North Charleston BBQ Co.

Fifteen years on the same brick pits

North Charleston BBQ Co. is a barbecue restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina.

North Charleston BBQ Co. is the kind of pit that sustains a neighborhood rather than chases a review. It cooks whole hog the old way, and the pitmaster has been tending the same brick pits for over fifteen years — the sort of tenure that shows up as consistency on the plate week after week. There is no concept here beyond doing the tradition correctly, which in North Charleston is concept enough.

The whole-hog plate is the heart of it, but the hash and rice is the quiet standout: made from the hog's organ meats, cooked down with onions and pepper into a dense, savory ladle that most visitors never think to order. Rib tips give the plate some chew and banana pudding closes it. This is deeply rooted SC whole-hog cooking served without ceremony — a Lowcountry delicacy hiding in a strip-mall address, cooked by someone who has clearly stopped needing to prove it.

• Style: Lowcountry / South Carolina Style
• Price: $
• Neighborhood: North Charleston
• Serving since 2008

What to order

• Whole Hog Plate
• Hash & Rice
• Rib Tips
• Banana Pudding

How it scores — 8.3/10 overall

• Smoke: 8.5/10
• Bark: 8.2/10
• Tenderness: 8.4/10
• Consistency: 8.3/10
• Value: 9.7/10
• Atmosphere: 7.8/10

Visiting

• Address: 4975 Centre Pointe Dr, North Charleston, SC 29418
• Phone: (843) 553-2222
• Website: #

Hours: Tue–Sun 11am–8pm

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