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SC BBQ: The 10 best barbecue restaurants to try
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SC BBQ: The 10 best barbecue restaurants to try


Jun 21, 2021, 1:55 PM

I am against the Cooking/Grilling/Smoking bored

https://www.goupstate.com/story/lifestyle/2021/06/21/bbq-near-me-south-carolina-restaurants/7685022002/


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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


Just had Bobby's Q Friday evening.


Jun 21, 2021, 1:58 PM

Their sausages are lunge-worthy!

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Re: Just had Bobby's Q Friday evening.


Jun 21, 2021, 3:28 PM



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In Fountain Inn?***


Jun 21, 2021, 7:55 PM [ in reply to Just had Bobby's Q Friday evening. ]



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Jed normally knows his stuff but


Jun 21, 2021, 2:04 PM

any list that doesn’t have Smokey Dreams and includes Pig Out (pure creosote), Henry’s (ribs are so over done you can bite right through the bone), and Game Day (no taste without sauce) is suspect

I want to try Bobby’s and I’ve heard good things about Thin Que Line

Southside Smokehouse has good food in general not just bbq.

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I like Bobby's a lot. Then again I'm not a BBQ judge. *****


Jun 21, 2021, 2:15 PM



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List sux.


Jun 21, 2021, 2:17 PM [ in reply to Jed normally knows his stuff but ]

IMHO.

Browns and McCabes way down the list. Hites too high up.

Sensing a distinct mustard and ketchup bias.

Nope.

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The Smokin' Pig?


Jun 21, 2021, 2:06 PM

If thats one of the 10 best, that doesn't say much for teh other 9.

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Re: SC BBQ: The 10 best barbecue restaurants to try


Jun 21, 2021, 2:15 PM

I am still a fan of the ribs and fun times at Sardi's Den



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the tug abides


The Pompous Pig in Anderson is iffy at best...


Jun 21, 2021, 2:16 PM

at least in the context of a top 10 list.

Any SC BBQ list that doesn't include one of the kings out of New Ellenton is laughable in my opinion.

I've been to a good many on the top 10 list and the other mentionables and not one of them is even close to Carolina BBQ in New Ellenton...at least in terms of pulled pork, hash, and veggies. If you want brisket, then that's another story.

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I don't remember anything special about


Jun 21, 2021, 2:21 PM

Carolina BBQ.

Also never had Pompous Pig somehows. I mainly just stick to Creekside and Smokin Pig for local.

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Can I get some CSRA back-up here please?....


Jun 21, 2021, 2:31 PM

If'n you like pulled pork and you don't remember anything special about Carolina BBQ, then I can't help you.

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Carolina BBQ deserves a top 10 mention based on


Jun 21, 2021, 3:35 PM

the hash alone. Their sides have become just average, but the pork and hash are great.

End of story.

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MauldinT, where are you???


yep...their veggies/side are old school southern....


Jun 21, 2021, 4:01 PM

which I like. But you don't go there for that...although their fried okra is legit.

Their hushpuppies are well above avg though.

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They’re good, just not as good as I remember


Jun 21, 2021, 4:25 PM

back in the day. The okra is legit. If I’m craving great cue and hash, we go to Carolina. If I’m wanting better sides, more choices, and pretty darn cue and hash we go to Dukes. Plus Dukes has fried chicken on the buffett, which is the t|ts. It’s for real the best fried chicken I think I’ve ever had.

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MauldinT, where are you???


here's my too sense


Jun 21, 2021, 2:20 PM

Belly's - walking distance to my house. I eat there less than once a year. That should tell you something. I didn't even know they were in business....

Hite's BBQ - yea, it's legit. Only every had pulled pork and hash from there. My aunt always gets it for her 4th of july cookout. I never go there on my own, because I think you have to reserve it ahead of time or something. Smells good as hail though, when I drive by.

Rodney Scott's - never had it, but it's on my list. Hear it's great.

Smoking Pig - Pretty good.

Dukes - Good stuff. I always go there if I'm in the area. Fried chicken is some of the best I've ever had.

Maurice's - I love this stuff. It's a good place. Haters gonna hate.

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Yeah, I don't understand those that say Smokin Pig


Jun 21, 2021, 2:35 PM

is not good. I enjoy it, pork and brisket, and there are an awful lot of people lined up there to eat or pick up.
I've heard the ribs are special at Circle-M out iin the countryside off Hwy 178 between Pendleton and Powdersville. Anyone been there?

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Its not that bad.


Jun 21, 2021, 2:39 PM

Its just not that great, IMO. Top that off with the random whackass hours they have, and if you want a beer with it you gotta stop by the QT on the way home...It's just that its the only 'Q place around that makes it popular.

If it had any legit competition, it'd just be mentioned as "Oh..and theres smokin' pig".

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Kind of expensive too. Little Pigs in Anderson is better IMO***


Jun 21, 2021, 2:45 PM



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Seems like BBQ has always been a bit expensive


Jun 21, 2021, 2:49 PM

I remember eating at Brown's in Kingstree waay back and it was pricey then. Scott's or Lewis in CHS will set you back as well for what it is, but it is good.

I had Home Team last week and I think they gave me some cooked salt with some BBQ thrown on top of it. I walked out of there $100 lighter. But about < 40 of that were Gamechangers, beer, and wine.

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Agreed...Smokin' Pig is a little too "trendy"...


Jun 21, 2021, 3:06 PM [ in reply to Kind of expensive too. Little Pigs in Anderson is better IMO*** ]

for my taste.

At Little Pigs, $7 will get you a 8-inch high pulled-pork sammie, fries, and a tea...and the pulled pork is about the same as at Smokin' Pig and Pompous Pig.

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Man, in an effort to dox you I looked up where Belly's is


Jun 21, 2021, 2:44 PM [ in reply to here's my too sense ]

Y'all are like on the front lines of the housing development crisis aren't you? Looks like they've packed more houses in a field than they ever could crops. For some reason I was thinking you lived in Bishopville or some nowhere place like that.

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Nah, we're headed towards our own Bundy Standoff


Jun 21, 2021, 2:58 PM

So far, this is as close as I've gotten:




They recently passed a 9 month (IIRC) moratorium throwing up dinkyass neighborhoods in my area though. Not sure of the exact working, but it put the keibosh on a 50 acre track in my area that was supposed to be sold to one of those megabuilder companies.

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Re: Nah, we're headed towards our own Bundy Standoff


Jun 21, 2021, 3:08 PM




I think Pendleton passed one not too long ago due to a shitton of townhomes being thrown up. A proposed 350 home subdivision down the road from me was just defeated not too long ago, there was a ton of pushback from the locals. I think that's what it's going to take to stop these Winkopp bandits. And I pity the fool who is buying a house in one of these future ghettos, because that's exactly what they are....middle class ghettos.

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If people someday decide that they no longer want to live in


Jun 21, 2021, 4:01 PM

condos and apartments, there are going to be a lot of hurting property management companies in Mt P and downtown CHS. Everytime I go over the CR bridge I see even more condos being built. ### is living in those things?

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I'm convinced all of the apartment in Clemson are some sort


Jun 21, 2021, 4:08 PM

of elaborate money laundering scheme, because I have yet to see evidence any of them are even close to full capacity. But they just keep building more. I really think a lot of these places are setting themselves up to be future shitholes with all of the high density housing. Have new apartments ever made an area better?

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Never seen APTs get "better".


Jun 21, 2021, 4:13 PM

If they are good, they can sustain.

Same with planned neighborhoods. They rarely get better over time.

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I did the same, since thats the area I grew up in.


Jun 21, 2021, 3:52 PM [ in reply to Man, in an effort to dox you I looked up where Belly's is ]

####, Google Maps revealing a whole lot that I had no idea existed. May have to take a drive through next time I visit my parents to see how many houses they built on my families land they sold.

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does Lewis BBQ count or no because Texas brisket?


Jun 21, 2021, 3:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnk3RKDckTc

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No Lewis, no Home Team and no Shuler's


Jun 21, 2021, 3:22 PM

list is tdrake®, a hot pile of tdrake

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I vote Spotted Pig***


Jun 21, 2021, 3:39 PM



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The one in Fair Play?***


Jun 21, 2021, 4:07 PM



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Yeah, it's the only one i've been to.


Jun 21, 2021, 4:17 PM

Since it's only one in SC on way from here to Seneca.

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I'm pretty sure the cashier there sole my credit card


Jun 21, 2021, 4:31 PM

info a few yrs ago. Hopefully she no longer works there.

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l0l!***


Jun 21, 2021, 4:32 PM



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I go there fairly regular...about 10 from my factory....


Jun 21, 2021, 7:53 PM [ in reply to Yeah, it's the only one i've been to. ]

It is pretty good. Their brisket is really good but has gotten pricey.

Their bbq nachos are really good.

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I am impressed by some of their sides, unlike many bbq joints.***


Jun 21, 2021, 7:55 PM



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Brown's destroys them all.***


Jun 21, 2021, 3:40 PM



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No it doesn't.***


Jun 21, 2021, 6:45 PM



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It can hang with three of them.***


Jun 21, 2021, 10:09 PM [ in reply to Brown's destroys them all.*** ]



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Henry's? Really?


Jun 21, 2021, 4:02 PM

Henry's is not bad, I eat there quite a bit, but among the best in SC? No way. Mike and Jeff's, on the other hand, is very, very good. Sometimes I think these BBQ places get rated based on atmosphere, or how much of a "hole in the wall" they are, or what kind of story they have, rather that how good the barbecue actually is. Just one Greenvillian's humble opinion.

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I don't think it's a 'Best List'


Jun 21, 2021, 4:30 PM

South Carolina's 10 BBQ restaurants you must try this summer.

People sure do get fired up about BBQ lol

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"We've compiled the best there is in the Palmetto State and


Jun 21, 2021, 7:18 PM

put them in a list for you."

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A list of the best you must try this Summer.***


Jun 21, 2021, 7:29 PM



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"the best there is in the Palmetto state"***


Jun 21, 2021, 7:47 PM



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To try this Summer.


Jun 21, 2021, 7:52 PM

Pay us and we'll mention your spot.

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I wish they would just make a list of the 10 best Barbecue


Jun 21, 2021, 7:57 PM

restaurants in SC and put them in a list for me, so I could try THOSE this summer, instead of these.

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Just have a huuuge competition in and around Willy B


Jun 21, 2021, 8:02 PM

make it like a state fair for bbq.

I don't care what your place is like because 90% of time I am picking up and taking home.

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what***


Jun 21, 2021, 4:35 PM [ in reply to Henry's? Really? ]



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Nuthin personal!***


Jun 21, 2021, 5:28 PM



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Re: SC BBQ: The 10 best barbecue restaurants to try


Jun 21, 2021, 4:51 PM

No Sweatman's! No way that's not Top 10. Worth the detour off 26 or 95 to Eutawville.

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Henry's smokehouse......LOL.


Jun 21, 2021, 6:44 PM

Smoky Dreams (ghey name should have kept it Big Al's BBQ) is 100x better, and it's not top 10 worthy.

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Here's a total dive BBQ place in the middle of nodamnwhere.....


Jun 21, 2021, 7:08 PM

Glenn's Grill & BBQ in Carlisle SC. Was making trips to Kershaw every other week from Simpleville... you can probably guess why, there ain't much in Kershaw. On the way home in the evenings I'd drop over a hill and suddenly the car was full of the best aroma. No mistaking what it was. But I was always on a mission from God and hauling ### to get home, would zip right past it. Finally I said, you know what... I'm stopping there next time. So I did. Got 2 sandwich plates with mac&cheese & slaw for sides...

Seemed like Glenn was a one man show, just him and his little kid playing with toys behind the counter. Shot the chit with him a little, nice guy. Went outside to smoke and had a beer with a couple old black guys who are probably there every night. Cause that's how I roll. They were funny as ####, we had a blast. I still had an hour to get home. So I unpack the sammiches, nuke the BBQ, toast the buns in the oven to get em toasty again, and rebuild em.

It was some damm fine Q, and the sides were great. I love little hole-in-the-wall BBQ joints like this. Google it and look at ratings... all 4.5 to 5 stars.


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Sugar Hill BBQ in Manning.


Jun 21, 2021, 10:11 PM

Local told me about it when McCabes was closed. It's legit good.

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This was prob a pay for play article though.


Jun 21, 2021, 7:58 PM

Had Bobby’s for first time last week. Brisket was amazing. Midway is great old school real bbq place. Used to have a sales route where I went to union once a week and I ate there for lunch all the time.

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that's very upstate centric***


Jun 22, 2021, 1:42 PM



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True BBQ Triangle city west columbia...


Jun 22, 2021, 1:46 PM

is excellent.

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List is ####.


Jun 22, 2021, 1:49 PM

Scott's BBQ is much better at Brunson location than charleston (and much cheaper)

No Big D's BBQ Barn

No Shuler's

List sucks. Kill yourself

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I like your funny words magic man


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