39th ANNUAL STRONGSVILLE RIB BURNOFF JUNE 19, 2025

The Strongsville City Club 2025 Rib Burnoff is in its 39th Year and going strong. Annually, the event draws world-famous rib vendors to compete for the award “Best Ribs” in Strongsville.

The entrants serve up thousands of slabs of ribs to the crowd of over 20,000 hungry attendees. In addition to the ribs, various other vendors will provide festival food and drinks.

This year, we’re pleased to announce Fireworks on Friday evening and the return of our annual Cornhole Tournament on Saturday. As always, the entertainment is No Additional Charge to all our attendees. So, sit back, eat some ribs and enjoy the music on a beautiful summer weekend.

Strongsville City Club recruits the Top Rib Vendors in the country to come to Rib Burnoff. We draw some of the top Rib Vendors coming from as far as Texas and Florida. The Strongsville Rib Burnoff has been recognized as “Not the Biggest . . . Just the Best” event anywhere around.

However, it is truly our PRIME RIBBERS which are truly the one’s that make this a must stop for the best ribs in town, one weekend out of the year. Our team of PRIME RIBBERS are a very select group, serving some of the best ribs in the country.
In addition to BBQ Ribs we offer a wide variety of other foods to satisfy whatever taste you may have. Some of the other fair foods include: Roasted Corn, Blooming Onions, Onion Rings, Idaho & Sweet Potato Ribbon Fries, Mac & Cheese, Fried Veggies, Kettle Corn, Funnel Cakes, Ice Cream, Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Corn Dogs, Cotton Candy, Sausage Sandwiches, Schnitzel Sandwiches, and more.

# ADMISSION

Adult General Admission: $5.00
Kids 10 & Under: FREE
Saturday 12:00 - 3:00: FREE
Active Military: FREE (Proper credentials required)
Purchase Advanced Tickets:

# EVENT TIMES

Thursday, June 19th: 4pm to 11pm
Friday, June 20th: 3pm to 12am - I can't make this date but you're welcome to go.
Saturday, June 21st: 12pm to 11pm - I can't make this date but you're welcome to go.

# JUDGING & AWARDS

The People’s Choice and Culinary awards will be announced Saturday, June 21st at 7:15 pm at the Gazebo.

People’s Choice Awards - Our guests can pick up a ballot as they enter the event and vote for their favorite ribs and sauce from our Nationally Renowned Ribbers. The votes will be tallied and awards for Best Ribs (1st and 2nd place) and Best Sauce!
Culinary Awards - The Culinary awards will be judged on Thursday and Friday at 7:30 pm by panels of local Celebrity Judges. The winners advance to Saturday’s Finals, which take place at 4:00pm. Representatives from local restaurants will be the final judges for Best Ribs (1st and 2nd place) as well as Best Sauce!
All judging will take place in the Judge’s Tent, next to the Gazebo.

# EVENT RULES

• No Smoking on Event Grounds
• No Coolers Permitted
• No Alcohol Brought In or Taken Out
• No Pets Permitted (Service Dogs Are Permitted)
• No Inappropriate Clothing

# LOCATION

Strongsville Rib Burnoff is held on the Strongsville Commons located at the corner of State Route 82 (Royalton Road) and State Route 42 (Pearl Road). For your convenience, we provide our guests the best facilities around for you to enjoy the Best Ribs in Town including Large Tents, Clean Tables, Comfortable Seating, Comfort Stations, Hot and Cold Running Water.