Toronto's 16th Annual Ribfest 2015

Toronto's Summer Rib Festival

Location: Richmond Green Sports Center and Park

Price: $23 per rack (avg, depending on which vendor) 

It's that time of the year again in Toronto! For those who are unfamiliar with Ribfest, it is one of Toronto's favorite events where a group of mobile food vendors come together to throw a large festival.  

Aside from food, there are also free kidzone games and paid booth games where you can win prizes. And of course, we have giant minions as prizes this year.

Decisions, decisions, decisions, every year I run into the same problem of not knowing which rib vendor to buy from. The way we go about solving this problem is to go for the one with the longest line up! This year, we decided to get ribs from 2 different vendors and we chose Hawgs gone Wild and Camp 31 which both displayed awards and trophies in front of their booth.

And it so happens that the longest lines were at Hawgs gone wild this time around. Look at all the 1st place and trophies they got from previous ribfests! I can't wait to get my hands on some juicy ribs!!!

How can you not salivate simply by looking at these smoking goodness on the grill?! Half Rack, full rack and even whole grilled chickens look and smell SO delicious! We ended up getting 3 racks from HGW and 3 racks from Camp 31 to go as we had a huge party to feed that night!

Texture of the ribs from Hawgs gone wild is slightly stiff and dry but the marinate is very good. We realized that every rack seems to be different so it eventually turned into a game of luck for us =p They also have huge tubs of BBQ sauce and hot sauce for customers to pump onto the ribs themselves which is a plus.

Camp 31 on the other hand was my personal favorite of the night simply because of the flakey and soft texture of the meat. Unlike the slightly chewy HGW ribs, Camp 31's ribs just fall apart in your mouth as soon as you take a bite. The marinate is slightly too sweet for my liking but I guess for me texture matters more =]

So which was your favorite ribs this year?