“I suspect that afer reading this book, you'll never look at South Carolina barbecue quite the same way again.”     
— Robert Moss, author of Barbecue: The History of an American Institution

“You don’t have to be from South Carolina to appreciate Spainhour’s compendium of barbecultural iconography, but out-of-staters like me will find their awe tinged with envy.”     
— John Shelton Reed, author of Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue