Barbecue

Weekend Possibilities | Alanis Morissette, Brookside Art Annual and the American Royal World Series of Barbecue

By Clarence Dennis | September 16, 2021

Heritage and film festivals, the zoo’s Koala Run 2021 and the American Royal World Series of Barbecue make for a full weekend.

Rex Hudler making a call in the press box.

Opening Day Q&A: Royals Announcer Rex Hudler Gives Predictions, Players to Watch, June Bug-Barbecue Advice

By Clarence Dennis | April 1, 2021

Flatland caught up with “Hud” to talk about the 2021 Royals, a bit about his time as a big leaguer, what it takes to win over an audience ahead of Opening Day.

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.

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.