The Local Pig wins over food lovers who crave locally produced meats. Alex Pope isn’t a big believer in “mystery meat.” At the Local Pig, a charcuterie and butcher shop in Kansas City’s East Bottoms, Pope and his team sell beef, pork, chicken, lamb and other meats that were produced within 110 miles of the city—or closer, in a lot of cases. A chalkboard on the shop’s wall lists which…

Local barbecuers are fired up about Innovating Solutions’ new device, Tappecue. Entrepreneurs: Gina Bourret, Aniruddha Shukla and Jacob Bourret Company Information: (913) 709-2540 or info@innovating-solutions.com or www.innovating-solutions.com Type of Business: IT consulting and app development Year Founded: 2010 Great barbecue takes time—several hours, in some cases. To make sure that a piece of pork shoulder is as tender as possible, a cook has to keep a close eye on the temperature throughout the…

BBQ Addicts has turned Internet celebrity into a thriving bacon-powered business. What started as an Internet phenomenon has become a fast-growing business for Jason and Megan Day, the couple behind BBQ Addicts LLC. Most people know about the company because of The Bacon Explosion, a four-pound, 5,000-calorie roll of barbecued bacon and Italian sausage. After Jason wrote about the mouth-watering recipe on his barbecue team’s blog, www.bbqaddicts.com, the reaction was…