though I've no doubt manatee could be preserved by smoking as well.

[alexander_busek]

Though I've no doubt manatee could be preserved by smoking as well.

But they have a tendency to catch fire.

"Oh, the huge manatee!"

Regards,