The back and forth on Rosedale is very interesting. I guess it's all a matter of personal taste. Kind of if you ask people in KC what is the best Mexican Restaurant? Ponak's? Manny's? Margaritas? El Maguey? Taco Bell????
Here's the website for Rosedale. Read about the business history, it's pretty interesting stuff:
http://www.rosedalebarbeque.com/index.php
Danny Edwards has a lower profile in KC, mostly because it's only open from 11-3pm. They don't do dinner, which is weird. That's a hold over from it's roots. Originally Danny Edwards was downtown in a dinky little building where the Sprint Center is now. They had limited limited limited seating, so their motto was "Eat it and Beat it." Now they're located on SW Blvd right next to Ponak's. Their sauce is a dark red, almost coffee colored, and is very good.
The best thing about Zarda BBQ is they have a drive thru window. Otherwise, their food is a step below the top notch places. There's a lot of "second tier" bbq joints in KC that are OK to not so good. I'd say places like Smokehouse, Haywood's Pit BBQ, Benny's BBQ,
Earl Quicks, Wyandotte BBQ, Bates City BBQ, and of course the chains like Rib Crib, Bandana's and Famous Dave's. I don't know why they even opened stores in KC....