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Cluck & Squeal Seasoning & BBQ Rub Cluck & Squeal® World's Most Versatile International Seasonings & BBQ Rubs. Online and in Stores! Marc barbecued everyday for months that turned into years.

Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada by a family of passionate Italian cooks who love authentic cultural cooking Marc grew up observing his parents and grandparents and learning what it means to live and eat by the seasons. His mother’s creativity in the kitchen along with his father’s hands on hobby of raising organic livestock served as the foundation for Marc’s future success. The art of porchetta, cured meats and organic lamb are just a few of the specialties the locals know the elder Cardinali for. The traditions continued with Marc’s grandmother whose renowned sauces he was so lucky to have assisted in creating. At age 17 Marc began his own journey of culinary creation, inspired by the oldest of traditional cooking arts, fire. Beginning with simple wood fire cooking a local bakery making pizza’s and progressing all the way to extreme fire cooking as a Pizzaolo Marc fell in love with hot embers and turned to barbecue. He cooked so often by fire most if not all of his clothes have the aroma of the flavour woods he uses. If he listens closely Marc often swears he hears the hot coals whispering to him. He was so attuned that it became normal to wake up through the night when a cook was on without any alarm clock, just knowing that the fire needing tending as if it called to him. Marc’s passion to create a seasoning that would be a family and friends crowd pleaser at his backyard parties got noticed by his friend Nick Di Carlo at a barbecue festival. Nick smelled the aroma of an 18 hour smoked pork butt and was drawn to it. When Nick asked Marc if he could make the seasoning responsible for that aroma in volume something beautiful had been created and Marc never looked back. Cluck & Squeal was born. By the next spring when the rub was launched the entire store supply was gone in 5 hours. After a pilgrimage to the spiritual center of southern barbeque cuisine in South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas Marc began training with some of the finest Pitmasters in the barbequing world. Under their tutelage Marc honed his skills and the resultant philosophy is to include abundant authentic ingredients and to leave out the typically excessive levels of salt and filler. Now Cluck & Squeal is an award winning barbecue product Ingredient in Canada and the USA and has been embraced by celebrity chefs from around the globe. Born over fire and tested with every cooking method used in kitchens and backyards across the continent Cluck and Squeal continues to impress new chefs every day from the gourmet to the simple everyday family style dishes that leave everyone satisfied.

Amazing ribs via Brian Prescott
09/12/2026

Amazing ribs via Brian Prescott

08/25/2026

Tomorrow we’re firing up the Marc Cardinali at Highland Packers. 🔥

Come hungry from 11–2 for our famous Montbamwich and free samples of Cluck & Squeal Sausage.

Skip breakfast. We’ve got lunch handled.

07/23/2026

Barbecues Galore Etobicoke is turning 47 — and we’re firing up the Firecooker to celebrate! 🔥

Join Firemaster Marc Cardinali with the Marc Cardinali Cluck & Squeal and Barbecues Galore for a live BBQ demo featuring pork belly, chicken wings, chicken thighs, and steak samples.

Saturday July 25th, 11am till 2pm
1470 The Queensway, Etobicoke, ON

Come try some Clucking good food, pick up a few grilling tips and help us celebrate 47 years of Barbecues Galore!

Come hungry. We’ll handle the fire. 🔥🥩🍗

Save $4 on the Rib Duo! The Rib Duo includes 1 Large Shaker of Rib Formula (310 g) and a bottle of All-Natural Maple App...
07/17/2026

Save $4 on the Rib Duo! The Rib Duo includes 1 Large Shaker of Rib Formula (310 g) and a bottle of All-Natural Maple Apple Butter (350 ml).

Our Rib Formula large shaker will cover about 8–10 racks, and the sauce finishes around 4–6, so you’re looking at only a few dollars per cook. Both are Ontario-Made with premium ingredients. Better ribs don’t need to be complicated. Start with Rib Formula for a balanced sweet and savory seasoning base, then finish with Maple Apple Butter BBQ Sauce for a sweet, smoky glaze or Dip made with real Canadian maple syrup, apple, butter, and espresso depth.

Save $2 on the DUO Better ribs don’t need to be complicated. Start with Rib Formula for balanced seasoning, then finish with Maple Apple Butter BBQ Sauce for a sweet, smoky glaze or Dip made with real Canadian maple syrup, apple, butter, and espresso depth. Tender pork ribs coated in authentic Can...

Grilled Vegetable Nachos with Whipped Montreal GOLD Lemon Goat CheeseThese taste as good as they sound! 🔥 Imagine using...
06/24/2026

Grilled Vegetable Nachos with Whipped Montreal GOLD Lemon Goat Cheese

These taste as good as they sound! 🔥 Imagine using brisket rubs to make something like this!

These Grilled Vegetable Nachos with Whipped Montreal GOLD Lemon Goat Cheese are smoky, creamy, bright, and just fancy enough to make people take pause.

Season your favourite veggies with Cluck & Squeal Seasoned Salt and char, whip goat cheese with lemon and Montreal GOLD, then layer it all up nacho-style until every bite gets a hit of smoky veg and creamy gold goodness.

Serve it warm, serve it cold, serve it casually while pretending you didn’t just invent the classiest plate at the BBQ.

Recipe is live below 🐔🐷

Nachos don’t always need chips to steal the show. These Grilled Vegetable Nachos bring smoky, Cluck an Squeal, SEASONED SALT-CHARRED veggies to the centre of the plate, then get topped with a creamy, whipped goat cheese brightened with lemon and seasoned with Montreal GOLD. It’s fresh, bold, a l...

06/16/2026

Check out the BBQ Shack if you're in the area, he has EVERYTHING, including Cluck & Squeal 😊

Our friends at Homegrown Roots will be hosting a live-fire cooking experience, featuring their own grass-fed beef sausag...
06/16/2026

Our friends at Homegrown Roots will be hosting a live-fire cooking experience, featuring their own grass-fed beef sausages and pasture-raised chicken, seasoned with Cluck and Squeal’s seasonings, rubs and sauces.

Get there! Cardinal Firecookers

The Erin Farmers' Market kicks off its 14th season on Thursday, June 18 at the Erin Fairgounds Agri-dome

We're excited for our friends at Homegrown Roots, who will be hosting a live fire cooking experience, featuring their ow...
06/16/2026

We're excited for our friends at Homegrown Roots, who will be hosting a live fire cooking experience, featuring their own grass-fed beef sausages and pasture-raised chicken, seasoned with Cluck and Squeal’s seasonings, rubs, and sauces at the Erin Farmers Market this Thursday!

Get there Cardinal Firecookers

The Erin Farmers' Market kicks off its 14th season on Thursday, June 18 at the Erin Fairgounds Agri-dome

06/04/2026

POV: you added Ultimate Italian to plain pizza sauce and now everyone thinks Nonna was involved.

She wasn’t.

But we won’t tell. 🍕🤌

4 simple ingredients:

800 mL finely chopped tomatoes
Blend a bundle of fresh basil with olive oil
1/2 cup olive oil
1-1.5tbsp Cluck & Squeal Ultimate Italian - ( 1 tbsp for Neapolitan style 1.5 tbsp max for New York style)

Stir it up, let it do its thing, and act like this has been passed down for generations.

05/28/2026

Quick No-Fuss Lemon Garlic Hummus
2.5 lb of clean, flavour-packed hummus made at home

Simple ingredients. Big flavour. Better value.

This recipe makes about 2.5 lb of hummus using chickpeas, extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice, tahini, garlic, and Cluck & Squeal Himalayan Seasoned Salt — the ingredient that brings it all together.

Our seasoned salt brightens the lemon, balances the garlic, enhances the tahini, and brings out the natural flavour of the chickpeas for a cleaner, richer hummus without seed oils, artificial flavours, or preservatives.

Ingredients
2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed (540 ml each)
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup tahini
1 heaping tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
1/2 tablespoon Cluck & Squeal Himalayan Seasoned Salt

Blend until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate overnight for the best flavour.

Making your own hummus gives you more for your money, better ingredients, and full control over the flavour. Store-bought hummus adds up fast — this gives you a generous batch at home with clean ingredients and no compromise.

For a more traditional hummus, increase the tahini and reduce the olive oil slightly.

Better ingredients. Bigger batch. Smarter savings.

Address

17 Howard Boulevard
Stoney Creek, ON
L8B0G2

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+12896191880

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