There’s a magical moment when you sink your teeth into perfectly smoked ribs and everything else in the world momentarily disappears.
That transcendent experience awaits at 12 Bones Smokehouse in Arden, North Carolina, where barbecue aficionados line up with the patience of saints for a taste of smoky heaven.
In the great barbecue battleground of America, where regional styles clash like culinary gladiators, 12 Bones has created its own delectable territory worth defending.
Don’t let the humble exterior fool you – this converted service station with its scattered picnic tables holds treasures that would make a pirate weep…