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🔥 A smoking frame 🥩 Smoked meat
boucan

boucan

9.9
A wooden frame for smoking meat, often in the Caribbean
  • noun
  • /buˈkɑn/
  • Archaic
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  • The aroma from the boucan filled the air as the meat slowly smoked.

Examples

  • The pirates prepared their meat on a boucan before setting sail.

  • Early settlers built a boucan to preserve game for the long journey.

  • The chef used a boucan to smoke the fish.

  • They built a traditional boucan for their barbecue.

  • The fishermen used a boucan to smoke their catch, giving it a rich flavor that everyone loved.

  • In the Caribbean, a boucan is essential for preparing traditional smoky meats enjoyed during festivals.

  • After he built the boucan, the locals gathered around to taste the delicious smoked fish.

Synonyms

barbecue
vsboucan
64 1.0

A metal grill for cooking food over hot charcoal outdoors

relies on smoke and slow curing more than direct charcoal cooking
smokehouse
vsboucan
7 5.2

A small building where people cure meat or fish with smoke

is also the wooden frame form used for smoking in the Caribbean
hibachi
vsboucan
5 6.7

A small portable grill that cooks food over hot coals

is larger or fixed and used for slow smoking rather than quick portable grilling
barbeque
vsboucan
  • US
1 1.0

A device for cooking food over hot coals outdoors

uses smoke and slow curing rather than fast charcoal cooking
gridiron
vsboucan
1 7.8

A metal frame with parallel bars used to cook meat or fish over a fire

focuses on smoking rather than direct open grilling over bars
meat house
vsboucan
  • Archaic
1 6.2

A small farm building where people hang meat or fish to dry

focuses on smoking specifically rather than storage or general curing
barbacoa
vsboucan
  • Archaic
9.2

A wooden frame used to cook or smoke meat over a fire

is specifically for smoking meat rather than general cooking

Surface Forms

boucan singular
boucans plural

Etymology

Boucan comes from a Caribbean native word for a 'wooden frame' used 'to smoke' meat, and French hunters who used those frames were called boucaniers, a name that later gave English the word buccaneer. So a boucan is the frame or small smokehouse used to preserve and flavor meat.