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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …