Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
Ships nationwide 🇺🇸KCK - Wyandotte · since 1996
Multiple metro locations — see notes below.
The one out-of-towners should hit first — and it started life in a gas station.
If you order one thing
The Z-Man — brisket, smoked provolone, onion rings on a kaiser roll.
The facts
- Order style
- counter
- Sauce
- sweet & smoky
- Burnt ends
- On the menu select days / while they last (call ahead).
- Cash only
- No, cards accepted
- Closed
- Open daily (confirm)
- Price
- $$
- Pedigree
- Grew out of the championship competition team Slaughterhouse Five.
⏰ Burnt ends are reported to sell out most days — go at lunch, not dinner.
Can't get to KC?
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que ships nationwide via Goldbelly.
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Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que — still known to many locals by its original name, Oklahoma Joe's — famously operates out of a working gas station in Rosedale, and it's the single most-recommended first stop for visitors across nearly every KC BBQ guide we've read.
The Z-Man (brisket, smoked provolone, and onion rings on a kaiser roll) is the dish that put it on national lists. Expect a line at lunch; it tends to move quickly.
If you can't get to Kansas City, Joe's ships nationwide via Goldbelly and direct from its own site.
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