Kansas City is all about its barbecue.

There are more than 100 barbecue restaurants, a BBQ passport, BBQ bus tours and a Museum of BBQ.

And barbecue is readily available at multiple restaurants in Kansas City International Airport (MCI), which opened a snazzy new terminal in 2023.

One of the places is the airport’s 8,000-square-foot Made for KC BBQ Experience restaurant on Concourse B, which is operated for 18 months at a time by the winners of an ongoing barbecue contest created just for this purpose by airport concession operators and the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS).

Meat Rushmore of Lee’s Summit, MO, the winner of the third annual Made for Kansas City BBQ Championship, moved into the space on September 5 with an official passing of the barbecue trophy from the most recent competition winners, O.G. Bandits.

The menu will now feature Meat Rushmore’s award-winning recipes for Cubano tacos, the KC Gobbler, and burnt ends.

It’s not just KCI passengers who can give Meat Rushmore’s – and all the airport’s offerings – a try.

Kansas City International Airport welcomes non-ticketed guests into the terminal through the MCI Guest Pass program.