Hwy 27 BBQ Smokehouse

A country pit off Old Gilliard Road in Ridgeville

Hwy 27 BBQ Smokehouse is a barbecue restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina.

Hwy 27 BBQ Smokehouse sits off Old Gilliard Road in Ridgeville, out past Summerville where the metro gives way to two-lane country. It smokes pork, ribs, and brisket and plates them with Southern sides, and it keeps steadier daily hours than many of the region's weekend-only pits. For tri-county barbecue hunters willing to point the car north and west, that reliability alone makes the drive add up.

The cooking is home-style rather than showy: generous plates, mustard-forward Carolina sauce, and meat smoked over wood rather than pushed through a machine. Smoked pork is the anchor, ribs bring the chew, and brisket gives the menu a beefy option that a lot of rural SC joints skip. This is the kind of roadside smokehouse that rewards a detour precisely because it is not trying to be a destination — it is trying to feed the county well, most days of the week.

• Style: Lowcountry / South Carolina Style
• Price: $
• Neighborhood: Ridgeville

What to order

• Smoked Pork
• Ribs
• Brisket
• Southern Sides

How it scores — 7.7/10 overall

• Smoke: 7.8/10
• Bark: 7.6/10
• Tenderness: 7.7/10
• Consistency: 7.6/10
• Value: 8.0/10
• Atmosphere: 7.2/10

Visiting

• Address: 1250 Old Gilliard Rd, Ste 4, Ridgeville, SC 29472
• Phone: (843) 688-6999
• Website: https://hwy27bbqsmokehouse.com/

Hours: Mon–Sat 11am–8:30pm

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