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New York...Barbecue? Sorry, Kansas City Still The King

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One thing that unites us all as Kansas Citians is our sports team. However, that's not the only one: Barbecue is also a common bond for those of us here in the barbecue capital of the world.

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We take our barbecue seriously and that's why it's disappointing to see statements like this being thrown about.

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I've got a feeling it's not just Kansas City anymore when it comes to barbecue for New Yorkers. In a tectonic food shift, New York has become a major barbecue city with more barbecue places than Jewish delis.

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I've got a feeling that's an inaccurate statement.

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New York...barbecue?

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The writer spins a tail of how excited he was with Arthur Bryant's the first time he tried it. Well I would offer a suggestion: Come back to Kansas City, head to Oklahoma Joe's, order a Z-man and fries, and consider these statements again.