KC has two fine places - Arthur Bryant's and Gates.
Fiorella's Jack Stack has the best beans ever, good sauce. Gates has the best actual smoked meat, the sauce is awful, Arthur Bryant's is greasy, but good. KC Masterpiece has really good sauce, but The Wabash sauce in Excelsior Springs, Missouri is the best in my book.
Oh yeahhhhhhhhh.....Arthur Bryants!
Damned good BBQ at a good price. I practically wiped out a whole rack back in the spring of '98.
Love their BBQ sauce. Took some home with me.