Glad to see all the q39 reviews

Can someone please tell me about slaps bbq
http://www.yelp.com/biz/slaps-bbq-kansas-city-2

It's on my todo list also

Ban hammer

1. Oklahoma Joes
2. Jack Stack
3. Q39
4. Arthur Bryants
5. Zarda
6. Gates

In that order.

LCs BBQ is ****ing terrible.

It is, it's always burnt, and just not very high quality (Gates)

There is no way Jack Stack is better than Q39. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Only the best ones do decent pork. All of the usual chains ****ing suck at it or don't bother.

Only referring to very upper tier which are mostly central TX or Austin but the style is spreading. Usual places in TX don't hold up to even KC chains.

You're even dumber about BBQ than football. And that is saying a lot.

I love Gates but gosh damn it can they give a guy some hot fries without having to be a ****ing prick and DEMAND HOT FRIES? :mad:

Jack's feeds thousands of people per day at their stores. Q39 might feed a few hundred on a good day. Quality is really hard to control when you move beyond a single small BBQ joint. That's why Joe's KC is so impressive.

This is my point exactly. Big reason why a place like Port Fonda is among my top 3 KC joints.

Your list is way wack, no way gates is last. Aurthur Bryants vinegar based sauce taste like ass. Jack stack had what tasted like deli meat last time I went there. You obviously are trying to be way to sophisticated.

I don't understand all the love for Jack Stack. I've eaten at multiple locations and the meat was always overcooked and dry. The original Smoke Stack in Martin City was amazing but I don't if it's even still around.

Personally, I've never had a bad meal at Zarda's and always eat there when in town. I used to love Hayward's and Rosedale but I have no idea if they're good anymore. Gates was always hit and miss and I never liked Bryant's, especially their sauce because it had too much brown sugar for my taste.

I'll have to hit up Q39 next time I'm in town, which may be this summer. Oh, and Joe's KC, too. I've never had it.

At the last BBQ competition in Santa Monica, LC's was the best BBQ by far out of all of the vendors, which came from all over the country including Texas, the Carolina's, Memphis and more.

I haven't eaten at the restaurant but their ribs and sauce were awesome that day.

It's interesting, but the Godfather of KC BBQ doesn't own a restaurant. He's won every award in every corner of the nation and consults BBQ restaurant owners. Dick Mays (not the Godfather) was the man that started the road away from the likes of Arthur Bryant's and Gates. He doesn't get enough credit, but you see it in really good KC BBQ.