Barbecue inspires regional pride and identity as powerful and distinct as college football.
烧烤激发了地区自豪感和认同感，就像大学橄榄球运动一样强大而独特。
Texas barbecue aficionados boast their slow-smoked beef is better than Carolina pulled pork — just as Longhorns fans believe their young men play a finer form of football than those who attend Clemson.
得克萨斯州的烧烤爱好者们吹嘘着他们那比卡罗莱纳州的猪肉更胜一筹的烟熏牛肉——就像是Longhorns的粉丝坚定地认为他们的那些队员比Clemson的那帮家伙更厉害。
Kansas City fans have one claim to fame no others can match, at the smoker or on the gridiron.
It's the undisputed chiefmaker among all of America's regional barbecue hotbeds.
堪萨斯城的球迷有一个其他地区球迷都不曾拥有的优势，不论是在烧烤场上还是球场上——那就是，堪萨斯城是美国烧烤届当之无愧的冠军。
The Kansas City Barbecue Society is the judge and jury that issues the final word on the best in this indigenous American culinary art form.
堪萨斯城烧烤协会就像是对烧烤这种美国烹饪艺术形式握有最终评审权的法官和陪审团。
"Kansas City didn't invent barbecue, we just perfected it," Rod Gray, the CEO of the Kansas City Barbecue Society, told Fox News Digital.
“堪萨斯城并没有发明烧烤，我们只是将烧烤做到了极致，”堪萨斯城烧烤协会首席执行官Rod Gray告诉Fox数字新闻频道。
His beloved hometown Kansas City Chiefs battle the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Super Bowl LVIII.
周日，来自他深爱的家乡的堪萨斯城酋长队将在第十三届超级碗中对阵旧金山49人队。
The nonprofit Kansas City Barbecue Society was founded in 1986.It's since grown into the official authority in the man-eat-meat world of global competitive barbecue.
堪萨斯城烧烤协会（KCBS）这一非营利性组织成立于1986年，到现在已经成长为了全球竞争性烧烤中的官方权威。
The KCBS operates some 400 competitions around the United States, and another 40 internationally.Judges are culled from a community of about 10,000 Kansas City Barbecue Society-certified judges.
KCBS在美国各地已经举办了大约400场比赛，另外还有40场国际比赛。评委们是从约10000名堪萨斯城烧烤协会认证的评委中挑选出来的。
Gray himself, a native of Abilene, Kansas, is a legend of Kansas City-style barbecue.
Gray自己是堪萨斯州阿比邻人，是堪萨斯城风格烧烤的传奇人物。
Burnt ends, the crispy edges of smoked brisket, are the signature meat of Kansas City-style barbecue, he said.
他说，烟熏鸡胸肉的脆边是堪萨斯城风格烧烤的灵魂。
Kansas City barbecue sauce, typically tomato or ketchup based, is sweeter than Carolina sauce, made from vinegar or thick molasses-based Texas sauce, according to the former champ.
这位前冠军还告诉我们，堪萨斯城的烧烤酱通常是番茄酱或是以番茄为底料，尝起来比用醋或浓蜜糖为底料的得克萨斯州风格酱汁更甜。
Kansas City-style barbecue is traditionally smoked with hickory, oak or pecan wood, Gray added.
堪萨斯城风格的烧烤传统上是用山核桃木或是橡木熏制的，Gray补充说。
