Southern Soul Barbeque on Demere Road in St. Simons Island has been serving low-country Georgia BBQ since Griffin Bufkin and his partners opened it in 2007, smoking meats over local hardwood and bringing the whole hog tradition of the Carolina and Georgia coasts to the Golden Isles. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 13 of […]
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Barbecue, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 9Woodyard Bar-B-Que on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas started as a wood-selling yard — the business was literally in the name — before Bill Fleischaker added a smoker and started selling barbecue from the same property. The combination of a wood business and a BBQ operation isn’t a coincidence; the control over the fuel
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Barbecue, Kansas, Kansas City, Restaurants, Season 9Johnny’s Bar-B-Q appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City Barbeque Tour,” which aired July 12, 2010, as a Mission, Kansas BBQ institution holding a decades-long place in the Kansas City area’s competitive pit landscape. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Johnny’s Bar-B-QCity: Mission, KansasCuisine: BBQDDD Season:
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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 9RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack on Lamar Avenue in Mission has been a Kansas City area BBQ institution since Robert Palmgren opened it, smoking meats in the Kansas City tradition and building a menu around the full spectrum of what that tradition produces. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City
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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 9Smokin’ Guns BBQ on Swift Avenue in North Kansas City has been a contender in one of the most competitive BBQ markets in the world since it opened, smoking brisket, pork, and ribs alongside a competition BBQ program that has earned hardware on the national circuit. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners,
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Barbecue, Kansas City, Missouri, Restaurants, Season 9Schellville Grille appeared in Season 9, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grilled, Smoked and Sauced,” which aired May 31, 2010, as a roadside BBQ and grill on the outskirts of Sonoma serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches in the kind of low-key roadside setting that is disappearing from Wine Country as the region
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 9In October 2006, Pat Martin walked past his favorite Mexican restaurant in Nolensville and found it had closed. He ran into the landlord on the spot, signed a lease on the 950-square-foot shack, and opened Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint with no restaurant experience and a consuming passion for West Tennessee whole hog barbecue he had learned
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 9, TennesseeHonky Tonk BBQ on South Racine in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has been smoking low-and-slow since it opened, bringing serious Southern BBQ to a Mexican-American neighborhood that appreciated the food immediately and made it a local institution. It appeared in Season 7, Episode 8 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Barbequed, Baked and Brined,” which aired October
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Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 7Rodney Muirhead grew up in Texas, moved to Portland, and got tired of not being able to find Texas-style BBQ. In 2006 he opened Podnah’s Pit Barbecue on NE Killingsworth and started smoking brisket, ribs, and sausage over oak and pecan the way he grew up eating it. Portland took notice immediately. Podnah’s appeared in
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Barbecue, Oregon, Portland, Restaurants, Season 7Wilson’s Holy Smoke BBQ appeared in Season 5, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “BBQ and More,” which aired February 9, 2009, as a Fairfield, Connecticut BBQ operation bringing serious pit-smoked barbecue to a state more known for its pizza and seafood traditions than its BBQ. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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