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Is Sam Jones BBQ Still Open? Update (Winterville, NC)

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As of September 2026, Sam Jones BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

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What the source shows: Yelp's page for the Winterville location, last updated September 2026, shows an active listing with 350 photos, 399 reviews, and posted hours, corroborated by an active Toast ordering page.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured the restaurant in its Low and Slow episode (S11E6). Sam Jones BBQ is a whole-hog barbecue restaurant at 715 West Firetower Road in Winterville, North Carolina; the business's own site describes pitmaster Sam Jones as the grandson of Pete Jones, founder of Skylight Inn BBQ in nearby Ayden. Yelp's page for the Winterville location, last updated September 2026, showed 350 photos and 399 reviews with listed hours of 11am-9pm Monday-Saturday and 11am-8:30pm Sunday. The Toast platform separately carried an active online-ordering page for the same address, and the business's own site listed a second location in Raleigh, North Carolina. No closure or ownership-change report was found for the Winterville location in the sources checked.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 11, Episode 6
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Low and Slow
What was featured
the whole-hog barbecue smoked over hickory wood in Winterville
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Sam Jones BBQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Sam Jones BBQ still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Sam Jones BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What happened to Sam Jones BBQ after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured the restaurant in its Low and Slow episode (S11E6). As of September 2026, Sam Jones BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

Where is Sam Jones BBQ located?

715 West Firetower Road, Winterville, NC 28590. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Sam Jones BBQ?

Season 11, Episode 6 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Low and Slow”.

What do reviews say since Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Yelp's page for the Winterville location, last updated September 2026, showed 350 photos and 399 reviews with listed hours of 11am-9pm Monday-Saturday and 11am-8:30pm Sunday. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
715 West Firetower Road, Winterville, NC 28590
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
samjonesbbq.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/sam-jones-bbq-winterville
  • samjonesbbq.com — https://www.samjonesbbq.com/
  • Toast — https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/samjonesbbq-winterville

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