Living in Charleston and having a small pork obsession I had heard about Sweatman’s BBQ for a while. I tried to make it out there a few weeks back but it was closed (yes I should have checked the Hours). So knowing I didn’t have much planned for the labor day weekend the wife and I decided to make the hour or so trip from Charleston to Holly Hill to give Sweatman’s a try.
When you come around the long corner on Highway 453 Between Holly Hill and Eutawville you see Sweatman’s from far off and it stands out. From the front, the old house from the late 1800’sis situated next to a huge pecan tree and has a long front porch evenly spaced with hanging ferns. The remote locale and the century old structruce more than hinted at what the que was going be be like. We hit right at 12:30 and the line was literally out the door. Being that it is dove season I can easily say that 75% of the people there were in woodland camo all the more adding to the country small town feel Sweatman’s has. We both ordered pulled pork sandwiches with slaw and one order of banana pudding. The lunch buffet consisted of pulled pork with the expected SC mustard sauce, another tray of pork with what they called “Katchup sweet sauce”, an un-sauced tray of pulled pork, ribs, hash, rice, home made pickles and slaw. Read the rest of this entry »
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