Tailgate Thursday: Best barbecue spot in Kansas City?

Tailgate Thursday: Best barbecue spot in Kansas City?
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Let’s talk about everyone’s weekend plans!

As you may have noticed throughout this past week, there’s a new feature here at Arrowhead Pride: discussion posts: offering questions and topics to promote conversation in our comment section.

So, in every “Tailgate Thursday,” we’ll get away from the on-the-field chatter and pitch a different topic. For the first one, I could not think of anything better than posing the age-old Kansas City question:

What’s the best barbecue joint in Kansas City, and why?

Back in 2020 — following the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl victory of their ongoing dynasty — head coach Andy Reid made his first stop at the popular barbecue restaurant, Q39.

Reid has shown an affinity for the Kansas City staple: burnt ends.

“Now listen, there’s not a barbecue place that I don’t like here,” said Reid, via KSHB41. “I haven’t met one burnt end or rib that I didn’t like. But listen, we went to Q39 and I had a craving for a burnt ends, I wasn’t joking.”

KSHB41 shared Reid’s go-to Q39 dish, which features those burnt ends, mac and cheese, onion straws and a Diet Coke. Reid wouldn’t fully commit to Q39, but it appears it is at least one of his favorites.


What about you? Which Kansas City barbecue restaurant is best in your eyes?