Hey nizmo, gorgeous plants!
On the menu of my local taquería they use 'barbacoa' for brisket, cooked until it falls apart in a stringy mess, kind of like Cuban 'ropa vieja.' After you mentioned that might not be a good definition, I had to look it up. So in the dictionary 'barbacoa' translates as barbecue. In fact, they said that the English word 'barbecue' comes from the Spanish 'barbacoa.' So I learned something you probably already knew, thank you very much.