Why BBQ Sauce
Since the early 1900’s, much of Kansas City’s identify has been shaped and transformed by BBQ.
As the saying goes, ask two Kansas Citians for their favorite barbecue restaurant and you’ll get three different answers. A favorite for ribs, a favorite for Burnt Ends, a favorite for the sides… we have it all!
BBQ has attracted thousands of visitors each year to our city and it’s unheard of to leave town without trying a couple of different joints. Here are some KC BBQ fun facts! And if we partner up on a transaction in 2020, we will send you a sauce and rub variety package as a thank you!
THE KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE SOCIETY (KCBS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and enjoying barbeque, is the world's largest organization of barbeque and grilling enthusiasts with over 20,000 members worldwide.
The American Royal BBQ is one of the nation’s biggest and best barbecue competitions that brings grilling teams from across the globe to Kansas City for weekend of BBQing and fun.
Arthur Bryant actually created KC-style Barbecue when he added molasses to another man’s sauce to sweeten it.
There are more BBQ restaurants per capita in KC than anywhere in the world, currently numbering around 100 in total.
Joe’s Kansas City was voted the best southern barbecue in the country by readers of USA Today.
Some Kansas City barbecue dishes are smoked up to 18 hours to reach perfection.
The popularity of KC-style barbecue carries on in other local products. The most popular flavor of Guy’s potato chips, founded in 1938 in Kansas City, MO, is Legendary BBQ, which sold 230,134 bags in 2012.
25 cents: The price of slow-cooked ribs first sold in Kansas City by Henry Perry in the 18th & Vine neighborhood in 1908. The restaurant later became Arthur Bryant’s.
Kansas City’s style differs from the popular methods of cooking barbecue in Texas or Memphis. Here in the heartland, our barbecue meat is slow smoked over wood, typically hickory, and slathered in a sweet and tangy tomato-based sauce.
The five most popular side dishes served at KC BBQ restaurants are baked beans, onion rings, potatoes (mashed, baked, fried or potato salad–it’s all good), cole slaw and corn.
sources: VisitKC.com, KCParent.com