grillhierarchy
/ˈɡrɪlˈhaɪərɑːki/nounVerified NewAlso in: Grillhierarchie (Deutsch) · parrillarcos (Español) · grillarchie (Français)
The unwritten law that governs who may approach the barbecue and who must relay requests from afar.
The grillhierarchy seats one person at the fire and everyone else at a diplomatic distance. Advice may be shouted but not applied; utensils may not be borrowed. The grillmaster's authority is absolute and unpaid, and the rank passes only by absence or by burning something unforgivable.
Etym. — grill + hierarchy — the fire's court and its single officer.
Rel. — bbqresolve · grillbound
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