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Orangeburg Barbecue at a Glance

Looking for barbecue around Orangeburg, SC? You’ll find restaurants in town and in nearby communities including Bamberg, Bowman, Holly Hill, Santee, and St. Matthews.

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Orangeburg has played an outsized role in South Carolina barbecue. Our guide to why Orangeburg matters to South Carolina barbecue follows the Dukes, Sweatman, Bessinger, and Antley connections and points you toward the places where you can still taste that history today.

Barbecue around Orangeburg has long been tied to pork, hash and rice, mustard sauce, and the sweeter, darker sauce often called Orangeburg Sweet or rust gravy. At some of the old-school restaurants, the barbecue still comes as part of a country buffet with fried chicken, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, and other sides.

Browse the listings below to see what’s nearby.

Try Our Interactive SC BBQ Trail Map

Want to see what’s closest to you? Our SC BBQ Trail map shows barbecue restaurants around Orangeburg and across South Carolina. You can also filter the map for features such as hash, whole-hog barbecue, and True ’Cue certification.

For statewide browsing beyond the map, visit our South Carolina BBQ directory.

Orangeburg

Antley’s Bar-B-Q
1370 Sims Street NE
Orangeburg 29115
803.531.0444
Dukes Bar-B-Que on Chestnut in Orangeburg
789 Chestnut Street NE
Orangeburg 29115
803.534.9418
Dukes Bar-B-Que on Whitman in Orangeburg
1298 Whitman Street
Orangeburg 29115
803.534.2916

Bamberg

Dukes BBQ of Bamberg
1178 Main Highway
Bamberg 29003
(803) 245-8101

Holly Hill

Sweatman’s Bar-B-Que
1427 Eutaw Road
Holly Hill 29059
803-496-1227

Saint Matthews

Smoke 'Em Barbecue Joint
1636 Bridge St.
Saint Matthews 29135
(803)542-3860

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Admiration from North of the Border

This Tar Heel envies his Sandlapper neighbors. This is a magnificent tribute to y'all's barbecue tradition. I wish there were an equivalent book about ours. Of course, you don't have to be a South Carolinian to read and cook some of the fabulous recipes here. My compliments to the chef. It's worth every penny.

John Shelton Reed