There’s a place in Aiken, South Carolina where the smell of hickory smoke hits you before you even open the car door.
Dukes Bar-B-Que in Aiken is the kind of spot that makes you wonder why you ever bothered eating anywhere else.
Let’s talk about barbecue for a second.
Not the kind you throw together on a backyard grill on a Sunday afternoon, but the real deal, the slow-smoked, made-from-scratch, fall-apart-tender kind that takes serious time, serious skill, and a whole lot of wood…