Dukes Barbecue
All-you-can-eat Orangeburg tradition, on Folly Road since '55
Dukes Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Charleston, SC. Listed categories include fast food, restaurant.
This Folly Road outpost carries the Dukes-family buffet tradition that Earl Dukes started in Orangeburg back in 1955. The format has barely changed: you load a plate off the line, you go back, and the check stays small no matter how many trips you make. On James Island it is the most old-school barbecue value going, a room built for a hungry appetite rather than a curated tasting.
The move is pulled pork and fried chicken off the line, finished with the house mustard 'rust gravy' sauce that gives the plate its Dukes-family signature. Ladle the hash over rice the way generations of South Carolinians have, and pace yourself, because the buffet rewards stamina over restraint. This is barbecue as communal ritual: long tables, refilled pans, and a sauce recipe that ties one Folly Road building to a Midlands lineage seven decades deep.
- Style: Lowcountry / South Carolina Style
- Price: $
What to order
- All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Buffet
- Pulled Pork BBQ
- Rust Gravy Mustard Sauce
- Dukes Hash
- Fried Chicken Plate
Visiting
- Address: 331 Folly Rd, Charleston, SC 29412-2548
- Phone: +18437894801
- Website: http://destination-bbq.com/stores/dukes-barbecue-2/
Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–8pm, Sun 11am–3pm, Mon closed
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