South Carolina has 11 of the South’s top barbecue restaurants in Southern Living magazine’s new list of 50 Top BBQ Joints in the South. Only Texas, with 17 of 50 barbecue eateries, has more as a state. But remember, the Lone Star State has six times as many people as the Palmetto State.
What’s more amazing is the Lowcountry is home to seven of those top 50 places, according to the list compiled by Robert Moss, the magazine’s contributing barbecue editor and one-time City Paper food writer.
On the local list: Lewis Barbecue, Charleston (#7); Scott’s Bar-B-Que, Hemingway (#12); Palmira BBQ, West Ashley (#16); Home Team BBQ, several locations (#34); Melvin’s BBQ, Mount Pleasant and James Island (#39); Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ, Charleston (#41); and King BBQ, North Charleston (#44)…