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Short answer: 22 South Carolina barbecue places, grouped by the sauce of their region (mustard, vinegar and pepper, tomato) plus newer styles, each linked to its own website with the days and hours it printed on November 4, 2026.
- 22Places listedopen, per their own sites
- 22On the SC BBQ Trailper the state trail listing
- 17With hours readas of November 4, 2026
- 1Closedon our closed tracker
How we checked: each place’s own website for its address, hours and style words, and the state tourism office’s SC BBQ Trail and barbecue articles. All read on November 4, 2026. Hours, prices and dates change, so confirm with the place or organizer before you drive. Anything we could not read is marked Not confirmed where it appears. Map pins come from OpenStreetMap searches of each printed address, or the US Census Bureau address geocoder where OpenStreetMap found none. We rank nothing: no source we used ranks these places, and we did not taste, rate or compare them. Nobody paid to be listed.
Use this list with the sauce region page. Groups follow the region where SC PRT places each sauce; SC PRT also says many places now serve several sauces, so a place’s own words win where it gives them. We have not been to these places and we rank nothing.
The SC BBQ Trail
The state tourism office (SC PRT) publishes the SC BBQ Trail: more than 220 restaurants split into Mountains, Midlands and Coastal trails, with a free downloadable map. We read the digital trail map itself; it prints no edition year and its file is dated February 10, 2025. Every place listed on this page is on that map. We give hours only for places whose own website we could read today: 22 are below. List last checked November 4, 2026.
Trail Stops With No Website We Could Read
These are on the state’s trail map and may well be open. We could not read a website of their own, so we list no hours. Call or check their social pages before you drive.
- Dukes Bar-B-Que (Whitman Street)Orangeburg1298 Whitman Street SE, Orangeburg, SC 29115. On the trail map, which links only a social page, so we have no hours from the place itself Not confirmed
- Sweatman’s Bar-B-QueHolly Hill1427 Eutaw Road, Holly Hill, SC 29059. On the trail map, but the web address the map gives now shows an unrelated page, and we found only a 2019 blog report that it closed. Whether it is open: Not confirmed
- Scott’s Bar-B-QueHemingway2734 Hemingway Highway, Hemingway, SC 29554. A Pee Dee whole hog pit on the trail map. The web address the map gives now shows an unrelated page, so we have no hours from the place itself Not confirmed
- McCabe’s Bar-B-QManning480 N. Brooks Street, Manning, SC 29102. On the trail map, which links only a social page, so we have no hours from the place itself Not confirmed
- Brown’s Bar-B-QKingstree809 N. Williamsburg County Highway, Kingstree, SC 29556. On the trail map, which links only a social page, so we have no hours from the place itself Not confirmed
- Cooper’s Country StoreSalters6945 US Highway 521, Salters, SC 29590. On the trail map, which links only a social page, so we have no hours from the place itself Not confirmed
Mustard Sauce: The Midlands
Midlands places and others that serve the yellow mustard sauce. Where a place describes its own sauce or style, its words are quoted.
- Shealy’s Bar-B-QueBatesburg-Leesville340 East Columbia Ave, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: buffet 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., carry-out 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Wednesday and Sunday (a banner on the same page says carry-out 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Not confirmed). Confirm before you drive. Opened 1969, per the place. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Bessinger’s Bar-Be-QueCharleston1602 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map. The site sells its Original Sauce but does not describe it. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Melvin’s Barbecue (James Island)Charleston538 Folly Road, Charleston, SC 29412. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Sunday. Confirm before you drive. A second location is in Mount Pleasant (925 Houston Northcutt Blvd., per the trail map). The site prints one hours block; that it covers both is Not confirmed In its own words: “South Carolina’s Original Family of mustard based BBQ”. On the SC BBQ Trail list.
- Price’s Bar-B-QueGilbert408 Ervin Price Road, Gilbert, SC 29054. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Monday to Wednesday. Confirm before you drive. Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map; the home page does not print it. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Hite’s Bar-B-QueWest Columbia240 Dreher Rd, West Columbia, SC 29169. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Friday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on its contact page, but Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on its home page Not confirmed Open Friday and Saturday only. Confirm before you drive. Its site says the meat is cooked on a pit with oak and hickory wood. Opened 1957, per the place. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Maurice’s Piggie Park BBQ (West Columbia)West Columbia1600 Charleston Highway, West Columbia, SC 29169. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Sunday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Eight Midlands locations are on the SC BBQ Trail; this is the West Columbia one by I-26 Exit 113, per its site. In its own words: “Maurice’s Southern Gold mustard-based BBQ sauce”. Opened 1953, per the place. On the SC BBQ Trail list.
Vinegar and Pepper, and Whole Hog: The Pee Dee and The Coast
Pee Dee, Lowcountry and coastal places. Where a place describes its own sauce or style, its words are quoted.
- Stanton’s Barbeque & Fish Camp Fly-In RestaurantBennettsville2828 Stanton Road, Bennettsville, SC 29512. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map, where it is listed as a fly-in restaurant. In its own words: “Stanton’s vinegar-based Boston-butt barbeque”. On the SC BBQ Trail list.
- Cain’s BarbequeFlorence1502 Pamplico Highway, Florence, SC 29505. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: not printed on its own site Not confirmed Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map. Opened 1968, per the place. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Roger’s Bar-B-Que HouseFlorence2004 2nd Loop Road, Florence, SC 29501. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Shuler’s BarbecueLatta419 Highway 38, Latta, SC 29592. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Thursday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Not on our map: neither map service we use could place its address. Its site calls it slow-cooked barbecue, served buffet style. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
Tomato Sauces: The Upstate and The West
Upstate and western places, where SC PRT places the heavy tomato sauce. Where a place describes its own sauce or style, its words are quoted.
- Creekside Bar-Be-QueAnderson1115 Salem Church Road, Anderson, SC 29625. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: not printed on its own site Not confirmed Its site mentions a tangy barbecue sauce. Street address from the SC BBQ Trail map. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Midway BBQBuffalo811 Main St. Buffalo, SC 29321. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: not printed on its own site Not confirmed Its site says it has been part of Union for over 50 years, with a meat market and a food truck. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Bobby’s BBQFountain Inn1301 North Main Street, Fountain Inn, SC 29644. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Its site says it smokes with 100% oak wood. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Henry’s Smokehouse (Wade Hampton Blvd.)Greenville240 Wade Hampton Blvd. Greenville, SC 29609. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Confirm before you drive. Its site says pork is cooked in open pits with hickory logs, and lists two more locations: Simpsonville and Woodruff Road in Greenville. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Mike & Jeff’s BBQGreenville2401 Old Buncombe Road, Greenville, SC 29609. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. Confirm before you drive. Its site describes a long, low-temperature smoke. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Carolina BarbecueSpartanburg7119 Lone Oak Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29303. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Sunday. Confirm before you drive. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
Newer and Mixed Styles
Places that cook more than one style, or a style from outside the state, in their own words where they give them.
- Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)Charleston1205 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC 29407. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: not printed on its own site Not confirmed Its header says “Open Daily” but the pages we read print no times. Other South Carolina locations: downtown Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, Columbia and Greenville, per its site. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Lewis Barbecue (Charleston)Charleston464 N. Nassau Street, Charleston, SC 29403. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Sunday and Monday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Confirm before you drive. A second South Carolina location is in Greenville (214 Rutherford St.), per its site. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Palmira BarbecueCharleston2366 Ashley River Rd, Building 1, Charleston, SC 29414. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Confirm before you drive. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Rodney Scott’s BBQ (Charleston)Charleston1011 King St, Charleston, SC 29403. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: open daily 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Confirm before you drive. It also has locations outside South Carolina. In its own words: “Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ”. On the SC BBQ Trail list.
- Swig & Swine (West Ashley)Charleston1217 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: Monday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (one hours block on the site for all its locations Not confirmed). Confirm before you drive. Five South Carolina locations are on the trail: Charleston, Moncks Corner, Mount Pleasant, Myrtle Beach and Summerville. On the SC BBQ Trail list. Style grouping is ours, not the place’s Not confirmed
- Little Pigs BarbecueColumbia4927 Alpine Road, Columbia, SC 29223. Days and hours, as of November 4, 2026: not printed on its own site Not confirmed A buffet serving all three sauce families, per its site, at 4927 Alpine Road since June 1978. In its own words: “Tomato-based, Mustard-based, and Vinegar-Pepper”. Opened 1962, per the place. On the SC BBQ Trail list.
Closed Places We Left Off
These are not in the list above. Each is on the closed, renamed and moved tracker with its source: Jackie Hite’s Bar-B-Q (Leesville), reported shutting down after 39 years by WLTX in 2018.
Map of Barbecue Places
Not pinned (no confirmed location yet): Shuler's Barbecue.
What We Could Not Confirm
- Which sauce a place serves, when the place does not say so itself: we grouped those by region and marked them. Not confirmed
- Hours for places that do not print them, and the days for places that print hours without days. Not confirmed
- Hite’s and Shealy’s each print two different sets of hours on their own sites. Not confirmed
- Whether the six trail stops in the no-website box are open today, including Sweatman’s in Holly Hill. Not confirmed
- True BBQ in West Columbia and Rikard’s: the web addresses on the trail map now show unrelated pages, so we left them out. Not confirmed
- Po Pigs: reported closed by blogs only, so not listed either way. Not confirmed
- Shuler’s map position: neither map service we use could place its address. Not confirmed
- One hours block covering several locations (Melvin’s, Swig & Swine). Not confirmed
- James Beard “America’s Classics” awards for South Carolina barbecue places: not read on the award site, so we name none. Not confirmed
- The trail map’s edition: it prints no year; its file is dated February 10, 2025. Not confirmed
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a ranking?
No. We list places whose own websites we could read, grouped by sauce region. No source we used ranks them, and nobody paid to be listed.
Why is a famous place missing?
Either we could not read its own website, or it has closed. Closed places are on our closed, renamed and moved tracker. Know a place’s official site? Tell us.
Which places are open on Sunday?
From the sites we read: Maurice’s, Bessinger’s, Rodney Scott’s, Lewis Barbecue, Palmira and Swig & Swine list Sunday hours, and Price’s (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Roger’s (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.), Stanton’s (11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) and Henry’s (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) open shorter. Melvin’s, Shealy’s, Hite’s, Mike & Jeff’s, Carolina Barbecue, Shuler’s and Bobby’s list Sunday as closed.
More Barbecue Pages
Sources
- SC PRT, South Carolina Barbecue and the SC BBQ Trail, read November 4, 2026 (the official state barbecue trail)
- SC Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SC PRT), Want Great Barbecue? Come to South Carolina, read November 4, 2026 (the four sauces, hash and rice)
- Maurice’s Piggie Park BBQ (West Columbia), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Hite’s Bar-B-Que, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Shealy’s Bar-B-Que, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Price’s Bar-B-Que, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Melvin’s Barbecue (James Island), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Bessinger’s Bar-Be-Que, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Shuler’s Barbecue, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Roger’s Bar-B-Que House, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Cain’s Barbeque, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Stanton’s Barbeque & Fish Camp Fly-In Restaurant, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Midway BBQ, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Mike & Jeff’s BBQ, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Henry’s Smokehouse (Wade Hampton Blvd.), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Bobby’s BBQ, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Carolina Barbecue, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Creekside Bar-Be-Que, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Rodney Scott’s BBQ (Charleston), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Lewis Barbecue (Charleston), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Home Team BBQ (West Ashley), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Palmira Barbecue, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Swig & Swine (West Ashley), read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- Little Pigs Barbecue, read November 4, 2026 (address, hours, style)
- SC PRT, SC BBQ Trail Map (digital version), read November 4, 2026 (trail list)
- WLTX, Jackie Hite’s Bar-B-Que shutting down after 39 years (2018), read November 4, 2026 (closure)
How we check: editorial standards. Spot a mistake or a closure? Tell us.
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