Guides

Summerville doesn’t have one barbecue style that defines the town. You can sit down to pork with mustard sauce and hash and rice, order brisket and ribs from a wood-fired…

Around Rock Hill and across York County, barbecue has long been tied to gatherings. Old newspaper accounts put it at farmers’ events, mill outings, church gatherings, and public celebrations. Later…

Beaufort’s barbecue list is short, but the places that stand out give you two very different choices. If you’re after pork, ribs, hash, mustard sauce, and familiar Southern sides, you’ll…

Orangeburg is one of those places you can pass without thinking much about it. I-26 runs right past town, and unless barbecue is already on your mind, there’s not much…

Aiken itself has a short barbecue list, but the choices get much more interesting once you widen the circle. In town, you can choose between an old-school South Carolina buffet…

Barbecue on Hilton Head Island has grown up in a place built around visitors, so the best stops don’t all look or feel alike. You can keep things simple with…

Spartanburg barbecue makes more sense once you stop looking for one restaurant that does everything best. You can get an old-school plate of chopped pork, hash, and Brunswick stew, make…

Florence sits right in the middle of Pee Dee barbecue country, where whole hog, vinegar-and-pepper sauce, hash and rice, chicken bog, and the old barbecue buffet still shape what people…

Myrtle Beach isn’t a barbecue town with one obvious style. Along the Grand Strand, an old-school pork joint can be only a few miles from Texas brisket, an all-wood smokehouse,…

Greenville barbecue doesn’t come with one obvious rulebook. There isn’t a single sauce, cooking method, or restaurant tradition that defines the city. Instead, Greenville has longtime local smokehouses alongside Central…