Denys denies:

> You speak like you actually know this for a fact but your story is just one
>  of many different stories about the origins of the term "barbecue."
> 
>  Other variations place the origin of barbecue in France, (before they
>  started smoking their Peugeots, obviously.)  The term barbecue is said to 
be
>  derived from the French: "barbe au cul," which is how you skewer an animal
>  from the beard (mouth) to the butt.  Once skewered it is placed over a fire
>  and smoked.

"The etymology of the term is vague, but the most plausible theory states 
that the word "barbecue" is a derivative of the West Indian term "barbacoa," 
which denotes a method of slow-cooking meat over hot coals. Bon Appetit magazine 
blithely informs its readers that the word comes from an extinct tribe in 
Guyana who enjoyed "cheerfully spitroasting captured enemies." The Oxford English 
Dictionary traces the word back to Haiti, and others claim (somewhat 
implausibly) that "barbecue" actually comes from the French phrase "barbe a queue", 
meaning "from head to tail." 

   --http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/MA95/dove/history.htm

Notice the adverb "implausibly" in the above text.

Wirt Atmar

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