A fter six years as a mostly weekend only, lunch-to-sellout barbecue operation in the West Bottoms, Chef J BBQ is ready to give the metro its first traditional outdoor smokehouse restaurant.
Rendering of the new Chef J BBQ restaurant; renderings courtesy of Clockwork
The new North Kansas City venue will feature live fire, offset smokers set up next to a large outdoor patio where customers can get an up close view of the process and talk firsthand with the pitmasters.
“We’re putting the barbecue front-and-center,” said Justin “Chef J” Easterwood, owner alongside his fiancée, Terra Whipple. “You can see the product. Walk outside and talk to the pitmaster. Ask questions. ‘How long do you cook this? How do you get it to taste like this?’ Talk to the meat cutter. Fresh, cut-to-order barbecue.”…