Smokehouse Barbecue

The Gladstone anchor of a Northland smokehouse chain

Smokehouse Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri.

Smokehouse Barbecue is a longtime metro name with locations across the Northland and eastern suburbs, and the Gladstone room on North Oak Trafficway is its comfortable, full-service face. This is family-restaurant barbecue—sit down, order wide, and bring the whole table—rather than a counter-and-tray operation built for speed.

The kitchen runs on hickory: smoked beef, pork ribs, and burnt ends backed by from-scratch sides, with the cheesy corn bake a table favorite that draws repeat orders. It's built for consistency across a multi-location chain, and the Gladstone pit delivers that familiar version dependably, plate after plate, under a sweet tomato-based sauce. It's the steady sit-down stop for when a Northland table needs to please everyone at once, from the kid who wants ribs to the grandparent who came for the beef and the beans.

• Style: Kansas City Style
• Price: $$
• Neighborhood: Gladstone

What to order

• Hickory-Smoked Beef
• Pork Ribs
• Burnt Ends
• Cheesy Corn Bake

How it scores — 7.8/10 overall

• Smoke: 7.9/10
• Bark: 7.7/10
• Tenderness: 7.8/10
• Consistency: 7.7/10
• Value: 8.1/10
• Atmosphere: 7.9/10

Visiting

• Address: 6304 N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO 64118
• Phone: (816) 454-4500
• Website: https://www.smokehousebbq.com/

Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–9pm, Fri–Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11am–9pm (verified on 2026-08-06)

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