The Official Cocky Talk BBQ Thread

[Sawyer]

Here's to a new thread devoted to BBQ--let the arguments begin. North vs. South---vinegar vs. mustard etc etc.

[Spurticus]

Pork - vinegar based - FROM THE SOUTH
(don't give me no Yankee BBQ) !!!

[scgirlinky]

Pork - vinegar based - FROM THE SOUTH
(don't give me no Yankee BBQ) !!!

same here

[Gamerooster]

Well, since you asked, my favorite is pork and mustard based while a close second is pork with vinegar sauce. I like good bbq of all types. Pretty much any meat, slow cooked over wood coals can be like heaven on earth. A lot of the pleasure comes from the cooking. Sitting around all day (or night) drinking beer while the meat is cooking is one of the finest southern traditions.

[McLovin]

Pork with mustard all the way...go back to North Carolina with your vinegar lol jk...I have officially boycotted Maurice's BBQ, and anyone who thinks his is the best needs to branch out a little bit. For instance the BEST BBQ I have ever had (and I'm somewhat of an officianado) is from a small restaurant in Springfield, SC named Goodland BBQ. Now I'm not saying drive all the way down there (though I would highly recommend it), but take the time to try out the Jackie Hites' (Batesburg) and the Antley's (Orangeburg) of the world and not so much Shealy's and Maurices. Though Shealys will suffice for Maurice's anyday. Maybe its just me but 13 dollars for a bbq sandwich and fries is ridiculous when you can pay 8-9 at some of these mom and pop joints and get the best bbq you've ever had, and all you can eat of it.

[IHateOrange]

yeah I stay away from maurices.. but mustard base rules! Hudsons bbq-lexington, Porky d's-lexington, Shealys- Batesburg... all my favorites

[scgirlinky]

Cain's BBQ in Florence, SC is one of my faves.

[happygilmore527]

i'm mustard base all the way. i ate at dreamland on my way to starksville and wasn't a real big fan of the vinegar. it was good, but not as good as i thought it would be.

[Snake]

Mustard based is the only way for me. :thumbsup:
Vinegar is ok. :-|
Ketchup doesn't cut it!:puke:

[The Dude]

Do they really claim to a BBQ tradition up North???
I mean, I'm sure they have it and all, but do they take the kind of pride in it like Southerners?

Anyways- I can appreciate all kinds. I know thats a cheap way out, but I'm not picky and cannot really say what my favorite us, unfortunately.

[McLovin]

^ Yeah my neighbors in laws live in Indiana...so we pulled one of his cookers that he builds up there last summer and cooked a whole pig and they were amazed at how long it took us to do it...when we got done there was NOTHING left. I was like thats how we do down south. lol

[firefighter4USC]

i love alllllllllll southern bbq.... but if i had to pick, id go with mustard

[TheJasn]

you guys are making me very hungry right now (i had to skip lunch to get some classwork done)...but pork with a mustard based sauce it the BEST!!! screw northern BBQ. and the best BBQ place in SC is Kelly's BBQ in Summerville, SC.

[TaterHater1984]

Mustard based for me. Vinegar is alright.

[Teamoney]

I am from Cola. I was born at Lexington medical.

My family eats vinegar, ketchup, and mustard. We don't discriminate. If it is good we will eat it.

I don't like vinegar though. I'll take mustard-based on my pork and ketchup-based on my brisket and chicken

[GamecockStud]

I am from Cola. I was born at Lexington medical.

My family eats vinegar, ketchup, and mustard. We don't discriminate. If it is good we will eat it.

I don't like vinegar though. I'll take mustard-based on my pork and ketchup-based on my brisket and chicken

:thumbsup:

[jeremyrd]

My family is originally from Charleston; although, I'm in Atlanta now. I like pork with mustard based sauce, and used to love The Little BBQ Hut on Rosewood. Farm Boys in Chapin makes some good BBQ. There isn't much good BBQ in Atlanta, which makes the city suspect imho ;)

In Nashville last weekend, Jack's, which is right down on South Broadway was pretty good.

[ihateclemson]

I like both, but if I had to chose I would lean towards mustard based. I went to Doc's BBQ on Shop Rd. 2 days ago and it was some of the best bbq i've ever had. The best is at Shealy's in Batesburg though....too bad it takes a long time to get out there.

[Spur's Addiction]

BBQ up north means pulling out the grill and cooking burgers and hot dogs. Trust me - I've lived up there.

I prefer pork with vinegar but the mustard sauce is good too.

Best I have had around Greenville is Buckey's.

I was out in Texas and they have the beef BBQ. It's different but still good. You just can't think of it as pork BBQ.

[Beano Cook]

when I cook I like a mustard sauce on Boston Butts or any pulled pork, I like a KC type sauce mixed with vinegar for ribs and chicken..

My favorite eating joints:
Dukes
Sweatmans
McCabes

[gamecockfinatic2007]

man this is the best tasting thread on cockytalk. pork mustard is ok. pork vinegar is good. i dont know if yall are for mixing the two, but i have a sauce i like calling southern thunder. it combines the two, really good, and packs a good punch.

[CockyBocephus]

Antley's or Dukes in Orangeburg are my favorites for pork. The spicy vinegar sauce they put on smoked turkey at some place in Kingstree, SC is pretty good too.

[CockyBocephus]

my mouth is watering by the way and there is no good bbq places around me

[Beano Cook]

The absolute best piece of BBQ meat you can put your hand on is the dark meat (bark) from Sweatman's in Holly Hill mixed with some of their mustard sauce..Good atmosphere too, as the dining room is in an old wood siding house...worth the drive to Holly Hill.

[theuscerock]

any BBQ is good BBQ...north south east or west!

[smtrgmcock]

Scoolhouse BBQ in Scranton, SC has by far, the best tasting vinegar based BBQ in the south

[COCKDIESEL]

Cain's BBQ in Florence, SC is one of my faves.
Oh I loved Cain's, unfortunately I don't think it is there anymore.

Boss Hog's Smokehouse in Darlington has some really great BBQ.

Schoolhouse in Scranton is outstanding as well.

[JspurW]

Pork w/mustard is the greatest.

Tomato is OK in some situations, vinegar I'm not a big fan of.

Around here its either Mutts or Sims, neither that spectacular, Maurice in cola, and the last BBQ I had was Jack's in Nashville. Had the pork with their mustard.

Northern "BBQ" is burgers and dogs, and beef doesn't make good bbq imo.

[Teamoney]

Hudson's, in Lexington, SC has the best BBQ I have ever had.

[duckhuntersc]

The absolute best piece of BBQ meat you can put your hand on is the dark meat (bark) from Sweatman's in Holly Hill mixed with some of their mustard sauce..Good atmosphere too, as the dining room is in an old wood siding house...worth the drive to Holly Hill.:thumbsup:

[GamecockLawyer]

Anyone like the LittlePigs BBQ on Alpine Road? That's my favorite place.

[Teamoney]

Anyone like the LittlePigs BBQ on Alpine Road? That's my favorite place.

yeah, its pretty good.

[scgirlinky]

Little Pigs is another fave.

[Gaichon]

Anybody ever have Charles Kovacik from the GEOG dept for a prof at USC? He's the unofficial BBQ king of SC. I had him for one class that was really interesting. He had a map of SC he made broken down by Mustard, Vinegar, Tomato and Ketchup based sauces. What was neat about it was how he explained how certain BBQ regions were started by their settlers, ie. Germans (mustard) in the Midlands, Scots-Irish (ketchup/tomato) in the upcountry and English (vinegar) in the lowcountry. There's a lot more to it than that, though. His handouts about "SC BBQ history" are one of the things I've kept from college.

Incidently, I like them all. Shealy's is probably my fave. My last year at USC, my roommate and I would raid the couch and variuos other crevices once a month to get enough change to split a meal at the Maurice's on Elmwood!

[bpsixtysix]

Tommy, you never told me you had Dr. Kovacik. I know him quite well. His son is one of my good friends. In fact, you have probably met him. I know Dan has.

[cocksfan76]

i've never been much of a fan of mustard, no matter what they put in it to make it taste better (ie mustard bbq sauce).

i lean towards vinegar/pepper then tomato based is close second. but like many replies, it's all good imo.

as far as places to go. (or NOT go) maurice's is blasphemy! shealy's is decent i guess if i'm hungry and right down the street. little pigs is pretty good, the best in the midland's is farm boys in chapin. hudson's in lexington is close.

[JM1984]

Brown's BBQ Kingstree, SC, hands down best there is, end of story.

[USC80]

http://www.scbarbeque.com/LatestOnQ.html

[gamecockfinatic2007]

im going to have to say best ive had is BBQ Hut, in Sumter, SC

[Gaichon]

Tommy, you never told me you had Dr. Kovacik. I know him quite well. His son is one of my good friends. In fact, you have probably met him. I know Dan has.

You serious? Small world. His class was really cool.

Where you been hiding?

[Beano Cook]

im going to have to say best ive had is BBQ Hut, in Sumter, SC

The BBQ Hut is a good as any in Sumter, but make to drive to Eutawville and try out Sweatman's sometimes...Try the dark meat....Now thats BBQ.

[Gaichon]

The BBQ Hut is a good as any in Sumter, but make to drive to Eutawville and try out Sweatman's sometimes...Try the dark meat....Now thats BBQ.

I've heard a lot of good stuff about that place. Never been.

[bpsixtysix]

TOMMY, I SHOULD ASK THE SAME OF YOU.

[gamecockgal]

I guess I am wierd.. my favorite is chicken with mustard sauce (has to be the originial Maurice's nothing else will do.. in fact I had my mom ship me Maurice's when I lived in Florida because there wasnt anything of the sort anywhere around)

[SNEEZ]

I like my own. homemade vinegar sauce!!

wil brign some to the 2nd Spring Tailgate!!!

can't give reipe its MY OWN secret one.

[cold-cocked]

will there be a tailgate for any of the remaining home games?

[SNEEZ]

who knows? lawlz. Alot of us don't have/can't get tickets so we planned to do the Spring tailgate again, everyone can come to that relatively easily.

[Beano Cook]

According to Walter Rolandi VP and Co Founder of SC Barbeque Association....Top 10 BBQ Eating Spots in SC (list complied by Certified BBQ Judges) In no particular order

Sweatman's -Holy Hill
McCabe's -Manning
Brown's-Kingstree
Hudson's -Lexington
Henry's- Greenville
Farm Boys BBQ-Chapin
Little Pigs-Columbia
Shealey's-Leesville
Schoolhouse BBQ-Lake City
Scott's BBQ-Hemingway

[Gaichon]

According to Walter Rolandi VP and Co Founder of SC Barbeque Association....Top 10 BBQ Eating Spots in SC (list complied by Certified BBQ Judges) In no particular order

Sweatman's -Holy Hill
McCabe's -Manning
Brown's-Kingstree
Hudson's -Lexington
Henry's- Greenville
Farm Boys BBQ-Chapin
Little Pigs-Columbia
Shealey's-Leesville
Schoolhouse BBQ-Lake City
Scott's BBQ-Hemingway

I feel ashamed. I've only dined at two of those establishments (Little Pigs and Shealey's).

[Beano Cook]

I feel ashamed. I've only dined at two of those establishments (Little Pigs and Shealey's).

Yeah, but you now know the task ahead of you.....Go my friend.....Seek them..

[tptgamecock]

The best barbeque is usually in those little hole in the wall places in small towns. We have a great place in Swansea called Countryside. The barbeque is pork with mustard based hash. The fried chicken livers and gizzards are incredible. The ribs are so big they are actually heavy to lift. The meat just dripps off of them. There is lima beans, rice, sweet potatos, and sweet tea. For desert there is home made cake and bananna pudding. I need to stop now because they are only open on the weekends and I will have to wait to Friday to get any!!! If anyone wants to ever join me there just let me know!!!!

[Gaichon]

The best barbeque is usually in those little hole in the wall places in small towns. We have a great place in Swansea called Countryside. The barbeque is pork with mustard based hash. The fried chicken livers and gizzards are incredible. The ribs are so big they are actually heavy to lift. The meat just dripps off of them. There is lima beans, rice, sweet potatos, and sweet tea. For desert there is home made cake and bananna pudding. I need to stop now because they are only open on the weekends and I will have to wait to Friday to get any!!! If anyone wants to ever join me there just let me know!!!!

You're killing me. That sounds right on time!

[tptgamecock]

next time your state side let us know!!

[rockhead408]

I live in Jacksonville now, but I'm driving up for the game this weekend. I'm staying with my family in Orangeburg and I will DEFINITELY be stopping by Antleys. Their's is the best I've had in the state. And Maurice's definitely sucks.....as people have pointed out earlier.

[woodscock]

I like my own. homemade vinegar sauce!!

wil brign some to the 2nd Spring Tailgate!!!

can't give reipe its MY OWN secret one.

SNEEZ, I cook a pig in the fall of the year and I also have a super secret vinegar souce. Yum, good to me. Corn bread sticks, cold slaw, boiled taters, baked beans and tea. Lots of other good stuff as well. I use a deep fryer and do chicken as well.

[tptgamecock]

I live in Jacksonville now, but I'm driving up for the game this weekend. I'm staying with my family in Orangeburg and I will DEFINITELY be stopping by Antleys. Their's is the best I've had in the state. And Maurice's definitely sucks.....as people have pointed out earlier.

Antleys is good but isn't the hash ketchup based?? I cannot stomach that. The fried chicken was very good though!! Ever had lairds in North?

[Gaichon]

next time your state side let us know!!

My friend, I will take you up on that offer. I prefer a mustard base, myself, so that place sounds exta good.

BTW...I don't think anyone's mentioned my hometown BBQ joint, Hickory Hills in Clinton. Pretty good.

[tptgamecock]

I've not been there but I bet it is good. Small town barbeque is always the best!!

[maxx71]

Sorry, haven't read all of this thread. It is a little bit like trying to listen to Alice's Restaurant. But are there any mustard based BBQ places in Rock Hill. Live in NC and don't get to Cola much.

[Beano Cook]

BBQ Report: I cooked several Boston Butts this past weekend and injected them with apple juice 3 hours prior to putting them on the grill...The juice kept the meat very moist...Probably my all time best BBQ I have cooked...Used a mustard sauce....

[Gaichon]

BBQ Report: I cooked several Boston Butts this past weekend and injected them with apple juice 3 hours prior to putting them on the grill...The juice kept the meat very moist...Probably my all time best BBQ I have cooked...Used a mustard sauce....

That sounds good enough to slap somebody over. Ummm ummm

[cockytop]

D way sweet avartar...big Dukes Of HAzzard fan

[Coupe]

I've enjoyed reading this thread.

[cocksfan76]

anybody ever eat at Chavis BBQ in west columbia/lexington sc area? i drove by there last night on my way to play some tennis and saw a nice crowd. plus it was exciting to see a bbq place open on a tuesday besides maurices which is got to be the worst, most vile excuse for bbq i've ever had.

[Jw3668]

i went to highschool in simpsonville.. henry's is the best there.. up on woodruff rd they used to have a place called smokin stokes, that used cheerwine in thier sauce and they were also really good. im ashamed to admit this, but ive been in columbia at usc over three years and ive had palmetto pig and maurices.. where do i have to go before i grad?

[Jw3668]

and oh yea, you mean North Carolina when say north, right? most of the people ive met from up there are amazed and sometimes disgusted with our love of cooking pigs

[cocksfan76]

ive had palmetto pig and maurices.. where do i have to go before i grad?

first of all....i'm sorry that those are your two experiences of cola-que.

my personal favorite is Farm Boy's in Chapin. although they built a new space and added some high school cooks...i've not been there since they did that.

other than that...look through this thread...there's lots of places in the area. Dukes and Hites have had some votes. There's that Chavis place i've not eaten at.

[Spur's Addiction]

If you guys ever drive on I-95 in NC you need to stop in Rocky Mt. and stop by a place called Garners.

Some very good BBQ there - especially if you like the vinegar sauce.

[cocksfan76]

i've eaten at garners... it's indeed pretty good. though my best experience with nc-que is at this little place off a dirt road near durham. i have no idea the name of it. i ate there when my wife was doing some research in duke forest. best pie i've had at a restaurant.

[Gaichon]

Anybody had Smithfield's BBQ in NC? When I lived in Eastern NC I never got around to trying it, even though I drove by one of their places every day.

[stevec96]

Guys, I am a newbie to the website and learned about it through a friend of mine and this is great. I must enter the BBQ talk. I am from the Pee Dee area and the Best Que is School House in Scranton ( even WIS awarded it the best), it's black pepper/ving based and all the fixins. Chavis Que in Lexington is good and it's close to my house. It's $8 for buffett. It is mustard based and like all mustard based que its OK if your hungry for BBQ, but for the price and quality of the sides and fixins its a good deal. Granny's in Irmo is good too and resonable in price. Hudson's has priced themselves like Maurices ( over priced for little reward) but they serve beer. I love to take road trips for BBQ and welcome all new places.

[Spur's Addiction]

:football:Guys, I am a newbie to the website and learned about it through a friend of mine and this is great. I must enter the BBQ talk. I am from the Pee Dee area and the Best Que is School House in Scranton ( even WIS awarded it the best), it's black pepper/ving based and all the fixins. Chavis Que in Lexington is good and it's close to my house. It's $8 for buffett. It is mustard based and like all mustard based que its OK if your hungry for BBQ, but for the price and quality of the sides and fixins its a good deal. Granny's in Irmo is good too and resonable in price. Hudson's has priced themselves like Maurices ( over priced for little reward) but they serve beer. I love to take road trips for BBQ and welcome all new places.

Welcome to the board - Steve!

[ShutTheSuccop]

My favorite BBQ place is in Sumter...ward's bbq. The sauce is vinegar based and they also make hash to put on rice. I swear to God they must lace it with crack because I am addicted to it!!!

Though I live in Tennessee, I drive to pawley's island through Sumter just to load up on the bbq.

[Beano Cook]

I live in Sumter, but I'm not a huge Wards fan overall....However, they make great hash....Even when I cook my own Q i will stop by Wards and buy their hash....

[PyroPepper]

My family is originally from Charleston; although, I'm in Atlanta now. I like pork with mustard based sauce, and used to love The Little BBQ Hut on Rosewood. Farm Boys in Chapin makes some good BBQ. There isn't much good BBQ in Atlanta, which makes the city suspect imho ;)

In Nashville last weekend, Jack's, which is right down on South Broadway was pretty good.
Man, I used to LOVE Little BBQ Hut in Rosewood shopping center. When I was a kid, in the mid 70's, I would ride my bike there in the summer to eat. There was a huge guy in the kitchen named Champ. Then I would cross the street to the Rosewood Dairy Bar for ice cream. That seems like light years ago...

[JRob]

Do they really claim to a BBQ tradition up North???
I mean, I'm sure they have it and all, but do they take the kind of pride in it like Southerners?

Anyways- I can appreciate all kinds. I know thats a cheap way out, but I'm not picky and cannot really say what my favorite us, unfortunately.
From what I could tell up north, if it's cooked on a grill, it's bbq.

[JRob]

By the way, for me it's:
1)Mustard
2)Vinegar
3)anything but ketchup

[The Yancey]

I'll be headed up to SC for a visit in mid January. I'll pro'lly not make it farther than Duke's in Walterboro before I have to stop for a BBQ fix. They just don't make any kind of decent Q down here in Florida. There is one of those god-awful Sonny's on every corner but they suck. I'll pig out on pig in Columbia and Greenville for a couple of weeks before heading back home.

[Dietz]

I recommend the Tryon BBQ fest. Think it's in Sept. which conflicts w football, but great BBQ from all over SC, NC, TX, ARK, TN, you name it. Good music too...

[PyroPepper]

I recommend the Tryon BBQ fest. Think it's in Sept. which conflicts w football, but great BBQ from all over SC, NC, TX, ARK, TN, you name it. Good music too...
Thanks for mentioning my hometown Blue Ridge BBQ Festival. It's actually on June 8 & 9, 2007, and it brings in the best cookers from all over the country. It's right here at Harmon Field in Tryon, NC, just over the border from Landrum, SC. It's a GREAT party!

[Dietz]

Thanks for mentioning my hometown Blue Ridge BBQ Festival. It's actually on June 8 & 9, 2007, and it brings in the best cookers from all over the country. It's right here at Harmon Field in Tryon, NC, just over the border from Landrum, SC. It's a GREAT party!thanks for the correction pyro, its an awesome fest!!!

[amitch]

Man, i MISS the BBQ Hut on Rosewood. Cheapest buffet in town! I loved the ribs and chicken. My most favorite is Little Pigs in Anderson. Although they serve a ketchup base, the bbq is the best. No buffet, but it takes two HUNGRY people to eat the $8.00 dinner plate.

The best lowcountry place I have eaten at is in Cross (but can't recall the name). Maurice's blows.

[Dietz]

does anyone remember Ray Lever's going out towards Blythewood? good Q and good hash, we used to load up before tailgaiting coming in from Lancaster

[actionjack]

I love the hash over rice. Anybody got a good recipe? I found a recipe onetime but it wasn't that good. Dukes by the Firestation in Orangeburg, if its still there.

[96gamecock]

For me mustard first, vinegar second, and ketchup third.(ACTIONJACK my neighbor has a good recipe for hash. I'll see if I can get it for you)

[USC67]

For those near North Augusta here is a BBQ comp. that should be great. If anyone is coming let me know. I would like to meet some of you. I'll be there all weekend.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkkbJB8JFNngBDLlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB2M3MzdmZ oBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=11jjt990d/EXP=1170430281/**http%3a//www.hamminandjammin.com/

[JRob]

does anyone remember Ray Lever's going out towards Blythewood? good Q and good hash, we used to load up before tailgaiting coming in from Lancaster
After his legal problems Ray Lever's kind of disappeared. After he passed away it was resurrected as Southern Pig and is right in Blythewood now in the shopping center next to the IGA off exit 27 on I-77. It's still pretty good, thought not quite as Ray's in his hay day.

[USC80]

Anyone been here yet?

Boar's Nest Barbeque
10071 Broad River Rd., Columbia

It's a new one.

[USC80]

A friend told me that this one in West Ashley area of Charleston is good.

http://www.hometeambbq.com/index.php

[Mecklenburg Cock]

Anybody had Smithfield's BBQ in NC? When I lived in Eastern NC I never got around to trying it, even though I drove by one of their places every day.

Where the hell have I been. How did I miss this thread! My pops and I have issue when it comes to BBQ. We used to schedule family trips to hit BBQ spots at lunch time, dinner, etc.

I've had the 'que from most places in Eastern NC. There is a place in Wilson, NC that is incredible. However, I was lucky enough one time to enjoy some BBQ made by the South Carolina Swiners. Those guys were up in Charlotte for the Blues, Brews and BBQ festival and a friend of mine introduced me to them. After the competition was over they let us make as many plates as we wanted. Absolutely the best 'que I've ever had.

Aside from those guys, Shealy's does it up pretty good. Their meat is moist and the sauce gives it a great pop.

I'm most familiar with Lexington, NC. If you've not been to the Lexington BBQ Festival you should go. Only problem is that it falls in October so you have to hit it on an off weekend for USC. While the famous "Lexington Barbeque" is really good, the most recent place I've been to up there is "Tarheel BBQ." I think it's out on hwy 61 headed over towards the west side of Winston. Excellent 'que with just enough pop to the sauce. Actually, it had so much flavor that I didn't even need the extra sauce they brought out.

[dan.man.44]

Mustard all the way. Shealy's is the best all around. Im surprised no one has mentioned Wise's in Jalapa. Buffet all you can eat for about $7-8.00.

[smoovecock]

Im planning on cooking at one of the home games.....Ill let everyone know which one....and all can come by and try my Smoovies Low Country BBQ Sauce...make it from scratch and it is a 100 yr old plus recipe that what handed down through my family by slaves and kin folk....it is simply the best.....so a few hundred or so people have told me.....

[Snake]

I'm Glad to See this Thread come back to life!!

[GamecockNeal]

This is the first time I got on today and every thread has something to do with BBQ. WTF is going on, haha. I hate southern cooking but Im not gonna lie, I do enjoy some BBQ. I had some great stuff the other day at this place in Mt. Pleasant. They had both mustard and vinegar and they were both outstanding!

I refuse to go to Maurices though because he is incredibly racist and that upsets me. There was a marketing study that went on at USC and he managed to look like an asshole and prove his true colors.

Al's upstairs in cola is another asshole. Sorry to vent a little but I do not respect or support businesses where I know stuff goes on.

[wilsonhallbarons]

Pork - vinegar based - FROM THE SOUTH
(don't give me no Yankee BBQ) !!!
:woo::woo::thumbsup:

[cmiller12777]

Wards in Sumter ...The Best... BBQ Sandwich with hotsauce and slaw... Holy Sh*#@

[atlgamecockman]

Pork w/ vinegar. you can't beat it. if you're ever in Lexington, NC, there's a little mom and pop restaurant there called...you guessed it, Lexington Barbecue. Best BBQ in NC.

[Mattbones]

Pork with mustard all the way...go back to North Carolina with your vinegar lol jk...I have officially boycotted Maurice's BBQ, and anyone who thinks his is the best needs to branch out a little bit. For instance the BEST BBQ I have ever had (and I'm somewhat of an officianado) is from a small restaurant in Springfield, SC named Goodland BBQ. Now I'm not saying drive all the way down there (though I would highly recommend it), but take the time to try out the Jackie Hites' (Batesburg) and the Antley's (Orangeburg) of the world and not so much Shealy's and Maurices. Though Shealys will suffice for Maurice's anyday. Maybe its just me but 13 dollars for a bbq sandwich and fries is ridiculous when you can pay 8-9 at some of these mom and pop joints and get the best bbq you've ever had, and all you can eat of it.

Here's the deal...I'm going to let all of you in on a little secret. Boycotting businesses is just stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have worked in advertising for a number of years and have had gotten to know all types of business owners but there is one thing most of them have in common. They are cocky, and the majority of them only do what they want to do. They run their business not thinking of their customers but how they would do things themselves. By not buying their product/service they are not getting your "message" because to them, you are not a customer and you are not wanted to be a customer in the first place.

That being said, Maurice's is the best you can buy, I live in Charleston now and miss it (even though I have his brother's which is great).
But the Barbeque that I make is the best. Shoulders and butts smoked at 190o to 210o for at least 12 hours, my mustard based sauce, PERFECT!

Mustard based Barbeque is South Carolina, just like the palmetto tree and cresent moon, just like tall pines in the midlands, just like hot slap your mother days, don't even argue that anything else is even close!

:woo::woo:WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:woo::woo:

[Mattbones]

This is the first time I got on today and every thread has something to do with BBQ. WTF is going on, haha. I hate southern cooking but Im not gonna lie, I do enjoy some BBQ. I had some great stuff the other day at this place in Mt. Pleasant. They had both mustard and vinegar and they were both outstanding!

I refuse to go to Maurices though because he is incredibly racist and that upsets me. There was a marketing study that went on at USC and he managed to look like an asshole and prove his true colors.

Al's upstairs in cola is another asshole. Sorry to vent a little but I do not respect or support businesses where I know stuff goes on.

Read my previous post concerning Maurice's...

Plus qoute "I hate hate southern cooking", what is your problem????

Obviously a lot...yankee

[ColaCock]

That being said, Maurice's is the best you can buy, I live in Charleston now and miss it (even though I have his brother's which is great).


:lol:are you kidding me? "Not thinking of their customers" when it comes to their food and prices sucking is what I think of first with Maurices- I could have possibly understood if you said "Maurice's isn't so bad" (eh, nevermind I couldn't understand that either) but you actually said the BEST. i have seen it all. he isn't refraining from going to Maurice's JUST because it costs $12 for a meal...that is just an extra reason, but most people avoid it because it tastes like crap.

[ColaCock]

I have officially boycotted Maurice's BBQ, and anyone who thinks his is the best needs to branch out a little bit. For instance the BEST BBQ I have ever had (and I'm somewhat of an officianado) is from a small restaurant in Springfield, SC named Goodland BBQ.

Ladies and gentleman, this man knows what he is talking about! You're the first on here to mention Goodland BBQ and I just feel sorry for the one's who haven't had it!

Now I'm not saying drive all the way down there (though I would highly recommend it), but take the time to try out the Jackie Hites' (Batesburg) and the Antley's (Orangeburg) of the world and not so much Shealy's and Maurices. Though Shealys will suffice for Maurice's anyday.

Bam! Again this man is talking my talk- Hite's is MUCH better than Shealy's, people just hear about Shealy's more because it is advertised & marketed as well as having their sauce in stores. Antley's in Orangeburg...another big time score there- Orangeburg is a crappy place and it is the best thing about that city!

Nice post!

[SUPERSTRUT]

If it's properly slow cooked over hickory coals..........


YOU DON'T NEED NO D**N SAUCE!!!!!!


Pig on hickory coals, PERIOD.

[acejrock]

Not to hijack or anything but the top 4 viewed threads are about food right now and 3 are about BBQ... When does football season start?

[Gamecock Brent]

i like it all

[Spurticus]

I had way too many people over the years tell me . ."Try this resturaunt, you'll love it" or "This is much better that _____" . . . but when I tired it, it just wasn't as good to me as was advertised.
When I find a place I like, I stick with it. As for BBQ, I've eaten and Smokey Bonz, Maurice's, Big Ts, Jackie Hites, Hudson's Smokehous and Sony's . . . all on people's advice that they were "Better".
So far, none of them's beat Shealy's. Headin' down there tomorrow night in fact for some BBQ. Reading this thread has my mouth watering already !

[Barry_gamecock]

I like tomato based only.