Dukes Barbecue

“All-you-can-eat Orangeburg tradition, on Folly Road since '55”

This Folly Road outpost carries the Dukes-family buffet tradition that Earl Dukes started in Orangeburg back in 1955. The format has barely changed: you load a plate off the line, you go back, and the check stays small no matter how many trips you make. On James Island it is the most old-school barbecue value going, a room built for a hungry appetite rather than a curated tasting. The move is pulled pork and fried chicken off the line, finished with the house mustard 'rust gravy' sauce that gives the plate its Dukes-family signature. Ladle the hash over rice the way generations of South Carolinians have, and pace yourself, because the buffet rewards stamina over restraint. This is barbecue as communal ritual: long tables, refilled pans, and a sauce recipe that ties one Folly Road building to a Midlands lineage seven decades deep.