Forbes discovers that barbecue can be ‘upscale and good’

Forbes blogger Larry Olmsted attempted to turn the barbecue universe on its ear this morning by suggesting that barbecue can be “upscale and good.” Exhibit A in his argument: Kansas City’s own Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue. Olmsted writes:

I have been to the mountain of “fine dining” barbecue and am back to tell

you it can not only be done, it is being done and done very, very well.

In Kansas City.

While the kind words for Jack Stack are appreciated, Olmsted’s post is based on a flawed thesis that upscale barbecue is a mythical concept.