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In December Snap Barrie Covered our BBQ Turkey Class

“Diva Q” Danielle and the participants from her Christmas BBQ Class got together to learn some great tips on how to properly BBQ a holiday turkey! Everyone learned how to brine, spatchcock, and inject turkeys to make them full of flavour! Participants were able to take home a sample of the BBQ turkeys that were cooked during this informative class.


On November 16, 2009, the Toronto Star had an article about Diva Q’s upcoming Christmas BBQ Class, to be held on December 6, 2009.

Time for Christmas BBQ

Turkey times are almost on us again, but fear not: Diva Q is hosting a Christmas ‘cue class in Barrie. Read More

On September 17, 2009, the Barrie Advance had an article about Diva Q becoming the Canadian Southern Barbecue Champion.

Diva Q Cooks the competition.

Barrie’s own Diva Q competitive barbecue team captured the Canadian Southern BBQ Championship in St. Thomas earlier this month read more

On September 15, 2009 the Food Editor for the Ottawa Citizen Ron Eade wrote about us. .

Diva Q wins Cdn. Southern BBQ Championship

Regular readers may recall I’m a huge fan of Danielle Dimovski of Barrie, a.k.a. Diva Q, who’s among the most accomplished barbecue pit masters I’ve ever met. Read More

On August 24th, 2009  Ron Eade, the Food Editor from The Ottawa Citizen wrote on his Ominivore’s Ottawa” Blog about

Diva Q being at the Ottawa Folk Festival,  serving her award-winning ribs and pork butt to promote her sponsors, Big Rock Brewery of Calgary and the Traeger  Read More

The  July 27, 2009 edition of the The StarPhoenix had an article on the Smoke on the Water Competition in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that featured Team Diva Q, who was the Reserve Grand Champion at the competition.

Slow-smoking skills put to the test at BBQ contest

The June 12th, 2009  Daily Dish Blog of the Toronto Life Magazine was devoted to Diva Q and her upcoming participation at the first annual Crazy Canuck Championships at Woodbine Park on June 20

Girl on grill action: Ontario’s barbecue queen fires up Hogtown

She smoked the competition on the Ontario barbecue circuit, has taken a prize for Best International Team at the prestigious Jack Daniel’s Invitational in Lynchburg, read more

The June 3rd, 2009 edition of the Toronto Sun – had an article on Diva Q and featured the Diva Q Goat Cheese Spinach Flatbread recipe.

Is it true that grilling’s a guy’s game? A recent Leger Marketing barbecue trends survey conducted on behalf of Weber-Stephen Products showed men continue to rule the fire. But don’t tell that to Ontario BBQ Champion Danielle Dimovski, also known as Diva Q- read more


Diva Q was one of the featured BBQ ladies in the terrific book “She Smoke” by Julie Reinhardt , published on June 1, 2009.

Julie Reinhardt, empowers women to take their place back at the fire. In She-Smoke, Reinhardt gives step-by-step instructions on a variety of barbecue topics, from buying local, sustainable meats, to building the perfect slow and low fire, and smoking a holiday barbecue feast. She includes a host of delicious recipes aimed to teach women technique, with more in-depth instruction than that of a conventional cookbook. Women will learn the elusive history of ‘cue, the difference between true barbecue and grilling, and all about the world of barbecue competition. Featuring interviews with other “smokin’” women and stories about Reinhardt’s family, She-Smoke brings women into the greater community of barbecue.

The April, 2009 issue of the International, an insert to the Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune (US) and Niagara Review (CANADA) contained an article on the Niagara International BBQ Festival that featured Team Diva Q, the defending Grand Champion.


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