Museum of BBQ to offer interactive experience for barbecue lovers, says founder [Video]

One of the most distinctly American cuisines in the world will soon have a museum to celebrate its place in the culinary landscape. 

Dedicated to all things barbecue, the Museum of BBQ is scheduled to open in Kansas City, Missouri, in the spring of 2025. It will showcase everything from the different elements of the cuisine to the distinct flavors of each regional variation.

Food writer Jonathan Bender is co-founder of the Museum of BBQ alongside Kansas City chef Alex Pope, owner of the Local Pig restaurant.

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“If you could take the basic elements of barbecue and the regions of barbecue and turn them into experience, have the ability to literally walk through those things as you learn about them, …