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his mustard-based sauce is distinct to South Carolina. e roots link back to the state's German settlers. Recipes oen include common barbecue sauce elements such as vinegar, pepper, onion, garlic and something sweet, like brown sugar or honey. In South Charlotte, the yellow sauce is one of three sauces on the menu at e Q Shack on Providence Road. Owner Dave Weil got the recipe from a friend who was a chef in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to mustard, it includes Worcestershire sauce and honey. Customers enjoy it on different meats that range from pork to chicken. e restaurant's other two sauces are a tomato-based Texas chipotle and an eastern North Carolina-style vinegar. "We like to give a variety," Weil says. "We have a customer base that likes all three sauces." Midwood Smokehouse also sticks to South Carolina tradition, offering a killer mustard-based sauce—in addition to eastern North Carolina vinegar sauce, a Midwood signature sauce (sweeter, mild and tomato-based) and a spicy habanero blend. Try it atop a combo platter, which comes loaded with chopped pork, pulled chicken barbecue, St. Louis-style pork ribs or hickory- smoked sausage, plus two side items, pickled onions and hushpuppies. e barbecue mainstay, helmed by Charlotte restaurateur Frank Scibelli, has locations in Plaza Midwood, Matthews, Ballantyne, Columbia (South Carolina) and, coming this winter, Park Road Shopping Center. e spot's so delicious that President Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton stopped here on a campaign tour in July. "Our most popular dishes would be our burnt ends and our brisket. Both were ordered by President Obama," explains General Manager Kristen Bobenage. mustard • meat: pulled pork + chicken charlottesgotalot.com 29