If you want to ‘get fat,’ you’ll have more fun in Missouri than Kansas, says Thrillist

Thrillist, an online lifestyle site, says other countries may love eating as much as we do, but we do it with “American-level moxie.”

Its new feature, “Ranking all 50 states by how fun they are to get fat in,” put Missouri at No. 11 and Kansas at No. 37.

Here’s the explanation for Missouri: “You simply have to respect a state where the all-fat part of the brisket is showcased as a meal in and of itself, and frozen custard is considered a light in-between-meal snack.”

And for Kansas, which ranked lower because of what it doesn’t have: “Even if most of the best Kansas City barbecue is across the border in Missouri, you can’t take Joe’s (Kansas City Bar-B-Que) from this state (especially now that that confusing ‘Oklahoma’ is stricken from the name). But here’s the thing — White Castle was founded in Wichita. There are no longer any White Castles in the whole damn state! You simply can’t have a loss like that on your resume and be any higher.”

The No. 1 spot went to Wisconsin: “It’s easy to fall back on the tropes of cheese, beer, beer-battered cheese, and such and leave it at that, but it doesn’t tell the whole story, even if tossing back cheese curds like popcorn IS one of the state pastimes....Wisconsin, you are America’s comfy sweatpants, and whenever we leave you, we can’t wait to get back in.”

This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 6:22 PM with the headline "If you want to ‘get fat,’ you’ll have more fun in Missouri than Kansas, says Thrillist."