Lady Pitmasters Work to Break Barbecue’s Gender Stereotypes

Veronica Scroggins trims beef for brisket at Scott’s Kitchen & Catering at Hangar 29 in Kansas City, North. (Chase Castor | Flatland)

Work in a barbecue joint can involve hoisting 85-pound cases of brisket and cleaning away the soot, grease, and grime inside the pits. No place for a woman? Tell that to aspiring pitmaster Veronica Scroggins and her mentor Scott Umscheid, owner of Scott’s Kitchen & Catering at Hangar 29, located in a former car rental…

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Welcome to summer. Temperatures are expected to remain in the 90s all week. (Pexels)

Pressure Mounts on Chiefs, Royals to Decide A deadline is forcing the owners of the Chiefs and Royals to finally pick a side: Kansas or Missouri? A Kansas offer that would pay up to 70% of the construction costs for building new stadiums for the teams expires at the end of the week. Kansas legislative…

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Nick’s Picks | Ballots, Soccer, Music and More …

A view of Hazel Grove Elementary School in the Lee’s Summit school district. Local voters will see candidates for the Lee’s Summit school board on their ballot April 8. (Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon)

Local Election Day is Tuesday Tuesday is local Election Day, and there are a lot of issues on the Missouri side of the state line. Voters are being asked to approve a new Kansas City jail. And Kansas City Public Schools wants voters to say yes to more than $400 million in building and classroom…

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