BBQ Restaurants in Kansas City, MO

BBQ in Kansas City at a glance

• BBQ is the 13th largest food category in Kansas City, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 2.0% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Kansas City leans toward bbq.
• Of the 46 listed below, 33 are independent and 13 belong to chains; 42 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Kansas City

• County Road Ice House
  Restaurant · BBQ · 100 E 14th St #2919
• Gates Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 3205 Main St
• Big T's Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 6201 Blue Pkwy
• Char Bar
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4050 Pennsylvania Ave
• Arthur Bryant's Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 1727 Brooklyn Ave
• Burnt End BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2450 Grand Blvd #130
• Gates Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 1325 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd
• Gates Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 1221 Brooklyn Ave
• Jack Stack Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 13441 Holmes Rd
• Jack Stack Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 4747 Wyandotte St
• LC's Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5800 Blue Pkwy
• Q39
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1000 W 39th St
• Scott's Kitchen and Catering at Hangar 29
  Restaurant · BBQ · 11920 N Ambassador Dr
• Smokebox BBQ Cafe
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 10020 N Ambassador Dr
• Smokehouse Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 8451 NW Prairie View Rd
• Taste of Kansas City BBQ and Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7935 Prospect Ave
• Wolfpack BBQ & Burgers
  Restaurant · BBQ · 910 E 5th St
• Wingstreet
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 7657 NW Prairie View Rd
• Jack Stack Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 101 W 22nd St
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 9000 NW Skyview Ave
• Famous Dave's Bar-b-que (to Go Only)
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 8461 NW Prairie View Rd
• Pork & Pickle
  Restaurant · BBQ · 601 Brasilia Ave
• B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1205 E 85th St
• P Moore And Moore Bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3260 Broadway Blvd
• Danny Edwards Blvd Bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2900 Southwest Blvd
• Aunt Mildred's #10 Bbq Food Truck
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4704 Blue Ridge Blvd
• Big T's Bar B Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 9409 Blue Ridge Blvd
• Blue Ridge Food Stop
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4704 Blue Ridge Blvd
• Diamond W BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2715 Rochester Ave
• Dickeys Barbecue Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 2510 NE Vivion Rd
• KC Smokehouse BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 8431 Wornall Rd
• POI-O
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1000 W 25th St
• Rib Crib
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7260 NW 87th St
• Smokebox BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 9237 N Oak Trfy
• The Stack BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 8920 Wornall Rd
• Three Little Pigs Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2450 Grand Blvd
• Winslow's BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 20 E 5th St
• Pig and Swig KC
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1330 Grand Blvd
• Chef J BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1401 W 13th St
• The Yum Yum KC Plaza
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5304 E 24th St
• Poio Mexican BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ
• BB's Lawnside BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1205 E 85th St
• PLOWBOYS BARBECUE
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1111 Main St
• Jacks stack bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4900 Brookside Blvd
• El Indio - Pollos Asados Al Carbon
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5200 Independence Ave
• Stubbycub’s Smokehouse
  Restaurant · BBQ

BBQ elsewhere in Missouri

Among the Missouri cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in St. Louis (42), Springfield (34), Columbia (13), Independence (13) and Lee's Summit (9).

Run a bbq spot in Kansas City?

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