New KC area barbecue restaurant opens. The brisket ‘melts in your mouth’

Do genetics predetermine whether someone smokes good barbecue?

A new Gladstone restaurant — Off the Hook BBQ — might be a case study.

The spot opened a few days ago at 7506 N. Oak Trafficway. Owner Wardell Hooks Jr. has been serving barbecue via a food truck for the past 15 years (then via a small walk-up window with limited hours in downtown Parkville)…

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