It may be a legacy of our days as “Hog Butcher for the World,” but Chicago-style barbecue lives even after the Chicago stockyards are long gone—squaring right up against other BBQ capitals like Memphis and Kansas City. But Chicago gave the grilling arts something those cities never did: the iconic twenty-two-inch Weber kettle, invented in 1952 by George Stephen Sr. and still the industry leader. (Robert Rodi)
