Labour Day Barbecue Recipes. From great grilling and smoking to side dishes and desserts! Everything you’ll need to make your summer BBQ extra special.
Labour Day Barbecue Recipes
Originally published Sept 2019.
There’s just something a little bit sad about Labour Day. Sure, it’s a day off work to celebrate with family and friends, but it also marks the end of summer.
It’s been an incredibly busy one for our family. First, along with our son, we headed to meet our daughter in London, then headed out on a 3 week European vacation. On our return we had my sister’s wedding the next week and 3 of my siblings came home for the wedding and a visit as well.
My youngest sister brought her two boys from Alberta for an entire month. We sure had fun showing the kids all that Newfoundland has to offer.
Just last week, my daughter again had friends visiting from university in Toronto. We are only now getting back into the daily routine, but we all enjoyed a break from the ordinary grind.
So, before you head back to school or work, take the time this weekend to enjoy a great BBQ meal with family and friends. Here are some terrific recipe suggestions for a great BBQ menu.
August 2023 update:
Labour Day is just around the corner once again. We’ve had another busy summer, with family visiting Newfoundland, spending time at Baccalieu Cottage in Ochre Pit Cove, and now road-tripping Alberta and British Columbia in an RV. It’s safe to say there have been many delicious family meals enjoyed. We always seem to come back to favourite grilling recipes in this collection.
Although the end of summer may be approaching, we hope you see it out properly this Labour Day weekend with family, friends, and excellent eats. Enjoy!
Labour Day Barbecue Recipes
Labour Day Barbecue Recipes. From great grilling and smoking to side dishes and desserts! Everything you’ll need to make your summer BBQ extra special.
Smokin’ Summer Spice Dry Rub
A versatile summer spice rub recipe to season anything on the grill or in the backyard smoker. For ribs, chicken, burgers, pulled pork, brisket... anything!
One Hour Beer Butt Chicken
I use the same Smokin' Summer Spice Dry Rub rub on this tasty chicken. It only takes an hour at high heat to infuse flavour, while giving it a little tasty char on the skin and yielding a juicy, succulent result.
Best Barbecue Sauce Recipes
Of course, a great homemade BBQ Sauce is going to get lots of delicious attention too. Try one in our Best Barbecue Sauce Collection. Everything from maple chipotle to honey peach!
Slow Barbecue Dry Rubbed Pork Shoulder with Molasses BBQ Sauce
Smoked pulled pork is a great way to feed a crowd on Labour Day! The richly flavoured homemade BBQ Sauce gets glazed on in the final hour of cooking for a wonderful combined flavour with the dry rub.
Smoked Pork Loin with Summer Spice Dry Rub
Another excellent choice that we like to slice thin for sandwiches! Tender, juicy, smoky pork with a tasty blend of herbs & spices.
Copycat Shake Sauce and Smoke Shack Burger
Burgers are always a solid choice. Here's a homemade version of Shake Shack's special sauce to try on our version of their famous Smoke Shack Burger.
Garlic Balsamic Grilled Lamb Chops
Lamb would be a deliciously different choice for an elevated Labour Day meal. Serve with Lemon Herb Roast Potatoes, Lemon Mint Tzatziki and a Greek side salad.
Grilled Honey Barbecue Wings
These wings are a BBQ favourite and sure to disappear quickly! Sweet, sticky, smoky, and utterly addictive.
Souvlaki Steak with Lemon Chive Tzatziki
A great way to stretch a steak dinner into a budget friendly and flavourful family meal. We've been making this for years.
BBQ Prime Rib with Garlic Chili Butter
Go big or go home! A dry spice rubbed prime rib roast gets seared, then slow cooked to perfection and served with an indulgent flavour infused butter. Another great family-style choice.
Peri Peri Sauce for Portugese Chicken
Our Peri Peri Sauceis garlicky, spicy, lemony, tangy and utterly addictive. This bright, fresh, fully-flavoured version hits all the right notes. It’s way better than Nando’s! Great on chicken or even shrimp kabobs.
26 Best Barbecue Side Dishes
Next, let's sort out side dishes. We already have an incredibly popular collection of our Best Barbecue Sides, where you will find plenty of inspiration from pasta and potato salads, to cornbread or mac and cheese. You're sure to find a new favourite!
Sweet Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake
Finally, let's move on to desserts that are sure to impress. Simple but delicious, these individual Strawberry Shortcakes are the perfect low-maintenance summer treat.
Summer Fruit Galette
This delicious, easy dessert can be made with whatever’s in season, and I promise not to tell if you choose to use frozen store bought pastry.
Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake
A serious strawberry showstopper! Baked vanilla cheesecake sits atop a light sponge cake then topped with a strawberry filling and whipped cream. Watch heads turn when you arrive with this one.
Perfect Peach Pie
It just would not be summer in this house without this incredible peach pie. A perfect choice during peach season when they are at their sweet, juicy best.
The Best Apple Pie – a.k.a. Noah’s “Just an Apple Pie”
Of course good old fashioned Apple Pie is a natural for BBQ’s. Ours takes a different approach to the filling, making it perfect every time.
Best Chocolate Dessert Recipes from the past 10 years!
Need something Chocolate instead? We’ve got another collection of ourMost Popular Chocolate Desserts. May we suggest our incredibly popular frozen Peanut Butter Cup Pie? Make it days ahead for a real time saver!
Top Ten Pie Recipes by Rock Recipes + new bonus recipes!
And finally, if you need great pie recipes you can check out ourTop Ten Pies Collection, which includes this all time favourite, and our most popular pie ever, Coconut Cream!
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