Smokehouse Barbecue
Independence / Gladstone · since 1987
📍 6304 N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO 64118 Get directions & live hours →
Multiple metro locations — see notes below.
A sit-down, family-friendly chain the eastern metro relies on.
If you order one thing
A full-service rib plate.
The facts
- Order style
- sit-down
- Sauce
- classic sweet-tomato
- Cash only
- No, cards accepted
- Closed
- Open daily (confirm)
- Price
- $$
- Pedigree
- Family-owned since 1987; multiple metro locations (Gladstone, Independence, Zona Rosa).
Smokehouse Barbecue is a family-owned, full-service operation that's served the Kansas City area since 1987, with locations around the eastern and northern metro (Gladstone, Independence, Zona Rosa). Sit-down, family-friendly, and consistent — ribs and burnt ends are the mainstays. A neighborhood go-to more than a tourist stop.
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