Two Atlanta joints, Heirloom Market and Old Brick Pit Barbeque, make the list.
The review calls Heirloom Market, "perhaps the most creative of Atlanta's many nouveau 'cue restaurants, Heirloom Market fuses Southern barbecue classics with spicy Korean flavors." The restaurant is located at 2243 Akers Mill Rd. Click here for its website.
Of Old Brick Pit Barbeque, located 4805 Peachtree Road, the magazine writes, 'Since 1976, they've been cooking hams, ribs, and chicken in the hickory-fired pit that gives this restaurant its name." Click here for more.
Sadly, another Georgia restaurant, B's Cracklin Barbeque in Savannah, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. They are raising money to rebuild. Click here for more.
Here's the full list:
The South's Top 50 Barbecue Joints by State
ALABAMA
Archibald's Bar-B-Q, Northport, AL
Big Bob Gibson, Decatur, AL
Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q. Vestavia Hills, AL
FLORIDA
Shorty's Bar-B-Q, Miami , FL
GEORGIA
B's Cracklin Barbeque, Savannah GA
Fresh Air Barbecue, Jackson, GA
Heirloom Market, Atlanta GA
Old Brick Pit Barbeque, Atlanta GA
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KANSAS
Joe' s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, Kansas City, KS
KENTUCKY
Moonlite Bar-B-Que Inn, Owensboro, KY
Old Hickory Barbecue, Owensboro, KY
MISSOURI
Gates BBQ, Kansas City, MO
Jack Stack Barbecue, Kansas City, MO
NORTH CAROLINA
12 Bones Smokehouse, Asheville, NC
Allen & Son Barbeque, Chapel Hill, NC
Barbecue Center, Lexington, NC
Grady's Barbecue, Dudley, NC
Lexington Barbecue, Lexington, NC
Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge, Shelby, NC
Skylight Inn, Ayden, NC
Stamey's, Greensboro, NC
Wilber's Barbecue, Goldsboro, NC
SOUTH CAROLINA
Cannon's Barbecue, Little Mountain, SC
Carolina Bar-B-Que, New Ellenton, SC
Cooper's Country Store, Salters, SC
Henry's Smokehouse, Greenville, SC
Hite's Bar-B-Que, West Columbia, SC
Home Team BBQ, Charleston, SC
Jackie Hite's, Leesville, SC
McCabe's Bar-B-Que, Manning, SC
Scott's Bar-B-Q, Hemingway, SC
TENNESSEE
A&R Bar-B-Que, Memphis, TN
Bar-B-Q Shop Restaurant, Memphis, TN
Bozo's Hot Pit Bar-B-Q, Mason, TN
Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous, Memphis, TN
Couch Barbecue, Ooltewah, TN
Helen's Bar BQ, Brownsville, TN
Jim Neely's Interstate BBQ, Memphis, TN
Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint, Nolensville, TN
Peg Leg Porker, Nashville, TN
The Ridgewood Barbecue, Bluff City, TN
Sam's Barbecue, Humboldt, TN
Scott's-Parker's Barbeque, Lexington, TN
TEXAS
Black's Barbecue, Lockhart, TX
City Market, Luling, TX
Franklin Barbecue, Austin, TX
Kreuz Market, Lockhart, TX
La Barbecue, Austin, TX
Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor, TX
Micklethwaite Craft Meats, Austin, TX
Material from The Greenville News was used in this report.
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