All the Best Father’s Day Food Ideas

Father’s Day: The day to celebrate dads around the world by giving them a free pass to spit dad jokes to their hearts’ content without the usual groans. But dads around the world deserve more than just an audience for their stand-up this Father’s Day—they deserve to be wined and dined like the corny kings they are. From hearty brunch ideas that show dad you learned a thing or two from his griddle skills to quick last minute gifts for a dad whose heart you can get to via his stomach, Sporked has rounded up all the best Father’s Day food ideas.

The Best Beer We’ve Tried in Our Taste Tests

I don’t think there are many things the average dad loves more than putting up his feet, watching his favorite sport or TV show, and cracking open a cold one. (Okay, maybe a household where no one touches the thermostat, but we’re not miracle workers.) There’s something on our list of the best beer for every dad. 

The Best Josh Wines

There’s no better way to honor your father than giving him a bottle of wine quite literally created in honor of a father. Josh wine comes in a bunch of varieties, won’t break the bank, and gives your dad the perfect opportunity to make some “just joshing you” jokes. What could be better?

The 12 Best Hot Dogs

Every dad wants to be the grill master of the family, so why not give him an advantage by getting him some quality high quality hot dogs to grill up and stun the family with? 

The Best Frozen Burgers at the Grocery Store

If your dad is less of a frankfurter fanatic and more of a burger bro, these frozen burgers will win him family favor, and he doesn’t have to spend an hour in the kitchen making patties by hand. Plus, what screams Father’s Day celebration more than dad getting to chow down on some hearty burgers fresh off the grill?

The Best Burger Seasoning for Perfect Patties

Of course, being the best griller in the family isn’t just a matter of how you cook a burger—it’s how you season it. Make this a special secret between you and your dad by gifting him one of these flavorful, premixed burger seasonings so the two of you can exchange a little knowing wink when people go crazy for his burgers.

14 Bottles of the Best BBQ Sauce

I’m pretty sure most fathers dream of ribs so tender they fall off the bone and pulled pork sandwiches so full they tower like skyscrapers. Give your dad the best BBQ sauce this Father’s Day to bring him one step closer to his smoked-meat dreams.

The Best Steak Marinade to Buy

Given the choice, my father would eat a steak (burnt, in my opinion) for dinner every single night. It’s a classic dad move. And if you’re doing the classic kid move of making your dad his favorite meal on Father’s Day, you’re going to want to execute to perfection—to start, ask the butcher for the best steak option in your price range and throw it in one of these steak marinades ASAP. 

The Best Frozen Chicken Wings

As we know, Father’s Day is about mirroring the love your dad has given you back to him. So, it’s only right that you get to bless him with the lovely phrase, “We have Buffalo Wild Wings at home.” Muahaha. But it’s true—with the best wings on this list, you basically do. 

The Best Wing Sauces

Dads can have a tendency to get stuck in the mundanity of life. They don’t want to try anything new, they just want routine. Getting him a bottle of one of the best wing sauces we found in our taste test can be just the thing to add some (literal) spice to life (I mean, it’s this or a motorcycle). It might even bring a tear to his eye, though that could just be the spice.

The Best Potato Salad

Potato salad is a no-brainer for Father’s Day because it doesn’t matter whether you’re cooking up burgers, hot dogs, wings, or steaks, potato salad belongs on your plates. There is no possible culinary situation in which a high quality potato salad does not enhance the Father’s Day menu. 

The Best Premade Whiskey Cocktails 

Canned whiskey cocktails suit a variety of dads out there. The fancier dads who aren’t interested in drinking beer. The party-loving dads who want something with a little kick to it. The easy-going dads who would see a canned cocktail and say, “Huh, this is pretty neat.” And trust, the ones on this list are pret-ty neat.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

If SNL has taught us anything it’s that a fatherly guilty pleasure is sneaking an ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookie for himself. Instead of causing a fight over the freshly baked cookies that were meant for next week’s PTA meeting, get him his own personal stash of the most decadent, chocolatey, buttery chocolate chip cookies you can get from a grocery store.