Gates Bar-B-Q
Best Barbecue Sauce in Kansas City · MO
Hi, may I help you?
Gates Bar-B-Q, founded in 1946, is the other pillar of Kansas City barbecue, famous as much for its sauce — sweet, tangy, and sold in grocery stores nationwide — as for its ribs and burnt ends. The counter greeting, a shouted 'Hi, may I help you?', is a KC ritual in itself.
Grown from a single storefront at 19th & Vine into a family of Kansas City restaurants, Gates has kept the Gates family recipe and its brisk, order-at-the-counter energy for nearly eighty years.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Barbecue Sauce in Kansas City Kansas City, MO · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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