The Kansas City Food Guys would like to announce a summer essay and photo contest. We will be accepting written essays over the summer entitled "My Favorite Place to Eat in Kansas City". Essays should be 600 to 2000 words in length describing your favorite place to eat in KC. While this might be your own dinner table we are looking for essays on local food venues open to the … [Read more...]
KC BBQ Guide Map
The Kansas City BBQ Guide Map is here look for the closest BBQ near you. … [Read more...]
Welcome John Southard
Our newest KC Food Guy! John has been around a looooong time. In that time he has sampled a fair amount of what other parts of the country brag on as regional chow. Sonoran hot dogs in Tucson, check. Cheesecake in Times Square, check. Pastrami at Katz's Deli, check. Crabmeat cocktail at Fisherman's Wharf, check. You get the idea, a 60+ year old guy covers a lot of … [Read more...]
2016 KC BBQ Bracket Trends & Awards
KCFoodGuys.com ate a lot of barbecue over the last couple of months and there are some interesting heroes and zeros out there including some barbecue trends. 2016 Kansas City Barbecue Trends & Concerns BBQ Costs: BBQ ain't cheap. Our average bill ranged from $15 to $30 and our total cost of eating our way through the tournament was well north of $1000. We … [Read more...]
YouTube Help Needed
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A Special KC BBQ Bracket Podcast Update
Had another great BBQ discussion with the guys from Fountain City Podcast. Thanks Brian & Joe for the special edition release. https://soundcloud.com/fountaincitypodcast/fcp-extra-episode-165-kc-bbq-brackets-round-2 … [Read more...]
Bracket Talk with Fountain City Podcast
Recently we were invited on to discuss the KCFoodGuys.com KC BBQ Bracket with the guys from Fountain City Podcast. Take a listen starting about the 47 minute mark. Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/fountaincitypodcast/fcp-episode-16-bbq-madness-with-a-splash-of-fried-chicken#t=46:47 … [Read more...]
2016 KCFoodGuy KC BBQ Bracket
Welcome to the 2016 KCFoodGuys.com KC BBQ Bracket. It's our pleasure to host this event pitting Kansas City's beloved BBQ favorites against each other to find the ultimate KC BBQ Champion. Like last year we will run two BBQ brackets. In the first bracket winners are selected by the KCFoodGuys.com crew and hand selected mystery diners. We started our judging back in February … [Read more...]
Just a Few More Hours
Just a few more hours until the 2016 KCFoodGuys KC BBQ Bracket is filled in and ready to go. We will be releasing the bracket at 6am on March 9th. Where will your favorite BBQ be seeded and who will they be matched up against? We've ate a lot of BBQ over the last few weeks and we'll be eating it a for a few more weeks in order to crown Kansas City's BBQ Champion for 2016. Good … [Read more...]
2016 Food Trends
Nothing marks time better than trends. Your mothers sunflower kitchen wallpaper and those stirrup pants don't lie. We're trendy. Our favorite creature comforts of today will be outdated sooner than you think. Food is no exception. Check out the looming 2016 food newcomers and those fading 2015 food trends. 2016 Food Trends: Clean foods is a new movement … [Read more...]