By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on September 18th, 2011%
When it comes to Danielle Domvoski aka DivaQ I support her wholeheartedly, she is such an ambassador for Canadian BBQ.
Not only does she represent Canada so well but Danielle is one of the best in all of North America.
Danielle is well know for her Fist Pumps when getting walks in events . . . → Read More: I was at at the DivaQ Fundraiser September 17th – What a great event!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on September 13th, 2011%
Anyone that talks to me a lot on either Facebook or Twitter  knows that for the past week I have been suffering through a terrible head cold that has me for the most part off my feet. With a head cold comes a lack of concentration which has me pushing myself to get through . . . → Read More: Burlington Ribfest – Canada’s Largest and most prestigious event of the year!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on September 4th, 2011%
All of the Toronto Media were in attendance
Your probably wondering how the heck I would get invited to the Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford’s Backyard BBQ.
Long story short is that I used to work for Rob’s dad Doug Ford Senior way back in the late 1970′s at Deco Adhesives as . . . → Read More: Ford Fest, The Mayor of Toronto holds a Backyard BBQ for me and thousands of his closest friends
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on August 28th, 2011%
A smaller show but 4 ribbers were plenty for this area
Hear Ye… Hear Ye! Come to Brantfords RibFest!
Now this was cool, I had originally not planned on attending this RibFest in Brantford as on the Friday I attended the Milton RibFest with my sister which was great since Milton is . . . → Read More: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Come see the 2011 Brantford Ribfest with me!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on August 18th, 2011%
Milton is my home town which is about an hour or so west of Toronto therefor I was really looking forward to attending their 2nd annual Ribfest at the Milton Fairgrounds.
But it will be my first time at the Milton Ribfest as last year I was not able to go.
It was going to . . . → Read More: Review of the Milton Ribfest 2011, I get to go home!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on July 17th, 2011%
Joe considers himself to be my Ed McMahon as he is my sidekick for these shows
I was looking forward to going to the Mississauga Ribfest for a number of reasons…
After going to the Uxbridge Summerfest the night before I needed some excitement. The facebook page for this event was really active . . . → Read More: Mississauga Ribfest A hot time in the old town tonight!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on July 16th, 2011%
In 2010 I really enjoyed the Uxbridge Ribfest that was held in a beautiful park which also included a car show on the Sunday and it was a huge hit.
They had 5 Ribbers and it was in Uxbridge that I first met the Horn Dawgs Smokin’ BBQ Team.
I also wrote about the . . . → Read More: Review of the Uxbridge Summerfest – Keeping the Ribfest alive though small scale
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on July 14th, 2011%
Header from the Toronto Ribfest website
Canada Day Week-End means many things to many people. It is a celebration of Canada’s Birthday (this country became a Nation on July 1st 1867)
But it is also a celebration of BBQ as at Centennial Park in Toronto plays host to a huge party hosted . . . → Read More: A quick review of the 2011 Toronto Ribfest at Centennial Park
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on July 10th, 2011%
I was thrilled to make the 3 hour drive North to Clarksburg ,Ontario to attend the very first KCBS BBQ event ever in Ontario.
The event is called Smokin’ For Gold
The only other KCBS event that I attended was Pigfest this past January in Lakeland Florida.
The Blue Mountains Chili Ribfest KCBS and . . . → Read More: Results from the 2011 Blue Mountains Chili Ribfest KCBS Good news for Diva Q
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on June 19th, 2011%
This past week-end we had a local Ribfest in Bowmanville which is two towns east of Oshawa just North of Hwy 401.
Bowmanville Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest is not the largest of shows but I always have a blast going to this one, I have been to all four of the annual Rockin Rotary Ribfests.
. . . → Read More: Review of the 2011 Bowmanville Rockin Rotary Ribfest… Is it for the Birds?
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on June 18th, 2011%
A new name for what last year was called “Beach Ribfest” but this year organizers of the Father’s Day Week-end event changed the name to Beach BBQ & Brews Festival and I feel it is aptly named as this show is so much more than a Ribfest. When you have stars like Toronto’s own . . . → Read More: Beach BBQ & Brews Festival opens in Toronto, More than a Ribfest!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on June 9th, 2011%
9 Ribbers make up the Pickering Ribfest
June 3rd, 4th & 5th 2011 was when Pickering Rotary Club held it’s 4th annual Ribfest and I made visits all three days and was even there the day before as Horn Dawgs Smokin BBQ set up their new Pig Rig version 2.0 for the . . . → Read More: Review of 2011′s 1st Professional Ribfest of the season in Pickering, Ontario
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on May 30th, 2011%
After suffering through a long hard winter It sure was nice to walk into a park hearing live music and smelling the sweet smell of BBQ Ribs being cooked over open pits.
I had not been to a Brampton RibRest before, I had heard that it is a smaller community based event and . . . → Read More: 1st RibFest of 2011 Welcome to Gage Park in Brampton, Ontario Canada
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on May 8th, 2011%
If you were driving around anywhere in Canada on Saturday May 7th 2011 you probably saw a sign like the one above.
M&M Meats had their 23rd annual M&M Charity BBQ Day through out it’s 460 stores across Canada in support of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC)
I stopped . . . → Read More: M&M Meats Charity BBQ Day May 7th 2011 for Chrohn’s & Colitis Foundation
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on April 17th, 2011%
Even though I had been to The Players Bench Sports Bar & Grill before when Joe and I test tasted the Ultimate Players Burger back at the end of March, The official Grand Opening did not take place til last night.
And what a turn out!
The Oshawa Ogre’s Views, News & BBQ‘s . . . → Read More: Recap of the Players Bench Sports Bar & Grill Grand Opening in Oshawa
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on April 11th, 2011%
This is a first for Oshawa Ogre’s Views, News & BBQ’s…. I am very proud to have Doug Francis whom some of you will know is the Pitmaster of the BBQ team Hogs Gone Wild BBQ write a guest article for my blog. Doug lives and competes out of Lakeland Florida and I met . . . → Read More: Spreading love through BBQ – by Guest Writer Doug Francis
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on February 1st, 2011%
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on November 15th, 2010%
Entrance to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto Ontario
Some great looking animals, but not why I went
I have not been to the The Royal Agricultural Canadian Winter Fair in many many years but this past Thursday I just had to make the trip to downtown Toronto. This years show . . . → Read More: Royal Canadian Winter Fair, Missed the Pork Parfait From Hank Daddy BBQ, but still had fun
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on October 1st, 2010%
Ok The title is a bit misleading since here in Canada we discontinued using Dollar Bills years ago, we now have 1 & 2 Dollar coins called Loonies & Toonies, The smallest Paper money we use now are Fives. For my American friends I will show you what our currency looks like.
Take . . . → Read More: Milton Fall Fair 2010 – The Thrills, The Grills and spending of Dollar Bills
By Wilfred Reinke, on September 14th, 2010%
The 2010 Ribfest Season has come to an end, finishing with a great show in Oshawa, Ontario
The summer of 2010 has been a wonderful season here in Ontario Canada as I started to combine my passion for BBQ along with what started out as a passing interest in writing but has now . . . → Read More: The Sun Sets on the 2010 Ribfest Season – Oshawa… Home Town Rules
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