Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que Cookbook
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2025
Summary
The long-awaited first cookbook from one of this most successful barbecue joints in the country, Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que.
“I’m reminded of the importance of what we do here, and our role in Kansas City’s barbecue tradition, every morning when I arrive at the restaurant and smell that wonderful smoke coming out of our smokers. After all these years, it’s still magical.” —Jeff Stehney, owner
For the first time, Joe’s storied history and 65 of their famous re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781449477752 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1449477755 |
| Author: | Jeff Stehney, Doug Worgul |
| Publisher: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Imprint: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 586g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“Consistently ranked among the nation’s top BBQ joints, this smokehouse epitomizes the Kansas City style: slow-smoked meats slathered in a thick, sweet, tomato-and-molasses-based sauce.” (Emily Saladino and Lauren Rothman, New York Post)
About The Author
Jeff Stehney
Jeff Stehney
Jeff Stehney is the president and co-founder of Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que.
Jeff began competing in barbecue contests with his wife Joy in 1990. Their team, Slaughterhouse Five, has since won nearly thirty Grand and Reserve Grand Championships in contests sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, including the American Royal Invitational and Open. In 1993, Slaughterhouse Five won the Kansas City Barbeque Society Team of The Year. Encouraged by their competition success, Jeff and Joy opened their first restaurant in 1996 in a gas station at the corner of 47th & Mission in Kansas City, Kansas. They have since opened two additional restaurants. Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que has been Zagat’s highest-rated Kansas City barbecue establishment every year since 2004. USA Today named Joe’s ribs as “Tastiest Ribs in America” in spring 2013, and readers of USA Today voted Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que “Best Southern BBQ” in a nationwide poll in May 2015. In 2015, the Kansas City, Kansas, Convention and Visitors Bureau named Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que its Organization of the Year.
Doug Worgul
Doug Worgul is a writer, editor, and marketing executive based in Kansas City. He is the author of two previous works of non-fiction: A Table Full of Welcome, a cookbook celebrating the ethnic diversity of Kansas City’s culinary traditions, and The Grand Barbecue, a celebration of the history, places, people, and techniques of Kansas City barbecue. His critically-acclaimed novel, Thin Blue Smoke, was published in the U.K. by Macmillan in 2009 and in the U.S. by Conundrum Press in 2012. A nationally-recognized authority on the history and cultural significance of American barbecue traditions, Worgul is currently director of marketing at Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Kansas City.
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