Made in Canada: Elevate your barbecue night with these Canadian grill staples
- Kanel Smoke & Fire Kit offers four all-natural, preservative-free spice blends including sweet, savory, smoky, and spicy flavors, ideal for pre-grill seasoning.
- House of Q Apple Butter Sauce is a gluten-free, award-winning sweet and smoky sauce made with simple ingredients, perfect for chicken, pork, and more.
- WoodForChef Wooden Grill Scraper is a durable, hardwood tool designed to clean grill grates safely without scratching or shedding, replacing traditional metal brushes.
- Joe Beef and Prairie Smoke & Spice provide distinctive BBQ sauces known for their award-winning flavors and versatility on meats like ribs, chicken, beef, and pork.
Grilling season is well underway, and you don’t have to be a master chef to churn out top quality goods with these five fiery foodie finds by your side.
Kanel Smoke & Fire Kit $49
Montreal seasoning guru Kanel puts four of its favourites forward with this travel-friendly pack. Sweet and savoury For the Love of BBQ, sweet Korean Heat classic Butcher’s Block and smoky Santa Fe Chipotle Honey will cover all of your pre-grill flavouring needs. The female-run brand prides itself on all natural blends that are free of preservatives, fillers, hidden allergens and artificial flavours. Along with spices, Kanel offers an array of salts and cocktail rimmers.
Available at: Kanel
House of Q Apple Butter Sauce
$12.49
What began at home as a concoction of apples, molasses, brown sugar, cinnamon and rum thrown into a giant pot and put to simmer is now an award-winning sauce most notable for placing at the 2014 Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ contest in Lynchburg, Tenn. Vernon, B.C.-based husband and wife team Corinne and Brian Misko are best known for this sweet, thick and smoky, apple, cinnamon-scented creation prime for chicken and pork. But really, you can put it on everything. It gets bonus points for being gluten free and made with ingredients you can pronounce.
Available at: House of Q
WoodForChef Wooden Grill Scraper $19
With the popularity of metal bristle-shedding barbecue brushes on the decline, New Brunswick brand WoodForChef offers an all natural solution to crusted-over grates with its Hardwood Grill Scraper. Crafted from durable hardwood, the scraper is built to last and to be used on cast iron, stainless steel and even porcelain-coated surfaces. It tackles tough debris and grease without scratching or shedding. Based in the rural town of Saint-François-de-Madawaska, WoodForChef ships its sustainable kitchen must-haves throughout North America.
Available at: WoodForChef
Prairie Smoke & Spice Blue Ribbin’ Sweet Sauce $14.99 Like their neighbours to the west at House of Q, Regina, Sask., husband and wife Rob and Jacy Reinhardt saw their signature sauce place at the 2014 Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ contest. With hints of fruit and caramel and a notable kick, Blue Ribbin’ Sweet Sauce was built with chicken and ribs in mind — but will happily melt for any barbecued dish. Condiments aside, the Reinhardt’s are catering veterans across the Prairie Provinces known for their custom food truck serving up Southern-inspired pulled pork and brisket with all the fixin’s. Available at: Prairie Smoke & Spice
Joe Beef Spicy Barbecue Sauce $9
Famous Montreal steak house Joe Beef — known to be late foodie Anthony Bourdain’s favourite nosh stop in the city — gets wider recognition for its Spicy Barbecue Sauce. The blend of apple, mustard, tomato and molasses with heated habanero peppers is handcrafted in small batches and is mainly used to enhance beef and pork.
Available at: Joe Beef or a grocery store near you
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