Mutt's Barbecue (Upstate South Carolina)

Mutt's Barbecue has several locations in the Upstate of South Carolina. The first one I ever visited was in Greer, South Carolina, but I have also visited the locations in Spartanburg, Mauldin and Easley, South Carolina. One thing is certain. All of these locations have great barbecue at an affordable price. Let's start with an argument about what constitutes good barbecue.

If you are from Kansas City, your idea of barbecue probably involves beef done on a grill and smothered in a heavy red sauce...and you also believe yours is the best. People from Texas might argue with that. If you live in the Carolinas, barbecue can be different things to different people. Coastal North Carolina uses a vinegar based sauce full of spices that are roasted into the pig while it cooks (and added in abundance afterwards). Other areas of the Carolinas consider barbecue to be shredded pork (like the Coastal Carolina version), but they smother theirs in a mustard based sauce. Many restaurants serving pork barbecue in the carolinas also offer the thick sticky barbecue sauce that looks more like what you might find in Kansas City. These sauces are not cooked into the pork, but added at the table prior to eating.

Mutt's Barbecue is located in the Upstate of South Carolina, but offers a variety of sauces. Although the pork is not basted in a vinegar sauce while cooking, that sauce is available at the table for the Coastal Carolina crowd (that is the version I like best, too!) They also have a mustard based sauce, a thick hot sauce and a thick mild sauce. They even have a spice rub shaker that you can use to add dry rub to your meal.

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