Ok this place is amazing - I can't believe it took me 6 years to finally come here and I can't wait to come back. Pik N Pig is located in Carthage next to a mini airport/air strip. People fly in to grab dinner at Pik N Pig so if you're an aviation fan, there are constantly planes coming in/out during peak dining periods! The weather was really nice so we sat outside on the patio and got a good view of all the action at the airport - the kids loved it especially. One plane even came back around and flew by really low which was fun. Besides the airport part, the food was amazing. We couldn't decide on what to order from the menu so we got the sampler platter which comes with a little bit of everything - pulled pork, brisket, chicken, french fries, baked beans, hush puppies and potato salad (we subbed for slaw). Everything was great! I liked the pulled pork but the chicken was surprisingly very good. The hush puppies came with jalapeño butter - such an amazing combo! The only downside is that I honestly didn't care for the bbq sauces they had but that wasn't necessary for any of the food items. For dessert, we got banana pudding and Coca Cola cake. The cake was alright but the banana pudding was delicious. I wish Pik N Pig was closer to Raleigh or else I'd go all the time. Definitely worth a trip if you're ever in the Sanford/Pinehurst area! read more

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I roadie my motorcycle on a day trip and ended up in Carthage NC . Looking for a place to eat I decided to try the Pik N Pig at the airport. It was a beautiful day so decided to sit outside on the porch. I ordered spicy chicken sandwich w fries and sweet tea. The chicken was delicious and the bread was excellent. Besides the food the waitress who served me was outstanding. This is a gem of a place to eat especially on Friday as there was a lot of activity on the airfield. I saw several planes takeoff and land while enjoying my lunch. The folks that run this restaurant are very friendly and thanked me for coming when I paid my bill. I definitely will be back when in the area. read more

Pik N Pig - The Pik - n - pig from the parking lot - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

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Great real barbecue place in a beautiful setting. I had brisket, which was pretty good and a pork chop which was the best I've ever had. Coleslaw and beans were great. Hush puppies were delicious. You will question whether your directions are right as you drive down some country roads to get there, but it is correct. Situated on a small airport with a great patio overlooking the runway. read more

Pik N Pig - Entrance - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

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My gf and I consider ourselves BBQ experts after hitting 12 of the 20 restaurants on the NC BBQ trail. If someone ever asks our #1 so far, this is our agreed upon answer (we differ in rankings from there). The scenery is unmatched, an experience in itself that's good enough to participate in even if the food was terrible. Not the case here though. The barbecue is mouth watering. The green beans with some vinegar are near the top of vegetable sides on the BBQ trail. And the jalapeño butter you dip your hush puppies in really takes the meal to the next level. Not sure the remaining 8 places we need to try will be able to match this experience. It's definitely worth a 2 hour drive, which we would have to do to return. Wouldn't think twice about it on a lazy Saturday read more

Pik N Pig - Barbecue with jalapeño butter, green beans, and baked beans with a bread muffin - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

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After all these years, they still are one of our favorite spots. We went recently on a lovely sunny day and sat outside Service, food, atmosphere read more

So excited that the Pik-N-Pig is back open! Flew in during the afternoon and they were already sold out of a lot of their meat entrees so I recommend getting there earlier in the day. Staff was incredibly friendly and hospitable, despite the crowds! I ordered the pulled pork plate and it was delicious. The best fly-in restaurant! read more

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So good , need a bigger Variety of Beer Products, more servers . Very nice love the place waited so long for them to reopen so happy for them place is amazing enjoy looking all the things they have at they're restaurant . Thank you read more

Located next to small airplane landing field . Outdoor eating available. Nice to watch the planes while you wait and eat. Entertainment at times outside. Brisket was tender tasty but cold. Chicken was GREAT NICE SMOKY taste. slaw had nice texture but bland. Beans were basic tasty pulled pork was moist very good. Would come again when in the area but would not drive 1.5 hr just for the food. Very reasonable prices. read more

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Man this place was awesome!!! I really enjoyed seeing the planes along with the excellent food!! Will return there for sure with family and friends!! read more

Ya know you have to try the food when the airstrip is named "BQ1"! Amazing service with the friendliest staff around. We told them this was our first visit and they said the sampler plate was the way to go. Very nice way to try a bit of each BBQ meat. Being from the south and having experienced Texas BBQ, it has been a bit of a challenge to get onboard with North Carolina's BBQ style. We enjoyed our sampler plate and sweet tea hit the spot. The locals packed the place all afternoon and what a lovely way to enjoy your meal looking out across the airstrip. read more

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As a pilot, I love flying into this restaurant! The food is great, but make sure to double check your weight and balance before departing. Runway distance is a little scary :) read more

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Great BBQ! And service... this place is located at I the Car regional Airport airport, you're you can eat outside and watch airplanes Landing and taking off. read more

Nice people Nice spot The food however is mediocre at at best So many people love it I guess I just go on their off days

What a great experience. Food was awesome. Servers were amazing. We got in about 30 mins before closing and you wouldn't have guessed it. They treated us as well as they would have if we showed up in the middle of the day. Lots to choose from. Food was made on site, a lot of it (nacho chips, hush puppies, bbq sauce, etc). This place is well worth the stop. Any for entertainment you can watch the airplanes land and take off on the runway right in front of you. We will definitely be back the next time we are in Carthage, NC. If you want a down home good amount of food at a great price...check it out. I don't think you can be disappointed! read more

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Awesome food and very professional positive attitude of the staff. Impressive and we highly recommend this stop! read more

Pik N Pig - Pulled pork, brisket, bbq chicken, hush puppies, bbq beans, coleslaw, French fries, jalapeño butter - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

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Great food, great service and awesome atmosphere! Love watching the planes. Best barbecue this Texas native has found since moving here. Will definitely be back many times. read more

Food and service both are very good, wish they were open in the evening during the week or weekend.

Great food and a fun play to enjoy your meal. The planes taking off and landing were entertaining.

I've been 3 times. The first two times were amazing; best bbq I've ever had, and I'm a North Carolinian. The last time we got there later in the day and there were no bbq products left. Got the chicken and it was good but nothing special. Airport next to it is a unique feature that adds to the experience. I always will go to pick in pig whenever I am in the Carthage area. read more

Get there before they open because they are gonna be packed quickly. Very friendly staff and the Brisket is so good!

This place was recommended by a friend. I can only say, it did not disappoint! The brisket was amazing. I think I loved my hush puppies the most. The service was amazing and the facility clean. They offer brews, wine and more. Catering too They DO NOT take cards but have an ATM machine inside the foyer! This did not stop us from loving their delicious food! read more

Pik N Pig - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

Just great all around. The fact that there are private planes taking off and landing within maybe 50 yards is really cool. The food has always been great and the Cola Cake is a must try! After about a three year rebuild I can say that everything is better than before! read more

Unique, cool setting at McConnell airfield (4 stars). Wood smoked meats (pulled pork, beef brisket), with good smokey flavor, but a little dry and smallish portion size (3 stars). Good sides (chunky applesauce, red slaw, butter beans, fried okra, french fries) and good hush puppies (3 stars). Very friendly and hospitable service (5 stars). Cash only. Good spot if in the Carthage, NC area. read more

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A novel place to visit with friends and family. The staff is very accommodating and the view includes a small air strip with periodic airplane landings. The menu prices were fairly priced. My kids and I ordered the BBQ sundae. It was layered cole slaw, baked beans and bbq pork with a garnish of two hush puppies. AMAZING! This is more a western bbq taste but it is really good. The coca cola cake and banana pudding rocked! A cool place that is worth a visit! read more

Pik N Pig - BBQ Sundae....wow! - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

This rustic, rambling restaurant is right beside the small airport's grass runway. The exterior is indeed rustic, the interior homey, cluttered, funk, with lots of wood showing. Ceiling is low so the noise level is noticeable, tables are a little close together. They pit cook their pig here, and it comes out of the kitchen, more pulled than chopped, with a nice flavor of smoke - it is also tender, moist, and has very little sauce, if any. There are three sauces on the table - a house mild, a house hot, and Texas Pete. The house hot is a tomato based sauce with only a little heat, the mild is barely noticeable. This is very, very good barbecue, but it is not truly Eastern NC barbecue but close enough - it lacks a nice vinegar & pepper sauce twang, so it is more of a platform, than a great finished pig product. Here if you combine some of the house "hot" sauce with the Texas Pete you get a good effect. The hot dog is only so-so - although they do carve the wiener into a human shape, which is neat for a child, a little bewildering and disturbing on several levels for an adult. The pork chop sandwich is a piece of smoked loin, and the smokiness dominates the sandwich, wouldn't order it or the dog again. The fries were outstanding - hot, crisp, with enough oil to hold the salt. The slaw is white, slightly sweet, with some bits of carrot - doesn't do much for the chopped pork sandwich. The hush puppies are very good. The desserts are homemade - today it was Better Than Sex Cake and Coke Cola Cake. The Coke cake has both coke and chocolate, and is rich, and very good. The Better Than Sex Cake is also very good, but the name lies, a little - opinions will probably vary. Service was quick and efficient - drink glasses never got near empty, ask often if anything was need - these ladies are good, and a pleasure to be around. Time out of the kitchen was very good, especially when you consider how long it must have taken to carve the wiener into a human. read more

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We had high hopes but we found the food to be average - - - although the setting is really unique. The pulled pork was good as were the hush puppies and cole slaw. The pork chop was tender but really dry. The baked beans tasted like they came from a can with no special kick or any truly good flavor. French fries were OK. There is so much great BBQ in North Carolina but this one does not stack up against the competition. You have two BBQ sauces to choose from (spicy or sweet) and again they were just OK. Service was friendly and prompt although we got unsweetened tea when we asked for sweet tea. Watching the airplanes takeoff and land just a few yards from your table is super cool -but- we don't recommend that you come here for the BBQ. read more

Great food and great service. We always look forward to going there when we return to our second home on the East Coast. We tell everyone to try it out. The ambiance is perfect, too. We love sitting there near the tarmac. We stayed once at the RV park, too. I was able to work from the RV by connecting to their Wi-Fi. Thank you for reopening!! read more

Awsome service great home cookin The airport is super cool Worth it!! The cost is reasonable try tge green beans read more

Worth the drive! Fantastic service! From the moment you step through doors to when you pay you are greeted with smiles and friendly staff. The BBQ was yummy! The spicy vinegar bbq sauce is so good! We had the sampler platter, spicy chicken sandwich, BBQ pulled pork sandwich and fried pickles. Everything was great. The hush puppies however were perfection! read more

Pik N Pig - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

Off the beaten path, but if you're looking for something fun and different in a dining experience - this is it! Located next to an air strip, this tasty BBQ joint fits the bill! I saw this on NC Weekend last fall and have wanted to go ever since. It was a Saturday and the place was packed! They have a parking lot next to the restaurant & airstrip and we were lucky to get one of the last places. I'd recommend going during the week or right when they open if on the weekend. There's seating inside and ample picnic tables under a shelter outside for the real bird's eye view of the planes coming in and out to partake in this delicious food. They have a nice menu to choose from of BBQ and the like. The pulled pork platter is a generous portion of very moist pork. They have various sides to choose from and sauces on the table. The wait staff is seasoned and no nonsense when it's crowded, so mind your p's and q's! Overall this is a great place for a unique experience! read more

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Due to the Corona virus we were forced to eat take out. Fortunately we got to eat at their pavilion on site. Got the sampler for two which was smoked chicken, pulled pork, brisket, fries, hush puppies, and two sides which we got baked beans and coleslaw. Sweet tea and banana pudding added. This was an overall great meal and was part of our N.C. bbq trail tour. The brisket was very good and had great smoke. The pulled pork was excellent and the smoked chicken was super, it just fell off the bone. The sauces they make both sweet and spicy are perfectly paired with their smoked meats. Hush puppies were so light and tasty. The banana pudding was just so good, we knew we were at the right place for a bbq trail stop, outstanding! read more

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Atmosphere - A+ Food - D COVID precautions - F Beautiful drive from Raleigh, lots of fun watching the small planes take off and land. Calling the food mediocre is generous. The prices are very high relative to the portion size. The brisket had no smoke flavor and didn't taste as if it had been seasoned at all. It arrived at room temperature. The pork was dry and utterly tasteless. The smoked chicken absolutely tasted smoky and the dark meat wasn't bad. The white meat was so very dry that was genuinely difficult to swallow. Oddly, the chicken pieces come tightly wrapped in plastic. The sides are meh, generic slaw, baked beans, etc. The hush puppies are okay, not great. All that the jalapeño "butter" adds is grease. There are barely minimal COVID precautions. None of the staff is wearing masks or gloves. No customers are wearing masks and most are standing or sitting right on top of one another. Only a few seem to respect others trying to social distance. You order outside but have to go inside to pay and get the food. I would return for the views but I'd brown bag it and wait until the health situation is better. read more

From the smoked chicken, brisket and pulled pork, it was all great. Red slaw was crunchy, but good. Baked beans were okay. Hushpuppies were good, with jalapeño butter. If the beans and hushpuppies were better, I would have given this 5 stars. While we were there, 2 planes and a helicopter landed. Cool experience. read more

The food is great! We arrived early, as instructed, to make sure widest availability for menu items. We ordered and within a few minutes, our food arrived. The brisket and pulled pork was excellent and the sides were delicious. The ambiance is unique, all aviation-themed. It was a weekday and weather wasn't perfect; we only saw one plane land and taxi by. read more

Although not bad, the overall experience was tempered by active NC Coronavirus restaurant precautions and the required rigging to keep customers out of the dining room. But the pulled pork was actually super-tender, and the food, in general, was pretty good, but nothing like I remember the LAST time I attended a genuine 'pig-pickin' in North Carolina...roughly 36 years ago (literally in the Fort Bragg training area in the vicinity of Saint Mere Eglise DZ...and catered by Army cooks from the NC National Guard. Wow could those soldiers cook!) We were referred to this restaurant by a local Fayetteville resident and so we didn't mind making the hour drive from Fayetteville to this location. We found it situated on an older but semi-active airstrip (Gilliam - Mc Connell Airfield 'BQ1') with some monuments to local war heroes/pilots. Very cool. All the orders were taken out front by a lady that was prompt and efficient, and after ordering we sat down under the covered pavilion and waited...and swatted all manner of flying insects. Kinda' ruined the mood. But our names were called and we went and retrieved our food and paid for it inside...and brought it back out to the outdoor pavilion to eat. Again, the 'atmosphere' there was just not all that hospitable (flying nuisances, the heat/humidity...) and just detracted from (at least) me fully enjoying the event. The BBQ sauce was good but not what I was expecting. The three of us left full, but wanting more. Three Stars. read more

Service was amazing. Food was great, we had a little of everything for lunch brisket was tender, pulled pork was good and the smoked chicken was fantastic. It sits on an active airfield so if you are a private pilot pop in for a lunch or breakfast. Great location and well worth the trip. read more

In a small town, it can be hard to find good barbecue, but this place has fulfilled all of my barbecue needs. Although we had to wait a little while for our food when it came out, oh we savored it. Compliments to the chef. read more

One of a kind bbq joint and the best place I ate at during my trip to Pinehurst. Loved sitting on the patio watching the planes fly in.

I tried this place because so many people of Moore county recommended me to go here. Even though I'm not a big barbecue fan, this place is all right. I feel like I'm very biased though because it's hard to "wow me" with barbecue. The restaurant itself is very cozy and welcoming. Our server sat us by the window so we can see the airplanes take off. She also told us everything about the menu since it was our first time. We ended getting the sample platter. The barbecue was very moist and juicy. I think it could have been better if the sauces were better. They have a sweet and spicy sauce. The spicy wasn't too spicy and it was a vinegar base. The spicy was my go to, because I wanted that NC sour barbecue taste. I could've soaked everything in the sauce though, the vinegar taste wasn't that strong. Would I try this place again? Probably not. But don't let my opinion stop you from trying it. read more

If you grew up cooking bar-b-que like I did then you have a hard time finding it tasting like you remember. Actually, really good bar-b-que can eaten right off the hog without any sauce being added. Sunday we rode to Pik N Pig in Carthage to try what we had been told was very good bar-b-que. Great ride there on country backroads. When you ride up you notice there is a small air field next to the restaurant. Several planes parked there of different sizes. If you have children they will enjoy looking at them and the small memorial dedicated to some local pilots that flew in WWII, as well as a replica of a Mustang fighter. The food was just as good as we were told, and while it tasted great without sauce, they do have 2 of their own that you can add if so desired. I have the 2 meat combo with pulled pork and brisket, and they were both excellent, juicy, tender and a nice smoky taste. I was a little disappointed in the baked beans but once I added some of their sauce they were fine. Besides, I was there fornthe bar-b-que, not the fixins. They have a decent beer selection from the local brewery but because on bikes didn't get to sample. Pricing was reasonable and the servings are plentiful. They have plenty of space for outside seating and it was fun watching planes land and have the passengers come eat. Overall, a great place to go eat and pass the time read more

Pik N Pig - Part of the memorial. - Barbeque Near Me - Carthage, North Carolina

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