hibachi

/həˈbɑtʃi/

Other forms: hibachis

A hibachi is a small, portable charcoal grill. You might bring a hibachi to a beachside cookout, along with some skewered meat and vegetables to cook on it.

Hibachi means "firepot" or "fire bowl" in Japanese, and in Japan it mainly refers to a small, charcoal-fired heater. For English speakers, a hibachi is used for cooking small amounts of food outdoors. The hibachis in Western restaurants are electric, but the kind a home cook uses is made from cast iron and has open grates over hot coals — and a Japanese speaker would call it a shichirin.

Definitions of hibachi

1. noun

   a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking
   type of:

   brasier, brazier

   large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
2. verb

   cook over a heater that burns charcoal and has a grill
   type of:

   grill

   cook over a grill