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The best barbecue in Toronto includes sauce-licked ribs, craggy briskets with tender cores and pulled pork that's sweet and saucy with just a whisper of wood smoke. Cooked low-and-slow, it's prepped by pit masters inspired by tradition, and eager to showcase their skills to an eager Toronto audience. Served alongside zippy slaw and beans, plush mac and cheese and pillowy cornbread, it's the type of meal that's casual and comforting, messy and rich and utterly satisfying—a plate that’s as much about the experience as it is about the flavour.
Smokehouse & Co.
What began as an at-home barbecue operation running out of a family home garage has become a fan-favourite joint just north of the city in Vaughan.
Smokehouse & Co.
What began as an at-home barbecue operation running out of a family home garage has become a fan-favourite joint just north of the city in Vaughan.
Pampered Pig BBQ
This pop-up barbecue joint slings some solid Texas-style barbecue favourites, along with the classic array of BBQ sides and specials. Find them at your local Toronto brewery.
Pampered Pig BBQ
This pop-up barbecue joint slings some solid Texas-style barbecue favourites, along with the classic array of BBQ sides and specials. Find them at your local Toronto brewery.
Golden Horseshoe
Trained by the great pit masters in Texas, Andrew Golden's approach to barbecue is as authentic as most. Check out their socials to keep up to date of where they'll be popping up next.
Golden Horseshoe
Trained by the great pit masters in Texas, Andrew Golden's approach to barbecue is as authentic as most. Check out their socials to keep up to date of where they'll be popping up next.
Northern Smokes
Slow-smoked over seasoned split hard wood, halal meats emerge crusted and juicy, with enough depth to put a temporary end to any and all conversations. Hone in on a single meat — perhaps jerk chicken, Korean short rib or Montreal-style smoked brisket — or order a platter and savour the luxury of not having to play favourites.
Northern Smokes
Slow-smoked over seasoned split hard wood, halal meats emerge crusted and juicy, with enough depth to put a temporary end to any and all conversations. Hone in on a single meat — perhaps jerk chicken, Korean short rib or Montreal-style smoked brisket — or order a platter and savour the luxury of not having to play favourites.
Dang Smoke BBQ
Beyond textbook smoked pork back ribs, this take-out spot tempts with tender brisket and grilled veggies or chicken — served as is or in sandwich form. Splashed with house-made gravy, sporting a generous topping of curds and diners' choice of meat, poutine is a stellar way to sample the team's craft.
Dang Smoke BBQ
Beyond textbook smoked pork back ribs, this take-out spot tempts with tender brisket and grilled veggies or chicken — served as is or in sandwich form. Splashed with house-made gravy, sporting a generous topping of curds and diners' choice of meat, poutine is a stellar way to sample the team's craft.
Midtown
2409 Yonge St Unit 106
Benny's Barbecue
At this tucked-away spot, a dedicated team slow smokes dry-rubbed ribs and fatty briskets, sausages and more until each morsel is succulent and bronzed, and thoroughly seasoned with wood fumes. For two or four, the Texas Trinity platter delivers a sating sampling of goods, including brisket, side ribs, sausage and sides.
Benny's Barbecue
Midtown
2409 Yonge St Unit 106
At this tucked-away spot, a dedicated team slow smokes dry-rubbed ribs and fatty briskets, sausages and more until each morsel is succulent and bronzed, and thoroughly seasoned with wood fumes. For two or four, the Texas Trinity platter delivers a sating sampling of goods, including brisket, side ribs, sausage and sides.
Upper Beaches
172 Main St
Beach Hill Smokehouse
Barbecue
At all three locations of this local chain, diners pile in for Central Texas-style barbecue that's made from top-quality meats cooked over pecan and oak wood. Opt for a combo platter piled high with sides and enough ribs and smoked chicken, sausage and brisket to feed a crowd, and sample everything the team has to offer.
Beach Hill Smokehouse
Upper Beaches
172 Main St
At all three locations of this local chain, diners pile in for Central Texas-style barbecue that's made from top-quality meats cooked over pecan and oak wood. Opt for a combo platter piled high with sides and enough ribs and smoked chicken, sausage and brisket to feed a crowd, and sample everything the team has to offer.
Barbecue
Corktown
99 Queen St E
The Carbon Bar
Barbecue
Trade paper napkins for cloth at this elegant space on Queen Street East. You'll need them to wipe away the evidence as you tuck into smoked bacon Caesars and saucy St. Louis cut pork ribs, buttermilk fried chicken and pit-smoked brisket. Save room for dessert and you can chase that all down with Kentucky Derby pie that's the definition of self-care.
The Carbon Bar
Corktown
99 Queen St E
Trade paper napkins for cloth at this elegant space on Queen Street East. You'll need them to wipe away the evidence as you tuck into smoked bacon Caesars and saucy St. Louis cut pork ribs, buttermilk fried chicken and pit-smoked brisket. Save room for dessert and you can chase that all down with Kentucky Derby pie that's the definition of self-care.
Barbecue
Port Lands
275 Cherry St
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que
Barbecue
A member of the city's MICHELIN Bib Gourmand elite, this counter-service smokehouse draws the barbecue cognoscenti to the Portlands. Offering a menu of pit-smoked meats cooked over white oak, the team caters to cravings for pulled pork sandwiches, back ribs and spare ribs, sausage and smoked turkey served with scene-stealing portions of brisket beans, potato salad, Frito pie and more.
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que
Port Lands
275 Cherry St
A member of the city's MICHELIN Bib Gourmand elite, this counter-service smokehouse draws the barbecue cognoscenti to the Portlands. Offering a menu of pit-smoked meats cooked over white oak, the team caters to cravings for pulled pork sandwiches, back ribs and spare ribs, sausage and smoked turkey served with scene-stealing portions of brisket beans, potato salad, Frito pie and more.
Barbecue
Harbord Village
650 Spadina Ave
Pig Out BBQ
Barbecue
Southern barbecue — inspired by Texas, the Carolinas, Georgia and other meat-loving states — is the main draw to this casual spot on Spadina Avenue. Here, the lengthy menu jumps from burgers and wings to sandwiches and tenders but it's in the team's dinners — heaped with ribs, pulled pork, chicken, sides and sauce — where the real joys lie.
Pig Out BBQ
Harbord Village
650 Spadina Ave
Southern barbecue — inspired by Texas, the Carolinas, Georgia and other meat-loving states — is the main draw to this casual spot on Spadina Avenue. Here, the lengthy menu jumps from burgers and wings to sandwiches and tenders but it's in the team's dinners — heaped with ribs, pulled pork, chicken, sides and sauce — where the real joys lie.
Barbecue
Trinity Bellwoods
869 Queen St W
Smoque N' Bones
Barbecue
For meat that's burnished and saucy, smoky, tender and impossible to put down, both locations of this local spot deliver satisfaction in spades. Taking cues from the American South, the team here puts its own Toronto-style spin on beef chuck ribs, pulled pork, smoked sausage, turkey and more. If that's not enough, the team's top-shelf whiskey selection adds another level of enjoyment to the entire affair.
Smoque N' Bones
Trinity Bellwoods
869 Queen St W
For meat that's burnished and saucy, smoky, tender and impossible to put down, both locations of this local spot deliver satisfaction in spades. Taking cues from the American South, the team here puts its own Toronto-style spin on beef chuck ribs, pulled pork, smoked sausage, turkey and more. If that's not enough, the team's top-shelf whiskey selection adds another level of enjoyment to the entire affair.
Barbecue
Roncesvalles
299 Roncesvalles Ave
Barque Smokehouse
Barbecue
A veteran player on the city's barbecue scene, this Roncesvalles go-to has been doling out smoked wings and back ribs, brisket, pulled chicken and more since 2011. Open for lunch and dinner, plus weekend brunch, there's no bad time to hit up this family-friendly spot for a barbecue fix.
Barque Smokehouse
Roncesvalles
299 Roncesvalles Ave
A veteran player on the city's barbecue scene, this Roncesvalles go-to has been doling out smoked wings and back ribs, brisket, pulled chicken and more since 2011. Open for lunch and dinner, plus weekend brunch, there's no bad time to hit up this family-friendly spot for a barbecue fix.
Barbecue
