Beautiful. But other pizzerias are also heeding my call, and today I caught wind that Kansas City’s Minsky’s Pizzeria had teamed up with that most KC of institutions, Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, to offer a special barbecue pie at all its locations beginning March 25. The pizza will be topped with smoked brisket, pulled pork and burnt ends from Joe’s, Joe’s KC BBQ sauce, and dusted with Joe’s fry seasoning—just like I’d hoped and dreamed.

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I share news of these pizzas with you not to brag—though let’s be clear, I, Katherine Bernot, am solely responsible for Kansas City-style pizza—but to inspire others. You, too, might have a dream that seems a little far-fetched, a little too grand. But I am living proof that with just a humble food website and loud enough hinting, anyone can inspire pizzerias to create the regional pizza style they’d always imagined. Remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said: “The future belongs to those who write about barbecue-topped pizza on the internet.”