THE BARBECUE DAD OUTFIT: A CULTURAL ICON OF CONVENIENCE, STYLE, AND SIZZLE

When you image a community cookout in the summertime warmth — garden chairs scattered across a yard, Youngsters chasing one another all over a sprinkler, the scent of grilled meat wafting throughout the air — there's a person picture that regularly anchors the scene: Barbecue Father. He is standing on the grill, tongs in hand, spatula close by,