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SCBA Top BBQ Joints

World's Best Bar-B-Q

Certified judges from The South Carolina Barbeque Association (SCBA) judge barbeque cook-offs throughout the state. Dedicated to becoming “one of the finest groups in the barbeque world,” SCBA shares with us their list of some of the Top BBQ joints in the Palmetto state.

  1. Belly's - Lexington, SC 
  2. Bessinger's - Charleston, SC
  3. Big T's Barbeque -  Eastover, SC 
  4. Brown's - Kingstree, SC
  5. Duke's BBQ - Orangeburg, SC 
  6. Farm Boys - Chapin, SC
  7. Goodland's BBQ - Springfield, SC
  8. Hammy's - Lugoff, SC
  9. Henry's BBQ - Greenville, SC
  10. Hite's - Batesburg, SC 
  11. Hudson's Smokehouse - Lexington, SC 
  12. Little Pigs - Columbia, SC
  13. Maurice's BBQ - Columbia, SC
  14. McCabe's - Manning, SC
  15. Mutt's BBQ - Seneca, SC 
  16. Myers BBQ House – Blythewood, SC 
  17. Po Pigs - Edisto, SC 
  18. Porky D's - Lexington, SC 
  19. Schoolhouse BBQ - Scranton, SC
  20. Scott's BBQ - Hemingway, SC 
  21. Shealy's - Batesburg-Leesville, SC 
  22. Smokin' Stokes - Greenville, SC 
  23. Sweatman's - between Holly Hill & Eutawville, SC
  24. Watford's - Bishopville, SC