Hillsdale, Papa Bob’s and OK Joe’s are making national barbecue news

• Hillsdale Bank Bar-B-Q
• Southern Living thought this sauce was money.

Whether it’s what you top your barbecue with or the actual meat coming out of the smoker, it seems like no list is complete without a Kansas City-area entry. Three metro joints, Hillsdale Bank Bar-B-Q, Oklahoma Joe’s and Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que, earned some national love recently for their sauces and oversized sandwich, respectively.