Favorite Recipes
Kansas City BBQ in the Midwest
Missouri; the Show-Me State; known and famous for many things.
One in particular is its barbecue sauce, many people say Missouri & Kansas have the best BBQ Food in world.
BBQ Recipes:
Many great sauces have come from the midwest. Some famous ones are KC Masterpiece and Gates however many others can be found just by asking any of the locals or during a lunch break. It is amazing you can find a flavor for everyone and each person will tell you how they like their food.
One things is for sure when you walk out of these restaurants you cannot wait to get more. Most of the restaurants serve every dish overloaded with your favorite meat from burnt ends to ribs, you name it they cook it.
- KC Masterpiece
- Gates Bar B.Q.
- Bryant's Barbeque
- Jack Stack Barbecue
- Winslow's City Market Barbecue
- Danny Edwards Famous KC BBQ
- BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Que
- Smokin Guns BBQ & Catering
- Arthur Bryant's BBQ
- Ultimate Tailgate BBQ
- Bandana's Bar BQ
- And Many other great flavors in midwest BBQ
There are many times in the year that people with a passion for the grill and their sauces have a chance to show their stuff, and just how well they barbecue with some famous sauces and ones that they have invented as their "secret sauce." Belton, Missouri holds their barbecue contests in the beginning of May.
The American Royal has their cook off in October, this is when people pull out their huge trailer grills and debate between propane, charcoal or barbeque wood pellets. You will find it amazing but you really can get wood chips in almost any flavor you want and just to give you and example here is a basic list of the type of wood pellets or chips available in the market.
- Alder
- Apple
- Apricot
- Birch
- Cedar
- Cherry
- Grape
- Hickory
- Lemon
- Maple
- Mesquite
- Nectarine
- Orange
- Peach
- Pear
- Pecan
- Plum/Prune
- White Oak
Which one cooks best, taste best and is just best all round. This is where sauces are made and become famous. With all these flavors around, it makes one wonder how all these sauces do not blend into each other and lose their unique flavor. The truth is that each BBQ sauce is so unique in itself, that with each new grill you visit, it is a story in itself. The way the person prepares the sauce, marinades the meat. And most of all how they cook it. After all, it is all about the barbecue!
So why is Missouri called the Show-Me State? For one simple reason. many people offering so much out there. Back when the states were finding their voice, prospectors would come in and talk the talk, but Missouri wanted to be shown what is was all about, just like the sauce.
A new challenger to the competition of sauces is Ultimate Tailgate. What better way to have a barbecue than at a tailgating party right?
Barbecue Competitions in the MIdwest:
- Kansas City Barbeque Society
- Shawnee Great Griller's State Championship Barbeque Contest
- Jesse James Festival Barbecue competition
- The Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle
Waiting for the Kansas City Chiefs or the Kansas City Royals to play. Set up the grill and pull out some Ultimate Tailgate Sauce. This new sauce has such a robust flavor, that when it reaches more of the public, it will no longer be only a tailgating sauce, but a house hold name.
There are people who insist that barbecuing is an art. There are some that grill well, but there are ones that can grill great. And those are the ones that will make their mark one day with their own unique flavor and who knows, maybe a sauce named after them.