Barbecue apparatus, namely, fuel starter in the nature of a metal container with a wooden handle into which fuel briquettes may be placed, lit, and then poured into a barbecue grill for the purpose of speeding up the ready to cook time of barbecue fuels; Barbecue grills; Barbecue smoker accessories, namely, convection plates; Barbecue smokers; Barbecues; Barbecues and grills; Ceramic briquettes for use in barbecue grills; Folding portable charcoal, propane and gas fired barbecues, stoves, and grills; Lava rock for use in barbecue grills; Multi-purpose, electric countertop food preparation apparatus for cooking, baking, broiling, roasting, toasting, searing, browning, barbecuing and grilling food