Smoke Brewing Company

Smoke Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery and barbecue restaurant on Main Street in downtown Lee’s Summit, founded by the father-and-son Edwards family in 2017. It pairs house-brewed craft beer with championship-style competitive barbecue inside a renovated century-old building, anchoring the city’s revitalized historic core.

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Description

Smoke Brewing Company is a brewery and barbecue restaurant at 209 SE Main Street in downtown Lee’s Summit, Missouri. It fuses house-brewed craft beer from a 10-barrel brewhouse with competition-style barbecue — brisket, ribs, burnt ends — alongside a chef-driven menu and cocktails. The concept grew directly out of the founders’ competitive barbecue team, “Building Smoke BBQ,” and a decade of homebrewing experience.¹²

The taproom occupies a renovated century-old building with Edison lighting, a Main Street-facing garage door, a quartz bar, and wood accents. House beers have included the Keltic Kross Irish Red and Black Udder Stout, and the kitchen offers weekend brunch in addition to its core barbecue lineup.¹³

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Ownership and history

Smoke Brewing Company is family-owned, founded by the Edwards family of Lee’s Summit. The father-and-son team of Jeff Edwards (“Papa Smoke”) and Josh Edwards — both veteran homebuilders — built and opened the brewery together after roughly a decade of homebrewing and competitive barbecue. Josh Edwards has lived in Lee’s Summit his entire life; Jeff is a retired Marine who personally led construction of the Main Street location. Josh’s wife, Lanni Edwards, manages front-of-house operations, and Jeff’s wife, Renee, has assisted with marketing.²¹

The brewery soft-opened in spring 2017 (March/April), joining a wave of new downtown businesses — including Fringe Beerworks, Long-Bell Pizza, and The W cocktail lounge — that drove the revitalization of historic downtown Lee’s Summit. Brewmaster Bert Lightle oversaw the original 10-barrel brewhouse.²

[!note] Seed discrepancies corrected Intake seed listed founded 2019, website smokebrew.com, and phone (816) 246-5990. Research corrects these: founding/opening was 2017; the official site is smokebrewingcompany.com (smokebrew.com does not resolve); and the verified phone is (816) 525-2337.

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Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-24 · Source: smokebrewingcompany.com official menu PDFs — Standard menu (Summer 2026), Cocktail menu (Summer 2026), Brunch menu (2025) — plus site house-beer listing · URL(s): https://smokebrewingcompany.com/menus/ · https://smokebrewingcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smoke_Menu_Summer_2026_FINAL_11x17.pdf · Confidence: High (site notes online pricing may lag in-store)

Brewery + competition-BBQ restaurant. 209 SE Main St, downtown Lee’s Summit. Mon–Thu 11–8 · Fri 11–9 · Sat 10–9 · Sun 10–8; brunch Sat–Sun. Toast online ordering, catering, Barrel Room event space (to 70).

Warm-ups: Alabama White Smoked Shrimp (chilled, house cocktail sauce + Alabama White BBQ) $17 · Asian Pork Belly (soy-honey reduction, ginger cream, wasabi) $18 · Pretzel Bites (beer cheese + Gold Digger Carolina mustard) $13 · Pork Rinds (rib rub, Contender aioli) $11 · Beer Cheese Soup cup $8/bowl $10 · Truffle Curly Fries $16 · Cheesy Brisket Dip (house queso, shredded brisket, fried pita) $17 · Smoked Gouda Pimento Cheese (fried saltines, pickles) $16 · Wings (sauces incl. Jalapeño Jam, PB&J, Habanero, Contender; rubs BBQ/Nashville/Lemon Pepper) $17 · 3 Street Tacos (“Taste of Brazil” chimichurri, slaw, cotija): pulled pork $15 / mushroom $16 / brisket $17 / shrimp $18

The Pit — platters (w/ beans + corn): Pork 3.0 (pulled pork, competition ribs, pork belly burnt ends) $26 · Beef 3.0 (sliced + shredded brisket, beef burnt ends) $28 · Smoke Meat Platter 1/2/3 meats $20/$27/$34 (pulled pork, pork belly burnt ends, ham, brisket, turkey, sausage, Alabama White chicken quarter; +beef burnt ends $3, +3 rib bones $5) · Alabama White Chicken Quarter $16 · 420 Smoked Meatloaf (loaded baby golds, green beans, bordelaise) $21 · Competition Ribs (St. Louis cut, sauced) half $25 / whole $39 · The Beast (feeds 4–6: full rack ribs, meatloaf, 6 wings, three 6oz meats, pork belly burnt ends, 2 chicken quarters, 3 sides, on a walnut slab) $150

Competition BBQ sandwiches: Briskwich (shredded brisket, gouda, bacon, onion jam, marbled rye) $20 · Pulled Pork Sandwich (“the red” vinegar sauce, slaw, Jalapeño Jam) $17 · BBQ Sandwich (pick two meats) $19 · Chimichurri Melt (sliced brisket, provolone, hoagie) $19 · Pork Belly Grilled Cheese $16 · Pimento Cheese Smoked Chicken $16

Buns & Blankets (w/ curly fries; GF bun +4): Nashville Chicken Sandwich $17 · Hot Honey BBQ Chicken $18 · Portabella Cap $16 · Smoked Club $16 · The Reuben (house-smoked corned beef) $18 · Pit Master Burger $16 · Patty Melt $17 · Caesar Wrap $17 · Buffalo Chicken Wrap $17

Salads: Smoke House $13 · Cobb $17 (add burnt ends/shrimp +11, smoked chicken/tenders +8)

“Choose Your Adventure” build-your-own: base (curly fries $8, smoked potato $8, mac & cheese $11, hot dog $11) + 2 free drizzles + boosts ($1–3) + meats (bacon $3 → beef burnt ends $8)

Sides ($7–8): green beans, baked beans, slaw, mac & cheese, Gold Digger potato salad, cheesy corn, curly fries, loaded baby gold potatoes, honey-glazed carrot burnt ends

Weekend brunch (Sat–Sun; 2025 menu, prices may lag): Chicken B&G $16 · Standard Issue $14 · Breakfast Mac $17 · B&G $14 · Porkbelly McLovin $13 · 4 Pigs Breakfast Burrito $17 · Sausage/Egg/Cheese Biscuit $13 · Waffle $13 · Chicken & Waffles $16 · Brunch Burger $15 · omelets (BBQ $17, veggie $15) · bennys (Smoke’s Eggs Benedict $16, Burnt End Benedict $19) · breakfast street tacos, taquitos, loaded BBQ fries · kids meals $9

House beers (10-barrel brewhouse; taps rotate, roster per official site): Keltic Kross — Irish red, 5.8% · Shelter in Haze — hazy IPA, 6.4% · Black Udder — stout, 4.6% ·

Cocktails ($12): Jeff’s Famous Brown Sugar Old Fashioned · Rieger’s KC Old Fashioned (Rieger KC Whiskey) · Smoke Margarita · Smoke Paloma · Watermelon Basil Mule · Bahama Mama · Piña Colada Spritz · Bomb Pop Lemonade · Hangover Bloody Mary $35 · zero-proof (Dhos N/A spirits) versions of the margarita, paloma, mule, Bahama Mama, piña colada spritz, and Bomb Pop lemonade · N/A beer $5 (Corona N/A, Boulevard N/A Lemon Wheat, Blue Moon N/A)

Weekly specials: Sun Beast Board $90 · Mon wings $9 + smoked French dip $22 · Tue Briskwich $11 + Korean pork belly sandwich $17 · Wed half-price apps + $4 draws + porchetta sandwich $16 · Thu St. Louis ribs $20 + rotating baby backs $25

Full menus: smokebrewingcompany.com/menus

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Links

• Website: https://smokebrewingcompany.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smokebrewingco/
• Phone: (816) 525-2337 ⁴⁵

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See also

• lees-summit
• Registry

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Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Smoke Brewing Company — official site (accessed 2026-06-23). Site live with current menus and hours (Mon–Thu 11–8, Fri 11–9, Sat 10–9, Sun 10–8) at 209 SE Main St, Lee’s Summit; no closure notice. Corroborated by Yelp (updated June 2026) at the same address.

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Footnotes

1. Smoke Brewing Company — official website, https://smokebrewingcompany.com (accessed May 2026). Concept (“house-brewed craft beer, chef-driven menu and damn good cocktails”), Edwards-family about section, menu/beer details. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. Tyler Shane, “Smoke Brewing Co. Brings Beer and BBQ to Lee’s Summit,” Flatland KC (Kansas City PBS), April 4, 2017 — https://flatlandkc.org/eats-drinks/smoke-brewing-brings-beer-bbq-lees-summit/. Founders Jeff and Josh Edwards, homebuilder/homebrewing background, Lanni Edwards FOH, brewmaster Bert Lightle, 10-barrel brewhouse, century-old building, downtown Lee’s Summit revitalization context. ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. “Smoke Brewing Co. to Open in Lee’s Summit by December,” Feast Magazine, 2016 — https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/smoke-brewing-co-to-open-in-lee-s-summit-by-december/article_9c15dadc-9159-11e6-9bbc-ef0368af1aa8.html. Pre-opening coverage of concept and location. ↩

4. Chamber of Commerce business directory listing, chamberofcommerce.com (accessed May 2026) — verified phone (816) 525-2337 and 209 SE Main St address. ↩

5. Yelp business listing, “Smoke Brewing Company,” 209 SE Main St, Lee’s Summit (accessed May 2026) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/smoke-brewing-company-lees-summit. Active operating status, address, and reviews. ↩