2025 Centurion Award winner
Arthur Bryant's Barbeque
Best Barbecue in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Best Barbecue in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Arthur Bryant's is the temple of Kansas City barbecue, smoking meats over hickory and oak on Brooklyn Avenue since the Bryant family took over in the 1940s. Burnt ends, beef, and ribs come piled on white bread and doused with the gritty, tangy signature sauce that Calvin Trillin once called the best restaurant in the world.
A pilgrimage site for presidents and pitmasters alike, Bryant's descends directly from Henry Perry, the father of KC barbecue — an unbroken line of smoke that helped define an American style.
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Tracing its lineage to Henry Perry, the father of Kansas City barbecue, Arthur Bryant's has served burnt ends and brisket at Brooklyn Avenue since 1949, with roots decades older.
Yes — Arthur Bryant's Barbeque is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Barbecue in Kansas City, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best barbecue in Kansas City for 2025 for a smoked-meat lineage that runs from Henry Perry's pits through nearly a century of Bryant family tradition.
Arthur Bryant's Barbeque is in Kansas City, MO.
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