Public BBQ areas in Kansas City
35 public barbecues are mapped in Kansas City. 31 of them sit in 19 named parks — here they are, biggest first.
| Renner Brenner Park | 3 grills | See this place | |
| Antioch Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Blue Valley Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Brown Memorial Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| E. H. Young Riverfront Park | 2 grills | Fuel: charcoal, wood | See this place |
| Hill Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Penguin Park | 2 grills | Fuel: charcoal | See this place |
| Sheila Kemper Dietrich Park | 2 grills | Fuel: charcoal | See this place |
| South Lake Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Sunnyside Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Thompson Park | 2 grills | See this place | |
| Campbell Park | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Englewood Park | 1 grill | Fuel: charcoal | See this place |
| Heim's Electric Park | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Ivanhoe Park | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Manheim Green Park | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Neighborhood Park at 57th & Forest | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Northmoor City Park | 1 grill | See this place | |
| Ruby Park | 1 grill | See this place |
A further 4 are mapped outside any named park — along foreshores, on reserves and in places OpenStreetMap has not named. They are counted in the total above but cannot be listed by name.
Public grills in North America and Europe are usually charcoal: a steel firebox on a post, with a grate you cannot adjust and no fuel provided. You bring charcoal, a lighter, tongs and a way to carry the ashes out.
They rust, they warp, and the grate is often missing. Bring a small grill grate of your own if you are cooking anything that could fall through, and give yourself forty-five minutes for coals to be ready rather than the twenty a chimney starter promises in a windless yard.
Check whether open flames are permitted before you go. Fire bans in dry months apply to charcoal in a park exactly as they do to a campfire, and the sign at the gate is the authority, not the map.
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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Facilities change; check locally before you plan a meal around one. openstreetmap.org/copyright · 35 of them are mapped in OpenStreetMap as of 2026-08-23.