>>11035684>Barbecue's name and outfit don't really give off any obvious indication he's a firefighter.His name does it's just something weird that happen in the 90s/00s where Barbecue slang became a reference to what you did to others rather than what you were. It also shifted from being reference to the food itself to the process of making it. ie in 1980s it was understood his name was a reference he was surrounded by open flames.
Now as for his outfit, that is a weird set up for sure while his suit itself is based on real suits some fighters used in the 1970s and 1980s, the helmet from the OG toy is clearly based on a cutting edge (for the time) welding helmet from 1980 so on that note I can see why people would think he used a blowtorch
