A BBQ uses BBQ sauce, which is thick, red, and sweet. I don’t believe a shashlik is the same thing.

The exact translation would be "shashlyk".
Cookout as a party with eating outdoors doesn't correspond to шашлыки either.

https://www.rbth.com/russian_kitchen/2016/05/13/shashlik-the-classic-soviet-cookout-meal_592865

FunnyCat, please refer to this article and don't be misled.

Nowhere in that article do you see the word BBQ!

There is this word.
"Luckily I have an Australian husband and, therefore, a BBQ on the balcony and someone to make the fire for me."
Anyhow, this article is not an encyclopaedia...

I’m not going to argue with you – English is my language and if I see barbecue it means meat grilled with barbecue sauce. Period.

Picnic now! I’ve seen everything.

So you throw a blanket on the floor and eat on the grass out of a basket?

http://bubr.ru/post/view/2335

Obviously you don’t know what a picnic is.

Souvlaki is more like it! Good one, Nastya!

Всем спасибо

You’re welcome! Just remember, this is a cookout or a grill-out – not a barbecue or picnic.