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South Carolina: The Birthplace of Barbecue

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It may surprise you to learn that South Carolina is, arguably, the birthplace of BBQ. Surely as old a practice as cooking over wood is, we cannot claim that a relatively new place like little ol’ South Carolina could possibly have been the genesis of barbeque as we know it today? I had my doubts, […]

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