Dear Geist,
How do you spell the word
? I did what I thought would be a quick check online and now I'm up to five different versions: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, bar-b-cue and bar-b-que. Which one do you guys like?

Dear Grilling,
All of those spellings are acceptable one way or another. The
if your text is meant for North American readers of English.
—The Editors