Burnt ends get some national love on Serious Eats

It’s been 10 years since the burnt-ends sandwich at Gates first passed through my lips. I can still remember the initial smoky and salty bite. I put my sandwich down, looked at my brother-in-law and smiled.

Now this is barbecue, I remember thinking. And since then I’ve discovered I’m not the only one to fall under the spell of burnt ends. The latest is James Boo of Serious Eats, who writes that the Kansas City staple are “nuggets of barbecue gold.”