Home Team BBQ

“Charleston-born, community-rooted, smoke-forward since 2006”

Home Team BBQ is Charleston's hometown institution, founded by Aaron Siegel and Taylor Garrigan in 2006 and grown into three Lowcountry locations without losing its community-first footing. The Upper King room is the flagship the city knows best: lively, welcoming, stacked with one of the best craft-beer lists in town, and given over to live music most weekends. It is the rare place that reads as both a serious pit and a neighborhood living room. The pulled pork is the benchmark for Charleston-style — tender, smoky, with just enough bark folded back in to keep every bite interesting. The smoked wings are a genuine event, and the St. Louis ribs hold their own against the family's West Ashley original. Collard greens and banana pudding anchor the sides. The vinegar-and-white-sauce approach keeps the meat front and center, and the room's easy energy is a real part of why the name became a Charleston shorthand.