Q39
KCMO - Midtown · since 2014
📍 1000 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111 Get directions & live hours →
Multiple metro locations — see notes below.
The modern, chef-driven side of KC barbecue — dine-in, not mail-order.
If you order one thing
Burnt ends — chef-driven, competition-pedigree smoke.
The facts
- Order style
- sit-down
- Sauce
- balanced, competition-style
- Burnt ends
- A headline dish; chef/competition background shows.
- Cash only
- No, cards accepted
- Closed
- Open daily (confirm)
- Price
- $$
- Pedigree
- Founded by a competition pitmaster; a modern KC favorite.
Q39 is the contemporary, chef-driven face of Kansas City barbecue — a competition pitmaster's restaurant that reads more like a modern full-service spot than an old-school counter, with locations in Midtown and Overland Park.
The burnt ends are the headline, and the kitchen's competition background shows in the plating and the sides. Note: we couldn't confirm nationwide shipping for Q39 — treat this as a dine-in destination.
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