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Burnt Ends and Sticky Ribs for Less
Missouri doesn’t just do barbecue. It dominates it.
Kansas City and St. Louis both landed in the top five BBQ cities in America for 2025, and between them, they’ve been smoking meat for over a century. One city invented burnt ends.
The other created its own rib cut. And because Missouri’s cost of living runs about 11% below the national average, you can eat your way through both without the sticker shock you’d get in San Francisco or New York…