Kauffman Stadium renovates its food

Let’s finally get make this official: Gate’s Barbecue is gone from Kauffman Stadium.

It’s a move widely met with contempt, but don’t be so quick to judge. In its place is KC All-Star Barbecue. A much larger, completely new area that might be more appropriately named Fiorella’s Jack Stack Kauffman.

No, KC All-Star Barbecue is not run by the Fiorella family or associated with the barbecue chain, but its executive chef Michael Slavin spent two years there. As did his sous-chef Steve Muncy. As did the pit-master Keith Rogers and his entire pit crew. So it’s not surprising that KC All-Star Barbecue’s flavors are quite similar to Fiorella’s.