The hibachi (fire bowl) is a traditional Japanese heating device.It consists of a round,cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topper container,made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal.In North America,the term"hibachi"is used to refer to a small cooking stove heated by charcoal(actually called Shichirin in Japanese),or to an iron hot plate(teppan)used in teppanyaki restaurants.Alternatively,"hibachi-style" is often confused in the U.S. as a term for Japanese teppanyaki cooking,in which gas-heated hotplates are integrated into tables around which many people(often multiple parties) can sit and eat at once.The chef performs the cooking in front of the diners,typically with theatrical flair-such as lighting a volcano-shaped stack of raw onion hoops on fire.Nowadays even the chef performs flipping the knife,spatula,fork and,salt pepper shaker's