Scott's Kitchen & Catering

Where barbecue and soul food share the plate

Scott's Kitchen & Catering is a barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri.

Scott's Kitchen brings Kansas City barbecue and soul food to a single plate, a crossover that reflects the deep roots of smoke in Black culinary tradition. It's a from-scratch operation on the Prospect corridor where the sides carry as much weight as the meat, and the pie at the end is anything but an afterthought.

The rib tips are the order—smoky, chewy at the edges, and meant to be eaten with your hands—and they land best alongside scratch-made greens and cornbread. Pulled pork fills out the barbecue side of the table under a sweet, tomato-based sauce, while the sweet potato pie provides the finish worth saving room for. It's a full soul-food spread with a smoker at its center, generous and genuinely homemade in a way that speaks to where this food comes from and why it matters.

• Style: Kansas City Style
• Price: $
• Neighborhood: Prospect
• Serving since 2005

What to order

• Rib Tips
• Pulled Pork
• Greens
• Sweet Potato Pie

How it scores — 8.0/10 overall

• Smoke: 8.0/10
• Bark: 7.8/10
• Tenderness: 8.5/10
• Consistency: 8.0/10
• Value: 9.2/10
• Atmosphere: 7.0/10

Visiting

• Address: 11920 N Ambassador Dr, Kansas City, MO 64153
• Phone: (816) 270-0505

Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm

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