Comments on Kansas City Lunch Spots: Smokestack Bar-B-Q: 8920 Wornall

Just got back from a trip to MS and had to come th...

2009-10-17T19:50:02.048-05:00

Just got back from a trip to MS and had to come through KC for BBQ at the Smokestack. Best BBQ in the world--and I have had a lot!!!
Thanks for staying put so I can find you when I come to town. Not only do I love it but so does my sister-in-law that did not like BBQ until we ate at the Smokestack.

Oh man, I could live on those beans. Seriously. N...

2008-08-27T14:46:00.000-05:00

Oh man, I could live on those beans. Seriously. No one would ever want to be around me, but I'd be fat and happy (and gassy.) If you meet me and there's a foul cloud around me, you can blame shicho. (Thanks shicho!)

I'll take Smokestack over Jack Stack any day - it's more my speed. The only BBQ I prefer to it is LC's.

This was my first KC barbeque experience many year...

2008-08-20T14:32:00.000-05:00

This was my first KC barbeque experience many years ago. I've still got some nostalgia for the place, so I eat here more than any other bbq place in town. definitely a hole-in-the-wall though...

Well I like Jackstack, but for a quick economical ...

2008-08-20T10:17:00.000-05:00

Well I like Jackstack, but for a quick economical lunch with little waiting Smokestack does the job well.

The first time i ventured in I was interviewing for a job. I got the job AND some pretty good food! I took my brother a couple times when he was visiting and I still lived around there. I agree with calling it primarily a lunch place tho.

Smokestack is the "poor man's Jack Stack". The own...

2008-08-20T05:18:00.000-05:00

Smokestack is the "poor man's Jack Stack". The owners are brother and sister I think. Smokestack isn't the greatest, but it'll do in a bbq craving pinch. I like it for it's cheesy corn.

Wow, the bean recipe! I was expecting to see a hea...

2008-08-19T21:30:00.000-05:00

Wow, the bean recipe! I was expecting to see a healthy dose of spun gold or perhaps a dash of platinum due to the stingy portioning. Regardless I'm definitely gonna try this. Thanks!

so, here's the scoop.the original smokestack, back...

2008-08-19T19:18:00.000-05:00

so, here's the scoop.

the original smokestack, back in the early 50s, was off of 71 highway, up and around the bend from the south town dump. or, just south of old fairyland.

i grew up not to far away. my old man was friends with the owners so i ate more burnt ends as a kid thaen you could imagine.

anyhow, that site's dead in the water: when you get a new camera, run buy and take a couple of shots for posterity...

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I've got the original bean recipe. you'll have to brave my site here to get it. and i will apologise in advance: i was, you know, 'fixing' it today and now all single posts are waaaaaaay below the sidebar.

the beans are worth it, though...

I think Northland Smokestack is not related. It's ...

2008-08-19T18:40:00.000-05:00

I think Northland Smokestack is not related. It's not too bad but not worth a separate trip.