バーベキュー (bābekyū) means “barbecue”

More examples

友人をバーベキューに招待しました。yū jin o bā be kyū ni shō tai shi ma shi ta

I invited my friends to a barbecue.

Refers to preparing food over direct heat outdoors, often as a shared social activity.

肉や野菜などを屋外で火にかけて焼いて食べること。また、その集まり。niku ya ya sai na do o oku gai de hi ni ka ke te ya i te ta be ru ko to ma ta so no atsu ma ri

バーベキュー (bābekyū) is borrowed from English barbecue, which came through Spanish barbacoa from a Taíno word for a wooden cooking frame.

In English, barbecue works as both a noun and a verb, while Japanese バーベキュー (bābekyū) is normally used as a noun for the outdoor cooking event.