Title reading: Which BBQ is for you?
Which BBQ is for you Flow chart cover (Graphic: Jesse Howe | Flatland)

Go With the Flow | Which BBQ is For You?

October 20, 2016  |  Jesse Howe, Hampton Stevens  |  0 min read

Tags:

Reading these stories is free, but telling them is not. Start your monthly gift now to support Flatland’s community-focused reporting.

Support Local Journalism

Nick’s Picks | Messi, Jail, Buses, and More …

June 1, 2026

World Cup Team(s) Arrive It’s starting to feel real. The first World Cup team has landed in Kansas City. Defending champions Argentina touched down at KCI airport on Sunday and will begin practicing today at Sporting KC’s training facility in Wyandotte County. Much of the attention, of course, is focused on Lionel Messi. The soccer…

Related Stories

Justin Easterwood of Chef J BBQ in the West Bottoms manages the fire.

KC’s Craft Barbecue Scene Heats Up

By Jill Wendholt Silva | March 26, 2021

Since March 2020, three Kansas City area craft barbecue restaurants – Chef J BBQ, Fox & Fire Barbecue and Night Goat – have opened as pop-ups, part of a new generation of young pitmasters using offset smokers and cooking with wood.

Read More >
Black barbecue pit masters in Linn County, Kansas, in 1916.

Resurrecting Barbecue’s Forgotten History

By Emily Woodring | February 25, 2021

Adrian Miller, author of “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue,” contends the history of barbecue is largely one of cultural appropriation.

Read More >
2020 BBQ Bonanza Bracket.

The 2020 BBQ Bonanza Bracket Winner Is…

By Emily Woodring | October 2, 2020

Jousting Pigs BBQ is Flatland's 2020 BBQ Bonanza Bracket champion.

Read More >