Place: Etobicoke Canada - Ribfest

Each Year during the Canada Day weekend, hungry travellers from far and wide gather at Centennial Park in Etobicoke to celebrate annual Toronto Ribfest where people of all ages can enjoy themselves with a number of great family attractions. 

Ribfest play host live music, ribs & beer tents,  carnival rides, candy floss, pony rides, rock climbing, fireworks, arts and crafts show, and most importantly RIBS!


Part of the fun is in selecting a rib vendor from the wall of mobile grillers. Each displays their awards out front and has a giant wall of signs advertising the various prizes. I'm always amazed at how many people spend their summers driving city to city across North America doing nothing but slow cooking pork.



All the selections were really good. The Jack on the Bone ribs had nice flavour, but the ribs were meaty and tender underneath. The Gator ribs earned Best in Show - Sauce amongst us for the nicely sweet and generously applied sauce, but the ribs themselves were at times chewy or fatty. Earning Best in Show - Ribs was my selection of the night, all the way from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was Uncle Sam's. Although they mopped on lots of sauce, the real winning feature was the tender meaty ribs themselves.


Wash all the meat down with beer, soft drinks or fresh squeezed lemonade, and of course other festival favourites like funnel cakes, fresh corn on the cob, bloomin' onions and so on feature prominently too. The live music is good for background, but not good enough to bring you out just for the show.