Abstract: A barbecue burner device is substantially composed of an inner vessel formed with a bottom wall and enclosed side walls standing up from the bottom wall and opened at the top thereof for accommodating therein pieces of charcoal, said side walls providing a stepped face on the inside thereof, said inner vessel further having a ventilation hole formed in one of said side walls; food carrier means adapted to be placed on said stepped face of the inner vessel; an external vessel for receiving therein said inner vessel, said external vessel being formed with enclosed side walls opened at least at the top thereof and having a ventilation hole which is in alignment with the ventilation hole of said inner vessel when the latter is received in said external vessel, said external vessel having support means provided therein for supporting said inner vessel and positioning means provided therein for positioning said inner vessel with respect to said external vessel; heat-insulation means provided on the inner face of sa