Add an extra 'L' to a young woman, scramble her letters, and you get the metal apparatus cooking hot dogs at the 4th of July picnic. What am I?
Grill
The word 'girl' consists of the letters G-I-R-L. By adding an extra letter 'L' to these letters and rearranging them, you form the word 'G-R-I-L-L.' A grill is the essential apparatus used to cook food over flames at summer gatherings.
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