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O'boro BBQ ranked among country's elite by Food and Wine Magazine

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Favorites like Moonlite BBQ and Old Hickory Barbecue will continue delighting hungry barbecue fans. Favorites like Moonlite BBQ and Old Hickory Barbecue will continue delighting hungry barbecue fans.
OWENSBORO, KY (WFIE) -

Owensboro is celebrating a new distinction, naming it one of the best cities in the country for barbecue.

In this Western Kentucky city of nearly 60,000 people, barbecue is king. And it's that love of the pits  that's thrusting Owensboro into the national spotlight on Yahoo.com, naming the city as one of the best for barbecue in the country by Food and Wine Magazine.

"We've gained a lot of popularity as a city and I think Owensboro has earned it's position as a barbecue city in this country," said Sales and Tourism Development Director for the CVB Sean Sysinger.

And what they come for is the mutton. Owensboro's unique flavors bring tens of thousands of barbecue lovers to it's International Barbecue Festival each year.

"People coming in from out of the area to spend their money, enjoy themselves, vacation a little bit, that's money that we have in the community that we didn't have before," Sysinger said.

And in the meantime, favorites like Moonlite BBQ and Old Hickory Barbecue will continue delighting hungry barbecue fans.

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