real pit-cooked Bar-B-Que

We are temporarily CLOSED due to a kitchen fire. We look to reopen in the first half of 2023.

our story

THe RESTAURANT

FAMILY OWNED, FAMILY RUN

Dukes Bar-B-Que was founded over 45 years ago by Uncle Danny Dukes. The franchise grew and today there are 14 Duke Bar-B-Ques in South Carolina. Rauly and Jan Judy opened their first Dukes restaurant in 1992 in Allendale, SC. Rauly worked as a boilermaker and Jan worked as a hair dresser on the weekdays for the first two years until their restaurant in Allendale was sustainable. They later opened their second location in Aiken in 1996, and eventually made it their primary and only location. In 2015 they retired, their son Christian and his wife Rebecca Judy retained ownership. Christian was 4 years old when his parents opened their first restaurant and has grown up in the family business.

Where we are today

Dukes-Bar-B-Que features delicious Southern cooking and an all-you-can-eat barbeque buffet. All of our barbeque is smoked with hickory wood and cooked to perfection. At Dukes, we take great pride in offering not only great barbeque but also a variety of vegetables and sides. We feel that it is important to have a large selection so that everyone can have a healthy and nutritious meal. Most of our menu items are cooked from scratch, and everything is made fresh in order to enhance the quality of each plate served.
We pride ourselves on being able to offer not only quality barbeque, but we do our best to deliver your meal as quickly as possible.
We have returned to offering our buffet, but have added protections for our customers and staff.

CATERING REQUESTS

All catering orders are priced per person (minimum of 75) and are accompanied with sweet & unsweet tea, three kinds of sauce, sweet & dill pickles, bread, & paper products.

The Basics: $13

1 meat (Pork OR Fried Chicken)

Hash & Rice

Green Beans

Potato Salad

1 Casserole or Dessert

The Essential: $14

2 meats (Pork & Fried Chicken)

Hash & Rice

Green Beans

Potato Salad

1 Casserole or Dessert

The Premium: $15

2 meats (Pork & Fried Chicken)

Hash & Rice

Green Beans

Potato Salad

2 Casseroles or Desserts

The Deluxe: $16

2 meats (Pork & Fried Chicken)

Hash & Rice

Green Beans

Potato Salad

3 Casseroles

1 Dessert

Important Information Regarding Your Order:

Please check our online menu for casserole listings and desserts.

We will be happy to work with you for a custom package if the above options do not suit your needs. Custom packages are subject to custom pricing.

Standard procedures for catering events:

Dukes will usually be there for an 1 hour - 1 ½ hours.
Dukes purposefully brings extra food to ensure enough is provided. That being said, we will leave you with 10 to go plates and take any extra food or mess back with us so that you are left with nothing to clean up. Thank you for your understanding!

Reservation

BAR-B-QUE perfection takes time

We slowly smoke our pork shoulders at a low temperature to create a consistent product. Our shoulders up to 18 hours in order to be cooked to a proper temperature. We re-worked our barbecue temperatures and cook times in 2017 to create a more juicy and tender product. Our hash is a 45 year old family recipe which is very similar to the original Dukes recipe.