Augusta Road in West Columbia, SC, isn’t a storybook setting. Strip malls are lined up down the road, flanking a Wal-Mart and a sprawling old school U Haul campus. But just keep going and turn off the road at the Aldi and there’s a summer camp style building tucked in some trees and a modest BBQ sign. That’s when you know you’ve reached the city limits, City Limits BBQ to be exact. Owner and pitmaster Robbie Robinson grew up in nearby Red Bank, SC eating his fill of SC Midlands BBQ. While living in Houston in the early 2000s, he acquired his first Texas-style offset wood smoker and began his journey to unlock the subtle mysteries of smoking meats. He’s been serving the people of West Columbia for eight years, including the last year in this building on the edge of town, a town that he is representing this year as a James Beard Foundation finalist for Best Chef: Southeast. Every time we visit, we end up at the smokers, where we get down to the business of conversation. And I invariably mispronounce chicharrons, which you’ll hear here. I’m working on it, I promise.
Episode 148: Lindsey Barrow, Lowcountry Street Grocery (Charleston, SC)
Episode 147: Greg Baker, The Refinery, Tampa, FL (Live from the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival)
Episode 146: Courtney Hampson, Music to Your Mouth (Bluffton, SC)
Episode 145: Todd Richards, Jackmont Hospitality and Author of SOUL, Atlanta, GA (Live from the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival)
Episode 144: Dana Cowin, Speaking Broadly Podcast, NYC (Live from FAB Charleston)
Episode 143: Nick Melvin, Doux South All Natural Pickles (Atlanta, GA)
Episode 142: Robert Stehling, Hominy Grill (Charleston, SC)
Episode 140: Mickey Bakst, Charleston Grill (Charleston, SC)
Episode 139: Cheetie Kumar, Garland (Live from Thrive NC, Raleigh)
Episode 138: Brian Noyes, Red Truck Bakery (Marshall, VA)
Episode 137: Chris & Tara Goulet, Birdsong Brewing (Charlotte, NC)
Episode 136: Ashley Christensen, AC Restaurants (Raleigh, NC)
Episode 135: Clark Barlowe, Heirloom Restaurant (Charlotte, NC)
Episode 134: Robert Barber & Hope Barber McIntosh, Bowen's Island Restaurant (Charleston, SC)
Episode 133: Griffin Bufkin & Mark Hanna on Brunswick Stew with Southern Soul BBQ, St. Simons Island, GA (Live from Charleston Wine + Food)
Episode 132: Bill Thomas, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Washington, DC (Live from Charleston Wine + Food)
Episode 131: Matt and Ted Lee dish catering secrets and discuss their new book Hotbox (Charleston, SC)
Episode 130: Drew Dzejak, Caliza, Alys Beach, FL (Live from the 30A Wine Festival
Episode 129: Angie DuPree, One80 Place (Charleston, SC)
Episode 128: John Currence, City Grocery Restaurant Group, Oxford, MS (Live from 30A Wine Festival)
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