As you can tell on our second blog entry on Kansas City, http://bobandjotravelblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/kansas-city-is-not-boring-restaurants.html, we do love BBQ. We feel that Kansas City has the best BBQ in the country, there are places here that fail that would be the best BBQ restaurant in a lot of places. Or to put it differently, there is no bad BBQ in town there is just some better than others.
What we feel sets the Kansas City area apart is that BBQ encompasses all regions. By this we mean that while Tennessee may be best known for pulled pork and Texas for brisket while other areas for ribs, turkey, chicken, etc. In KC all those are available and good along with lamb and fish.
One of the best things about full-timing and traveling around the country is trying the food. We are currently in the KC area but that does not mean that our quest for findng new good BBQ restaurants is on hold. Three new BBQ restaurants opened in Belton MO in the last few months after we left on our Texas and Arizona adventure. We have eaten at one of them, one that we have gotten information on and one more we need to get more info on.
We have eaten at "The Little Pig" which was started by a couple of friends that have won some BBQ contests and we loved it. Bob also met some friends from his old job and everyone was impressed. In all we have sampled the brisket, pulled pork, burnt ends, ribs and chicken. We also have plans to try the Cajun Meat Loaf at a future date.
Just yesterday Bob drove by another new BBQ restaurant in Belton the "Twisted Brisket". He already had lunch but stopped in to find out more about the place and this place certainly deserves a visit. The owners won best brisket at the Greater Lenexa BBQ Battle a few years ago. Their signature sandwich is a hot brisket sandwich, smoked brisked on bread covered with mashed potatoes and gravy. All their sides are made in house. The only food that we have sampled is the BBQ beans and they are very good. The restaurant is non-smoking and has a full bar for those interested. We will be trying this place before we head north and Bob hopes his friends from work are also interested.
The third place is called 'One Rib Short' which we hope to have more information about. What we do know is that it is a small place with limited seating that mostly does carryout.
What this says to us is that you can always learn something new, even about BBQ in the town you used to live in.
Till next time,
Bob & Jo
I see you've been through TX. What did you think about the BBQ over here? I like that we use BBQ sauce. I'm not crazy about dry rub. I LOVE food, so I'm glad I stumbled on this blog.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to stop by and check out the food I make on trash day :)
Nellie
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I'll bet a lot of your sauce places add a little dry rub also but maybe not to the extent of others.
ReplyDeleteWe sampled BBQ in TX and loved it, but like I said mostly brisket. So far the best, most consistent TX brisket has been at Rudy's Country Store and BBQ and I hear there are places better than that. The best BBQ though has been the ribs at Florida's Kitchen in Livingston.