My New BBQ Rankings
 

Well, had another trip to KC over Labor Day and ate at another BBQ place, this time Zarda BBQ. It was very good (we had the 2 person platter) and would eat there again in a heartbeat. Here are my rankings from a guy who is from out of town. We will be back on the 16th and will eat at OK Joe's.

Later Dudes

1. Jack Stack
2. Zarda
3. KC Masterpiece (which is closed down now on Metcalf)
4. Gates

Zarda's sucks ass

Any list that has Zardas #1 and Okie Joes not on the list is seriously a bad list.

KC Masterpiece?

Really?

http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/images/west_dkr_4.jpg

This

Your rankings will change :)

my list looks similar, but would have to put OK Joe's up there, probably #2 over Zarda, even though I'm a big Zarda fan.

jack stack is probably my favorite too. it doesn't have the dirty atmosphere of other joints, but they've got some pretty tasty que.

KC masterpiece has no spot on my list though. It would rank slightly above the mcdonalds mcrib.

Agreed. But, I still eat it!! And, even though it sucks ass in KC, it's head and shoulders better than BBQ that you'll find on the east coast.

Arthur Bryants
Jacks Stack
Haywards
Gates
KC Masterpiece
LC's
Zarda

I've not been to Ok Joes yet.

How about this list.........

http://www.10best.com/Kansas_City,MO...ants/Barbecue/

Grades for your choices...

B- Jack Stack
Z- Zarda
C KC Masterpiece (which is closed down now on Metcalf)
B+ A for ribs Gates

Try LC's for beans and sandwiches OK Joes is a very good choice, Bryants is very good, Haywards can be really good or just OK hard to tell...

KC BBQ is way overrated. Carolina BBQ is the best. Wise up fellas.

Yeah, smothering your meat with cole slaw is BBQ. :rolleyes:

You should be slapped for putting Masterpiece and Zarda ahead of Gates.



No, make that slapped twice!:#

Living in Carolina for the last five years now, all I can say is "Your and idiot!"

I notice that is his first post on the board and he's probably just trying to stir things up. Let's see if I can turn something green into red...

Zarda=nasty

1. Jackstack\Gates

you need nothing else

nOOb Troll alert....

I believe the word you're searching for is "you're" not "your". Try to keep that in mind when calling someone an idiot.

Also...Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse, NY is the best BBQ anywhere in the world. End of thread.

ROFL

No. No. It is "Your and idiot!"

It's a shame that I can't give more neg rep...

Oh, trust me, this is NOT the end of the thread. You just started something you'll never be able to win.

It appears pointing out the irony in your "idiocy" thread was too much for you.

Your and idiot

REP WAR!!!!!

Seriously...has no one here had Dinosaur BBQ??? How can such "BBQ afficionados" not have had the best BBQ in the world?

OMG, someone from Baltimore is calling out KC BBQ, what are we going to do?!?!?!

Flock to Syracuse, NY, that's what!

Silly troll. LMAO

it is the best.:clap:

Dude...have you EVER been to KC and devoured KC BBQ? I very much doubt it. Therefore, you have absolutely no right to be critical of something you've never tried.

BBQ threads always look the same.

- “I like X for BBQ”
- “You are a fukn moran, Y is the best”
- “I agree, X is the best”
- “You are all dumb fuks, Z is the best”
- “Your and idiot, Y is the best”
- “You are wrong, fuqtard, Z is the best”
- “Fuk u, butt-raping peder-ass”
- “I’m gonna shove a bottle of BBQ sauce down yur pecker-hole”

Kyle puts some Kraft KC Style sauce on a big plate of Baltimore Scrapple, then he has Maryland BBQ!

I tried it...it was fine. Nothing mind blowing. Definitely not up to Dinosaur's standards.

Anything I need to know about MO or KC I can learn from watching "Waiting for Guffman".

this guy is a dupe account.

We dined at KC Masterpiece on my last trip to KC and it wasn't bad at all. While I can't compare it to Jack Stacks (never eaten there yet) you would think the food they served at KC Masterpiece was horrible from the reviews it receives on the board.

I thought it was pretty good. Do the bad reviews have anything to do with it being high profile and corporate?

And I call BS. You've never been to KC and you've never stepped a fat toe in any of the KC BBQ joints.

So your only defense here is a baseless statement that you claim to be true. Awesome logic.

Why? It's not like we're hurting for choices here.

The Dinosaur place has really good reviews on yelp, but even a lot of the 5-starred reviews say 'best BBQ we've had in upstate NY' or 'best in NY'.

I'm sure it's good, but coming to a KC board trying to convince people that a BBQ joint in NY is the best in the world is like trying to convince the Pope the atheists have it right.

I would take the mcrib, KC masterpiece should be forced to change its name.

I learned yesterday that gr ch blackjack wasnt off ch gator but off crenshaws big casey rom. Blew my mind though i had suspected it for years.



Sweet Heat is the best commercial BBQ hands down. AB is still the best imo.

Stay away from peacomb fowl, they are crazy.

I assure you...it's worth the trip. There's actually one in downtown NYC too. Best stuff I've ever had. Definitely better than anything that has come out of KC.

Being corporate doesn't help, I think it is less high profile than Gates or Bryants.

Going to KC masterpiece for BBQ is like going to Applebees for a steak. It won't be horrible, but it won't be fantastic either. It is mass produced chain food.

Jackstack
Gates
LC's

Not a big fan of Zarda's and not wild about Bryants.

ANd even though I'm a native of KC, I have not been to OK Joes or KC Masterpiece. (We tried the KC Masteroiece sauce once and was NOT impressed).

Oh and to KyleProBoller: Yes indeed, your and idiot. And you also display your ignorance of our community when you dispute the correct CP way to say that! Now go eat some raw oyster boogers with ketchup. That can be your "real" BBQ.

Hey if you fellas would prefer to speak in the hick English taught in the KC school system...fine by me. Just trying to class up the joint. Kinda like hanging curtains in an outhouse.

:doh!::spock: You are dead to me.



:D

I'm pretty confident it's true. Unless you can honestly describe the BBQ place/s you went to, their locations, their decor, and such without the blatant use of the Internet as your guide- I very much doubt you've ever had your senses tickled by a smoky whiff of KC's authentic BBQ.

Here's a little message for Kyle, NSFW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTWz7nu_wk

Oh God; is this yet another limp donkey sausage stinking up the joint? We already have our Official Whipping Boy for the season; try again next year.

Why should I bother. Even if I post the correct information you'll claim I used the internet as a guide. Not worth the effort. KC BBQ is fine, but it's not the best. Case closed.

man when i was in DC for the Skins game a few years back i was suprised at the lack of smoke coming out of the parking lot. Most times at Arrowhead you can smell the smoke long before you can see the stadium.

Enjoy the taste of my awesome new rep-stick, ****stick.

AS opposed to what they have in your part of the world???

ROFLROFL

You don't have the intellect to absorb it anyway.

I think the stigma against KC masterpiece has to do with the sauce. It is too thick and sweet. I almost wouldn’t consider it BBQ sauce, more like some weird tangent of maple syrup.

I doubt the meat is cooked badly or horrible quality, but the times I have been there its tough to tell because the sauce was so overwhelming.

I can only remember one place I’ve been to where the meat was cooked so badly it was practically inedible (Buffalo Bob’s Smokehouse in Lawrence – dry, stringy garbage).

Plus, like Jack Stack, it suffers in the reviews because of the atmosphere. Self-proclaimed BBQ connoisseurs seem to think the place has to be a hole-in-the-wall to have good que.

When I read reviews, I get the feeling if you put KC Masterpiece next to a gas station and Oklahoma Joe's on the Plaza, some people would change their opinions of both. I'd put a few places ahead of KC Masterpiece, pretty close to gblowfish's list, but I like KC Masterpiece, too.

Oh you're right...the wonderful instituions of KC are way better than Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, etc...

LOL at you!

Your and idiot. Even the New Yorker Anthony Bourdain chimed in on the issue:

13 Places to Eat Before You Die

Anthony Bourdain


Oklahoma Joe's Barbecue (Kansas City, Kansas/Olathe) People may disagree on who has the best BBQ. Here, the brisket (particularly the burnt ends), pulled pork, and ribs are all of a quality that meet the high standards even of Kansas City natives. It's the best BBQ in Kansas City, which makes it the best BBQ in the world. Anthony Bourdain is the host of the Travel Channel's No Reservations.

I was really bumed when the one in Ex.Sp. burned down. sad day.

Please...Anthony Bourdain ate crap out of an animal's rectum one time on his show.

This is same reasoning that has me taking annual trips to Cincinnati for the best crab cakes....and,Dallas for the best cheese-steaks.:rolleyes:

The dude is adventurous for sure, but he's a highly respected NYC chef and critic.

I had sushi at Kona a while back, and it was the best I've ever had, which makes it the best in the world. Go midwestern sushi!

Best cheesesteaks: Pat's in Philly
Best crabcakes: Bo Brooks in Baltimore
Best BBQ: Dinosaur in Syracuse

End of thread.

Mods, change this ****stick's name to "KyleTidyBowler".

Oh, and urine idiot.

How is that relevant to this conversation? Maybe it follows some sort of moronic KC logic.

Best Prostitute: Your Mom.

Best Reach-a-round: Your Sister.

Best Gargling Ball-Wash: You.

Eh, Famous Rays makes a good slice.

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No one hear is debating your expertise at judging reach-a-rounds...

LOL at the dimwits from KC needing to pile on because they can't take me one-on-one!!!