Historical clue formulations

• Certain chip flavoring, informally — 2026-03-18
• Grill, informally — 2026-02-26
• Potato chip flavor, informally — 2026-02-04
• Roasting event, for short — 2025-01-20
• Chips flavor — 2024-02-17
• Cousin of a picnic, informally — 2024-01-03
• Many a Jul. 4 party — 2022-01-26
• Cookout, briefly — 2019-07-29
• Common potato chip flavor, in brief — 2018-12-30
• Pit-y party? — 2017-10-14
• Many a Labor Day event, for short — 2017-09-06
• Cookout, briefly ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across — 2017-09-04
• Kind of sauce, for short — 2016-08-10
• Outdoor meal with a grill, informally — 2015-03-30
• Popular chip flavor — 2014-08-30
• Summer event, briefly ... or a phonetic hint to 19-, 26-, 47- and 53-Across — 2014-08-06
• Grilling subject, informally — 2013-01-18
• ___ ribs — 2011-05-04
• Smoked fare, for short — 2009-09-09
• Kind of ribs — 2005-09-22
• Jul. 4 happening — 2004-10-31
• Backyard party, for short — 2003-10-30
• ___ ribs — 2002-02-17
• Kind of ribs — 2001-03-09
• Grilling, for short — 2000-11-30
• July 4th event, briefly — 1997-08-15
• Letters on a charcoal sack — 1995-08-06