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What Makes Good Kansas City Barbecue?

Kansas City loves its barbecue. With ​around 100 barbecue restaurants in the metropolitan area, you could spend a long time getting to know the many variations of pulled pork, burnt ends, long ends, short ends, yard birds, shiners and Z-Mans.

Speaking with Kansas City Star food editor Jill Silva (@kcstarfood), Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson ​learns about Kansas City barbecue and ​traces​ its​ history back to Henry Perry, who served barbecue from a trolley barn in the early 1900s. Hobson also gets some tips from Deborah Jones, ​who co-owns Jones BBQ​ with her sister and​ is​ among the few women barbecue pitmasters in the area.

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Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
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Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
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(Dean Russell/Here & Now)
Deborah Jones slices brisket at Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
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Deborah Jones slices brisket at Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
Deborah Jones working the pit at Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
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Deborah Jones working the pit at Jones BBQ in Kansas City, Kan. (Dean Russell/Here & Now)
Mary and Deborah Jones in 2001. (Courtesy Julie Jacobson)
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Mary and Deborah Jones in 2001. (Courtesy Julie Jacobson)