12 recipes for a Father's Day BBQ

Celebrate Dad with a barbecue feast, complete with all the classics: potato salad, saucy chicken, ribs and homemade ice cream for dessert.

By Chatelaine

Updated April 29, 2025

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Saucy bbq chicken.
Photo,Roberto Caruso.

Father's Day BBQ

Saucy BBQ Chicken

Who doesn't love barbecue sauce? Slather up your chicken with this homemade recipe — it's fast, easy and delicious. Get our saucy bbq chicken recipe.

Saucy barbecue chicken on a platter next to a serving fork and a bowl of barbecue sauce; the chicken is made with skin-on, bone-in chicken pieces and homemade barbecue sauce for a fast, easy saucy bbq grilled chicken recipe

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Sticky beer-braised beef ribs

A weekend barbecue isn’t complete without saucy glazed ribs — try these beer-braised back ribs at your next cookout. Get the recipe.

Photo, John Cullen.

Flank steak with tomatoes and avocado

Sauce up that steak with something other than BBQ sauce tonight. Try this fresh salsa for a simple, colourful finish. Get the recipe.

dinner plan: grilled flank steak and avocado salsa

Photo, Erik Putz.

The 'whole truck' burger

The best burgers are the ones with all the toppings you can pack on. Dad will love this burger, complete with the works: egg, cheese, lettuce, tomato, jalapenos, bacon and more! Get the recipe.

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

Lemon-Garlic Chicken

This recipe originally ran in Chatelaine nearly two decades ago. We’ve subbed fresh rosemary for dried, but otherwise it’s still our all-time favourite grilled chicken recipe—perfect for classic barbecues. Get the lemon-garlic chicken recipe.

Lemon-garlic grilled chicken with lovely criss-crossed char marks and slices of grilled mean on a grill for a post on an easy Lemon-garlic grilled chicken recipe

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Chicken, shiitake and asparagus skewers

Simple yet sophisticated, these skewers are guaranteed BBQ hit. (Bonus: the sauce can be made a day ahead.) Get the recipe.

Photo, John Cullen.

Warm Grilled Potato Salad

A great barbecue demands unforgettable sides—starting with our favourite, potato salad. Get the grilled potato salad recipe.

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Panzanella Salad

Throw some vegetables on the grill and whip up this Italian-style rustic salad. Here we've used eggplant, peppers, zucchini and tomatoes. Get our panzanella salad recipe.

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Grilled pizza

Transform your barbecue into a backyard pizza oven. (It’s the easiest, fastest most fun way to have pizza, we promise.) Get the grilled pizza recipe.

Photo, Erik Putz.

3-ingredient ice cream

And for a grand finale, serve up cones filled with homemade ice cream! We've got 31 flavours to choose from, so there's something for everyone. Get the recipes.

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