In the Ranally city rating system, Chicago is ranked 1-AAA, which is the highest ranking of any Midwest city. Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, and St. Louis are ranked 1-AA. Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Milwaukee are ranked 1-A. For the definition of the Midwest, I use the U.S. Census Bureau's official definition of the region, which is the 12-state region stretching from Ohio on the east to Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota on the west.
In modern ovens there is a significant difference. When an oven has both baking and roasting settings, they are not interchangeable. When in the baking setting, the heat only originates from a bottom element. When set to roasting, the heating elements are both on the top and the bottom.
What is the difference between roasted/smoked, cooked and oven roasted cured meats? The difference between roasted, smoked, and cooked meats is that they are heat treated in a different way. Cooked cured meats are heat treated with steam (wet heat treatment). Roasted cured meats (from whole pieces of meat) are roasted in an oven (dry heat treatment). Smoked cured meats are processed in a similar way to cooked cured meats (smoked, wet heat treatment) or roasted meat (roasted-smoked) but at the end of the process, there is an additional stage of smoking. Smoking is the process that gives these products their distinct smell and taste.