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Hickory Pit
You love the Hickory Pit. It’s been serving its famous chopped-pork sandwiches along with ribs and chicken since it opened in 1981. It even serves beef brisket, which warms the heart of this Texas transplant. Also not to be missed are its home fries, wide, thin fried potatoes that make the extra calories worth it.
The true mark of good barbecue is the burp test: Your meal should “revisit” you periodically for the next several hours. Nothing beats the pleasing return of that hickory smoke taste even after your stomach has gone to work digesting the meat. Gas doesn’t give you this sensation, only the luscious smoke of real hardwood.
- Stuart Rockoff (Best BBQ, JFP Best of Jackson, 2005)
Hickory Pit Barbeque is one of the only reasons I will admit that I enjoy gnawing on a bone. As Samuel Jackson once said to John Travolta, “This is some charming swine. Much more charming than Arnold from Green Acres.” I find that good barbeque is one of the many perks that come along with being Southern. Hickory Pit Barbeque is one of the perks of being a Southerner and living in Jackson.
�Ali Greggs (Best BBQ, JFP Best of Jackson, 2006)
Location
1491 Canton Mart Rd., 601-956-7079
Category:Restaurants
