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.
Ep. 104: Bob Peters, The Punch Room at the Ritz Carlton (Charlotte, NC)
Ep. 103: Jean-Paul Bourgeois, Blue Smoke (Live from Charleston Wine + Food)
Ep. 102: Joe & Katy Kindred, & Craig Deihl. Hello, Sailor (Cornelius, NC)
Ep. 101: Gillian Zettler, Charleston Wine + Food Festival (Charleston, SC)
Ep. 100: Steph's Lookback & Lessons Learned So Far -- 9 Themes
Ep. 99: Will Haynes, The Podcask (Live from Made South, Franklin, TN)
Episode 98: Drew McBath, Banner Butter (Live from Made South, Nashville, TN)
The Southern Fork Holiday Bites #3: The French 75 with Bartender Chris Hannah
Episode 97: Meherwan Irani, Chai Pani Group (Live from the Highlands Food & Wine Festival)
Episode 96: Rebecca Masson, Fluff Bake Bar (Live from Chefs for Farmers, Dallas, TX)
The Southern Fork Holiday Bites #2: Ark of Taste Heirloom Ingredients With Carrie and Jacques Larson of Slow Food
Episode 95: Matthew Register, Southern Smoke BBQ (Garland, NC)
Episode 94: Gregg Allen & Katie Allen Bolner, A Bar N Ranch (Live from Chefs for Farmers, Dallas, TX)
The Southern Fork Holiday Bites #1: Thanksgiving Wines With Patrick Emerson of Curated Selections
Episode 93: Bill Smith, Crook's Corner (Chapel Hill, NC)
Episode 92: Ian Boden, The Shack (Live from Terra Vita Food & Drink Festival, Chapel Hill, NC)
Episode 91: Jason Burke, The New Primal (North Charleston, SC)
Episode 90: Adrian Miller, Author & Soul Food Scholar (Live from Terra Vita Food & Drink Festival, Chapel Hill, NC)
Episode 89: Sarah Simmons & Aaron Hoskins, Rise Bakeshop & Library Cafe (Columbia, SC)
Episode 88: Julia Grant, Linda Pinckney, & Sharon Coakley, Bertha's Kitchen (North Charleston, SC)
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