Run by our family, built for yours.
We're a Kansas City family that took barbecue seriously, started competing, and never came back the same. Now we live and breathe this stuff, and there's nothing better than helping another family get it right.
The best days end with smoke in your clothes and everyone asking for seconds.
That's what we're really selling. Not rubs, not sauces, not steel. The Saturday afternoon that turns into evening because nobody wants to leave the fire. The Kansas City BBQ Store exists to make more of those days happen, with flavors and gear proven by people who cook this way every single week.
Our Story
In 2006, Jeff and Joy Stehney opened The Kansas City BBQ Store. You might know them from Joe's Kansas City, the gas station BBQ joint the whole world lined up for, or from Slaughterhouse Five, one of the winningest competition teams the sport has ever seen. They built this store on a simple idea: everyone deserves access to the same rubs, sauces, and gear the champions cook with. For nearly two decades, that's exactly what this place was. Part supply shop, part clubhouse, all Kansas City.
So when it came time to pass the torch, it mattered who caught it. It didn't go to a chain or an investor who'd never lit a fire. It went to Greg Hastie and the family behind American Fire BBQ, folks with 30 combined years standing over smokers, working the counter, and helping Kansas City cook better. They didn't take over a store. They took on a name, and everything it promises.
And they didn't buy it to leave it alone. First came a full renovation: more grills on the floor, more smokers you can stand next to and size up in person, and shelves stocked deeper than ever. Now that same energy is pointed at your screen, rebuilding the online store to bring the best BBQ products in the country to every backyard in America, backed by the kind of service you'd get at our counter. Call with a question and you get a cook, not a call center.
Two families built this place. Yours is who it's for.
"We're not trying to be the biggest BBQ store in the country. We're trying to be the one you trust."
BBQ people taking care of BBQ people
It's the whole philosophy. Every product on our shelves earned its place on our own smokers before it earned a price tag. Every question gets a straight answer, even when the answer is "you don't need that yet." And every order, whether it's a $12 rub or a forever smoker, gets treated like it's headed to our own backyard. That's how American Fire was built, and it's how this store runs.
Ships directly from our warehouse
97.5% Satisfaction Rate
Over 1M items delivered
Our Leadership
Greg Hastie | CEO
Greg's happiest with a brisket on at 5am and a full parking lot by noon. He's spent years in competition BBQ and even more helping first-timers pick their first smoker, and he'll tell you the same thing either way: keep it simple, cook it slow, feed people you love.
Devin Holt | COO
Devin is the one customers ask for by name. Patient to a fault, he'll walk you through a grill purchase like it's his own money on the counter, then check in after your first cook to see how it went. If your food comes off the pit better than expected, there's a decent chance Devin had something to do with it.
Rebecca Holt | Co-Owner
Becki knows the regulars by name, what they cook, and what they bought last time. She handles the side of this business nobody sees, then walks the floor anyway because she'd rather be out there. If something in this store works the way it should, she's the reason.