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Hungry For MO

Who gets to define Missouri barbecue?

By Jenny Vergara,
Natasha Bailey, Mackenzie Martin
Published August 10, 2021 at 3:00 AM CDT
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Crysta Henthorne
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Kansas City and St. Louis are both known as barbecue destinations, but recent efforts to redefine the cuisine have sidelined the Black barbecuers, pitmasters and restaurateurs who made it an institution.

Learn more about how Missouri's barbecue has evolved over the last 200 years — and recent efforts to redefine it — from KCUR's Mackenzie Martin.

KCUR's Jenny Vergara also has a list of the best barbecue in the state of Missouri.

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Hungry For MO PodcastFood & DrinkMissouriMissouri bicentennial historybarbecueSt. LouisKansas City Missouri (KCMO)
Jenny Vergara
Jenny Vergara is one of the hosts of Hungry For MO.
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Natasha Bailey
Natasha Bailey is one of the hosts of Hungry For MO.
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Mackenzie Martin
Mackenzie Martin is a senior podcast producer at KCUR Studios and host of the podcast, A People's History of Kansas City. Contact her at mackenzie@kcur.org.
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