Of course there is, and it appeared as early as the Neolithic Age. After all, the earliest way that humans discovered that fire could be used for cooking was to set it on fire for roasting, which was the earliest barbecue.

In short, the history of human use of fire is almost the history of barbecue.

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The ancient Chinese were no exception, and they also had a deep love for this great delicacy.

As early as the ancient Neolithic Age, many barbecue utensils were unearthed.

There are also many burnt pig bones and cow bones in the Erlitou ruins.

By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, barbecue had become an indispensable delicacy in the lives of nobles.

It's called "Zhi", and the glyph means meat is roasted on the fire.

As for barbecue tools, in addition to ovens that are similar in shape to modern ones, people at that time also used barbecue skewers and iron barbecue forks. The barbecue skewers looked like this and the iron barbecue forks looked like this.

There doesn't seem to be any branches or anything.

During the Han, Jin and Northern Dynasties, barbecue was very popular in the Central Plains and its surrounding areas. Physical kebabs from the Han Dynasty were even unearthed from the Han Tomb in Zhongwei Changle, Ningxia. When unearthed, these kebabs, eggs, and ribs were placed in bamboo baskets.

Of course, those who could eat a lot of barbecue at that time were either wealthy or wealthy people.

However, after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the delicacy status of barbecued kebabs fell from its peak. Although there are still many tricks, such as grilled clam kebabs, grilled white mushrooms, grilled lamb hearts, grilled lamb kidneys, etc. recorded in the notes of the Tang Dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty

The roasted venison in "Dream of Red Mansions" basically inherits the craft of kebabs from the Han, Jin and Northern Dynasties.

But the ancients were less and less fond of making skewers, probably because after the Tang and Song Dynasties, stir-frying, a method with no restrictions on ingredients and flexible methods, overshadowed its popularity.