Despite a team captain no-show, this BBQ team took home the grand prize at the AR Backyard BBQ & Steak Cook-Off

Photography by Zach Bauman and John Martellaro

As Liz Bucknall and Debby Hoskins proclaimed, giggling and beaming from the stage of the American Royal Governor’s Building, “The wives did it!” What they did was earn the Grand Champion prize at the American Royal Backyard BBQ & Steak Cook-Off competition on March 23 for their team, Bad Influence BBQ.  Why the giddy excitement… Continue reading Despite a team captain no-show, this BBQ team took home the grand prize at the AR Backyard BBQ & Steak Cook-Off

A Mother Clucker is coming near you

A locally-owned Nashville hot chicken restaurant is expanding in Johnson County. Mother Clucker is taking the former BurgerFi spot in Leawood’s Park Place for a late July or early August opening. Mother Clucker was an original tenant of Parlor food hall when it opened in the East Crossroads (1707 Locust St.) in 2018. A location… Continue reading A Mother Clucker is coming near you