And yeah, it's super fun. MORRIS: Not all barbecue sauce is reddish. It's all over the place, from Alabama white sauce to black dip in Kentucky.

Kansas City just stoked the fire in America's barbecue battle by opening what is believed to be the world's first museum dedicated entirely to the craft. Why it matters: For decades, cities like ...

MORRIS: And they all have a backstory. In Kansas City, enormous stockyards and slaughterhouses kept pit masters of the 1920s stocked with beef. But that's not all they were smoking.

As Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports, there is a new museum in Kansas City that puts regional rivalries aside to celebrate the magic of smoked meat and sauce. FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: The ...