Find the Best
🔥 Best BBQ in the GTA
Two very different worlds under one word — Texas-style smoked brisket and ribs on one side, Pakistani charcoal grills, seekh kababs and boti on the other. Both are here.
Reviewed by Toronto Foodiee
Karachi Xpress
Pakistani BBQ • Halal • Multiple GTA locations
Charcoal-grilled Pakistani BBQ with branches in Ajax, Mississauga, Toronto and Scarborough.
Bubba Lou’s Texas Style BBQ
Texas BBQ • North American • Pop-ups across the GTA
Low-and-slow Texas-style brisket and ribs. Based in London, Ontario, and running pop-ups around the GTA — check their socials for the next date.
⭐ MICHELIN-Recognized
In the MICHELIN Guide Toronto & Region — not yet visited by Toronto Foodiee.
Northern Smokes
Texas-style BBQ • Halal • Scarborough (also Whitby) • MICHELIN Recommended
The rare crossover between the two halves of this page: proper low-and-slow Southern barbecue that’s 100% hand-slaughtered halal. Imran Ali has been running a custom reverse-flow stick burner on split hardwood since 2019 — no gas, no charcoal — with some cuts riding up to 14 hours. Brisket, beef ribs, Korean-style short ribs and smoked chicken, by the plate, the sandwich or the pound. 371 Old Kingston Rd., Unit 12.