re: What SEC area has the 2nd best BBQ?

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Memphis already owns this category. KC might be top 5 though.

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This. ^^

Oklahoma Joe's (err I mean "Joe's Kansas City") is the best KC has to offer, but it's no match for Rendezvous, Neely's Interstate, or even Central BBQ. Getting outside of Memphis, I like Sims and Whole Hog in Little Rock ahead of anything in KC. Also, I'd love to give Dreamland a try sometime down in Alabama.

A new one in KC called Q39 is actually very good. Still not Memphis good, but it's a very good BBQ place. I can take or leave Gates or Arthur Bryant's. And Jack Stack might as well be wheeling out microwaved McRibs.