Barbecue
- Barbecue is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Gabriel A. Kelly would've made a great fireman, but instead ended up fighting terrorism with G.I. Joe under the codename Barbecue. Not that he's into either job for a remarkable sense of duty or anything—he just loves the action and excitement.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics
Barbecue was one of G.I. Joe's earliest recruits. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2
Along with a squad of other Joes, Barbecue interrupted a Cobra experiment in Boston involving teleportation. When Cobra's equipment was damaged by a stray bullet, everyone in the vicinity, Barbecue included, were suddenly transported to Cybertron. The situation took a dive for the worse when the Joes learned that the malfunction had also sent a random number of Cybertronians to different points in Earth's timeline, and that the time travel "feedback" would repeatedly bathe the planet in fire if the aliens weren't retrieved. Barbecue volunteered to help, and was sent through time along with Spirit, Doctor Mindbender, Tomax and Xamot. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1 They team ended up on a post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by the Decepticons. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2
Barbecue and the others were saved from a Sweep squad by the future Dreadnoks, who were part of the resistance movement against the 'Cons. The Dreadnoks brought them to the resistance leader, Duke, who ordered the time travelers to stay and join them. Barbecue refused, as there was a good chance the future could be averted if they just brought back the time-lost Autobot that was helping Duke's resistance. In return, he and Spirit were called cowards and told to get the hell out, which really made Barbecue hope it was all a bad dream. Torch, on the other hand, was willing to help the time travelers find the displaced Autobot, Ratchet. Unfortunately, Ratchet had a similar attitude to Duke, and refused to abandon the world by returning to the future. After helping Ratchet free some human slaves at a Decepticon factory, Barbecue ran out of patience and slapped a disruption unit on the Autobot without his permission, sending everyone back to the past. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3 With the day saved and the dark future prevented from happening, Barbecue returned to Earth along with everyone else. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4
Later, Roadblock told Perceptor that Barbecue once ate a plate of 27 red hot chilis. Hardcore. The Art of War #5
