# SmokeHouse BBQ: Agent-Direct Score C (56.9%)

Site: https://www.smokehousebbq.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/smokehousebbq.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
SmokeHouse BBQ is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open SmokeHouse BBQ's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.smokehousebbq.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://order.online/online-ordering/business/smokehouse-barbecue-102208?delivery=true (through doordash_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.smokehousebbq.com/menus
- Phone: +18165873337
- Address: 8451 Northwest Prairie View Road, Kansas City, MO 64153
- Hours, from smokehousebbq.com: Mon–Thu 11:00–21:00; Fri–Sat 11:00–22:00; Sun 11:00–21:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near SmokeHouse BBQ that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Granite City Food & Brewery (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/gcfb.com
- Buffalo Wild Wings (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/buffalowildwings.com
- Red Robin (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/redrobin.com
- IHOP (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/ihop.com
- Famous Dave's (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/famousdaves.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through doordash_storefront on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
454 of 683 in Kansas City. Top 66% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 91% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Granite City Food & Brewery (B, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/gcfb.com); Buffalo Wild Wings (B, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/buffalowildwings.com); Red Robin (B, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/redrobin.com); IHOP (B, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/ihop.com); Famous Dave's (B, 151 m, https://directindex.org/r/famousdaves.com); Outback Steakhouse (C, 152 m, https://directindex.org/r/outback.com); QZ Poke & Ramen & Boba Tea - Zona Rosa (A, 218 m, https://directindex.org/r/qzpokeramen.com); Anejo Modern Mexican Cuisine Zona Rosa (A, 253 m, https://directindex.org/r/anejomoderncuisine.com); Rainbow Restaurant (B, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/rainbowkcmo.com); Ixtapa Mexican Cuisine (B, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/ixtapafinemexicancuisine.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Kansas City and named 89 places. SmokeHouse BBQ wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/kansas-city/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Duda 41% (9% A or B, 4388 sites); Sites using DoorDash Storefront 71% (58% A or B, 3190 sites); This site 56.9%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/smokehousebbq.com/agent-view

## Businesses like SmokeHouse BBQ in Kansas City

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Kansas City | 683 | 63% | 45% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with Duda in Kansas City | 9 | 68% | 78% | 56.9% |
| Sites using DoorDash Storefront in Kansas City | 36 | 73% | 56% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with Duda and using DoorDash Storefront in Kansas City | 3 | 57% | 33% | 56.9% |

The best of the sites using DoorDash Storefront in Kansas City: Anderson Restaurant Group (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/herefordhouse.com); Fogo de Chao (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Mexico Lindo KC (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/mexicolindokcmo.com); Brewery Emperial (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/breweryemperial.com); BRGR Kitchen + Bar (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/brgrkitchen.com).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 24th of 683 in Kansas City, up from 454th.

## The direct record
What agents get for SmokeHouse BBQ, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/smokehousebbq.com
- Book: https://www.smokehousebbq.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Order: https://order.online/online-ordering/business/smokehouse-barbecue-102208?delivery=true (vendor on own site: DoorDash Storefront; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.smokehousebbq.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th,Su 11:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 11:00-22:00 (open now) (from smokehousebbq.com)
- Phone: +18165873337
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/smokehousebbq.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/smokehousebbq.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/smokehousebbq.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/smokehousebbq.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/smokehousebbq.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=smokehousebbq.com&force=1