Hungry For MO

Who gets to define Missouri barbecue?

By Jenny Vergara,

Published August 10, 2021 at 3:00 AM CDT

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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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Jenny Vergara

Jenny Vergara is one of the hosts of Hungry For MO.

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Natasha Bailey is one of the hosts of Hungry For MO.

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Mackenzie Martin

As senior podcast producer for KCUR Studios and a host of A People’s History of Kansas City, I interview everyday people and dig through old newspaper articles to unearth stories of the visionaries and renegades who created this region. I focus on bringing the past to life, so we can all better understand the city we live in today. Email me at mackenzie@kcur.org.

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