Tech startup to assist in donating American Royal BBQ leftovers

By Tommy Felts | August 31, 2017

If there’s one thing Kansas City celebrates more than entrepreneurship, it’s barbecue. A local startup, Tappecue, plans to use its technology this weekend at the American Royal BBQ competition to assist in donating leftover food to the hungry.  Tappecue is a cloud-based “smart” barbecue thermometer, with which BBQ aficionados can monitor meat temperatures via a…

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Barbecue tech startup fires up sales in Kansas City

By Tommy Felts | April 19, 2016

Kansas City is firing up the grills for its favorite season. And no, it isn’t springtime or summertime. It’s barbecue time. This barbecue season, Kansas City food tech startup Tappecue has cooked up a new online platform to complement its existing meat thermometer. The platform — launched last week — is called SessionBook, which allows…

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