
Bessinger's Barbecue
$Where South Carolina's mustard-sauce tradition was codified

“Home of the Super Pig, a 1960s drive-in lineage”
Robert's Bar-B-Que traces its roots to a 1960s North Charleston drive-in, and the family has been feeding the Ashley Phosphate area ever since. The format stayed old-school on purpose: lunch-focused weekday hours, a counter rather than a dining-room concept, and homemade plates that regulars have leaned on for decades. This is a legacy joint in the truest sense — a specific family cooking a specific way in a specific neighborhood, generation after generation. The signature is the Super Pig sandwich, the order the whole reputation hangs on and the reason first-timers make the trip. Around it sits the everyday spread: homemade pulled pork with the region's mustard-forward tang, and hash over rice cooked down the old Lowcountry way. Nothing is dressed up and nothing needs to be. Robert's is the kind of counter that outlasts trends by ignoring them, and the Super Pig is proof that one great sandwich can carry a name for half a century.
**A family lineage running back to a 1960s drive-in, still built around one famous sandwich.** The Super Pig is the draw, with homemade mustard-forward pulled pork and old-style hash over rice anchoring the Ashley Phosphate counter.
6 dimensions, each scored 0-10
Regulars point to Super Pig Sandwich, Pulled Pork, and Hash and Rice.
Tue–Sat 10am–3pm
Robert's Bar-B-Que is closed Monday and Sunday. Hours can change on holidays, so it's worth confirming before a trip.
Robert's Bar-B-Que is budget-friendly ($).
Robert's Bar-B-Que serves Lowcountry / South Carolina Style barbecue — South Carolina BBQ centers on whole hog cooking, with the state uniquely home to four distinct sauce traditions: mustard-based (Midlands), vinegar-pepper (Pee Dee), light tomato, and heavy tomato. Charleston's Lowcountry spin adds Gullah-Geechee influences.

Where South Carolina's mustard-sauce tradition was codified

Farm-to-pit Lowcountry smoke in Park Circle

Overnight whole hog and a check that never tops $15