Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, Gas station barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, United States

Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que occupies a former gas station at the corner of 47th Avenue and Mission Road in Kansas City, Kansas, where the restaurant opened in August 1996. The building has a flat roof, an upper facade of green horizontal panels carrying large cream channel letters spelling "Joe's KANSAS CITY BAR-B-QUE", and a lower wall of white-painted brick. A glass entrance door with printed hours stands left of tall windows and further white-framed windows.

Jeff and Joy Stehney opened Oklahoma Joe's in August 1996 inside a gas station at 47th Avenue and Mission Road in Kansas City, Kansas, a site previously used by a fried-chicken-and-liquor operation called One Fast Chick-n. The Stehneys bought out partner Joe Davidson's share in 1997, added an Olathe location in 2005 and a Leawood one in July 2012, and renamed the restaurants Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que as of November 17, 2014.

The name comes from Joe Davidson, founder of the Oklahoma Joe's Smoker Company, who partnered with Jeff and Joy Stehney; the Stehneys dropped "Oklahoma" from the name in 2011 and made the change official on November 17, 2014. The restaurant grew out of the competition team Slaughterhouse Five, which won eight Grand Championships and the Kansas City Barbeque Society's Team of the Year in 1993.

The original location sits inside a working gas station at 47th Avenue and Mission Road in Kansas City, Kansas, so the dining room is small and lines form quickly at peak meal times. The entrance door lists hours: Monday to Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., closed Sunday. Arrive before the lunch rush or expect a wait.

The original location opened in August 1996 inside a gas station at 47th Avenue and Mission Road, on a site previously used by a fried-chicken-and-liquor operation called One Fast Chick-n. The restaurant's name changed from Oklahoma Joe's to Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que on November 17, 2014, after the Stehneys agreed with Joe Davidson over use of the name.