Filling Station BBQ - Lee's Summit, Missouri I first ate at Filling Station BBQ in Lee's Summit, Missouri in about 2002, but revisited the restaurant in 2024 & 2025 to add it to and update our Kansas City BBQ Restaurant Guide. The restaurant is in a good looking 1930's Texaco station. It was a garden center for many years, but in 1999 the exterior was turned into a cool filling station with outside seating and 8 tables inside. The meats I've tried are extremely good. I like the sides but they are less impressive. We have had the $22.99 chicken & ribs combination dinner (includes two sides), the $16.75 1/2 slab of ribs, $10.75 regular (1/4 pound) burnt end sandwich. The Combo included three ribs and a dark chicken quarter. The ribs were tender and smoky, but not strongly so. They had a rich flavor from rub and there was no need for sauce. The chicken was smoked similar, but with a little more heat in the rub. The pieces were rather small. We had the half slab on the most recent visit. There was more rub on the ribs this time and I enjoyed them even more. The burnt ends were meaty and tender. The rub really went well with this meat. The beans were sweet and smoky with lots of pork. When I ate them in the restaurant, I thought they weere little better than average, but the reheated leftovers were even better a few days later. The fries were not as good as they looked, made from frozen, limp and not a treat. The rings are more heavily battered than I usually like, but were still very good, though I added ketchup to them. There are four sauces. All of them are thin and very sweet. I think that the original sauce is the sweetest. The sauce which is called sweet is the thickest of the Filling Station sauces. The regular has more vinegar and reminds me of Gates Original Classic sauce. The hot tastes much like the original with a kick of heat. The service was friendly and helpful. For those who like beer with their que, the bottled beer.
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