Talk:Regional variations of barbecue
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In regards to naming conventions:
Forcing barbeque styles into state names forces this article into an artificial naming scheme that does not accurately reflect the names in most widespread use. A quick review of the web for other sites that discuss barbecue styles shows that two cities in particular, Memphis and Kansas City, are almost always referred to by the name of the city, not the name of the state. Like any good encyclopedia article, this article should attempt to accurately describe the most common styles, and should refer to them by the names that readers are likely to see or hear in articles, documentaries, etc.--Sppence 01:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Missouri=
In the far southeast corner of Missouri, especially in the bootheel, barbeque is much different from the rest of the state. Just as this area considers itself Southern as opposed to Midwestern, the cooking barbeque styles are very different. It is heavily influenced by Memphis style (roughly 100 miles away). Beef barbeque is even made fun of in this area. Most places that are more notorious for ribs (i.e. Dexter Barbeque [Dexter, MO] and Strawberry's [Holcolmb, MO]) are all dry rub. A barbeque sandwich is almost always chopped, never just pulled. A true Southeast Missouri example is Bill's Barbeque (Kennett, MO). However, what may be the signature sign of Bootheel Barbeque is pork steaks. People from all around the area flock to this area to get pork steaks. The ideal example of this is Strawberry's BBQ in Holcolmb. 146.95.18.236 21:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)RJB
[edit] Kansas City
The style "Kansas City" should remain separate from "Missouri". Prior to finding this article, I'd seen no other references to KC style as "Missouri". The separation of KC style from the state of Missouri is not intended as regions vs cities vs states arguement, nor does it have anything to do with Kansas City having many barbecue joints on both sides of the KS/MO line, but rather a reflection of the most common naming convention in other books, articles, etc about barbecue. A quick review of the first 30 Google results each for "barbecue styles" and for "barbecue regional styles" yeilded only 2 pages (this was one) which even mentioned "Missouri" as a sytle (the other actually listed Missouri as having two styles, "Kansas City", and "St. Louis"). Most documentaries, books, and articles I've seen on the subject of barbeque also refer to the style as "Kansas City". No book I was able to find for sale online mentioned a "Missouri" style.--Sppence 01:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Memphis / Tennessee
Perhaps someone with significant knowledge of Memphis style should consider separating this into its own style. The majority of barbeque articles, websites, documentaries, etc. that I've seen refer to Memphis as its own style.--Sppence 01:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Naming conventions
I've started an article on Kansas City barbecue so it can offer more detail. So that our naming conventions I was wondering if folks had an opinion on the article name (e.g., Kansas City barbecue or Kansas City-style barbecue or something else) --Americasroof 13:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
