» See also: Barbecue. Grilling's a form of cooking that involves dry radiant heat from above or below, and takes place on a grill or griddle. Devices that grill are called grills, and come in a variety of forms. Heat transfer to the food's primarily via thermal radiation. The heat source may come from below, as in barbecue; or it may come from above, and this form of grilling's termed broiling in the United States. When dry radiant heat's applied evenly, as in an oven or through a spit fire or… (More on Grilling)