iso BBQ contest / street fair

[Shattered]

An article in the Gaz's food blog...

http://communities.canada.com/montrea...

.... got me wondering if there's any street BBQ-off / contest/ rib-fest thing in Montreal?

I've never noticed one in my 5 summers here, but they're pretty big everywhere else. Yknow what I mean... people come from all over with their huge BBQ rigs & ribbons for best ribs at various fairs and set up on a pedestrian street all wkend... Does it happen here?

[Alyson777]

The best Rib Fest I have been to and my boyfriend and I go with friends annually is the Brock ville Ontario Rib Fest. It's about a 2 hour drive from Montreal. Well worth the drive!!

They have a cook off going for a whole weekend. the best ribs you will ever try. people enter into this competition and its just a lot of fun. According to the hosts" This year's festival is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever." August 6 -9 is the ninth annual Brockville RibFest at Hardy Park.

The 2009 Ribber line up for Brockville RibFest are:

Jack the Ribber - London, ON NEW!

Blazin BBQ - PainCourt, ON

Gator - Florida

Camp 31 - Alabama

Hawgs Gone Wild - Florida NEW!

Silver Bullet - Fort Erie

Billy Bones - Fort Erie

Crabby's BBQ Shack - London, ON NEW!
http://www.brockvilleribfest.ca/ribfest/

[bigfellow]

The best BBQ contest I know of is in Calgary, BBQ on the Bow. http://www.bbqonthebow.com/

It is worth a trip just for that!

[kpzoo]

Mesquite BBQ has had a rib-eating contest the last couple of years. The next one's coming up on June 20:

http://mesquite.ca/rib_eating_index.php

[Shattered]

Awesome, thanks for the heads-up! I read the rules, and if I got it straight, for 10 bucks its basically an all-you-can-eat ribs face-stuffing! Sweet!

Thanks for the other links too. I just might be in Calgary then. Keep 'em coming!

[cherylmtl]

If you're going to be in New York...http://bigapplebbq.org/

[Maximilien]

Never seen that in MTL; it could probably happen at the St-Hyacinthe agriculture exhibition (http://www.expo-agricole.com/)