If you learn to make one BBQ sauce, learn to make this one. Jay Phillips’ “Hog Sauce” is what we lovingly refer to as a “Master Sauce.” What is A Master Sauce? In most of the world, a master sauce is associated with Chinese cooking. The soy-sauce based braising liquid is widely referred to as a master sauce. Jay’s sauce […]
Tomato-based barbecue sauces are the most dominant selling sauces on the market, but historically, South Carolinians have favored a different option. South Carolina has 4 distinct regions where particular types of BBQ sauces have long been favored: vinegar-based, mustard-based, light tomato-based, and heavy tomato based. See the map below: Clearly, the smallest of these regions […]
What is a mop sauce? A mop sauce is a thin vinegar-based barbecue sauce that is spiced with salt and black and/or red pepper. This sauce is used to baste meat on the grill and on a larger scale, to provide flavor and moisture at the end of cooking a whole hog, as is the […]
“This recipe for a true SC vinegar-based BBQ sauce is one that my great-grandfather Robbie Moore used dating back to the early 1900s in lower Florence County,” writes Dustin Moore. “My uncle believes it to have originated from the sharecroppers who farmed the land shortly following the Civil War who used the land (called “Little […]
Who makes the best barbecue in South Carolina? It won’t be long before all your friends are saying that you do, once you start using the authentic recipes in our SC BBQ Cookbook. In SCBBQ Recipes: Going Whole Hog, 1st edition, we have assembled all of our most delicious recipes into one convenient and comprehensive […]
Hash is a South Carolina original, a dish so unique to SC — which is arguably also the birthplace of barbecue — that if you’re from virtually any other part of the country you probably have an entirely different dish in mind. No, we’re not talking corned beef hash. Patrick Phillips of Big “O” Que […]
If there were a Mt. Rushmore for SCBBQ, Rodney Scott’s ever-smiling visage would be permanently etched into the mountainside. Having gotten his start at the age of 11 cooking his first pig for his father Rosie at Scott’s BBQ in Hemingway, their converted gas station/convenience store, Rodney is now among SCBBQ royalty. In fact, Scott’s […]
The Bessinger family of Holly Hill is arguably the most important family in the history of SC BBQ, and that is a long and storied history. Originating in Orangeburg County in the late 1930s, when patriarch Joe Bessinger opened his Holly Hill Café, the Bessingers became the first family of SCBBQ. From Joe, his boys […]
South Carolina — arguably the birthplace of barbecue — is home to four native barbecue sauces: a heavy tomato, a light tomato, a vinegar-pepper, and a mustard-based sauce. Recently, however, an interloper has crossed the border, and we find ourselves with a fifth sauce: the Alabama White sauce. Alabama White is, obviously, a mayonnaise-based sauce […]
The Smoked Chicken Wings at Home Team BBQ in Charleston are legendary. Many people claim their wings are the best item on a menu packed with great dishes. For example, Anthony M.’s review on Yelp makes it clear: “I agree with Michael B. Though, these are the best wings overall I’ve ever had in my […]
