Cabin Creek BBQ Co. (Nicholson, GA)

199 Memorial Drive
Nicholson, GA 30565
706-757-2267

We made a little day trip recently to Cabin Creek BBQ Company in Nicholson, GA. If you don't know where Nicholson, GA is, that's ok...neither did we. It's in the middle of nowhere just north of Athens (which is also in the middle of nowhere). If you make this day trip, make sure it's on a Friday or Saturday because otherwise you'll leave empty handed. Cabin Creek opens its doors Friday and Saturday only.

When I pulled up, I parked right outside their screened in smokehouse. There were a couple Ole Hickory smokers inside from the best I could tell. There was also a stick burner in the back that wasn't getting any use at the moment. The dining room was less than half full. I counted fifteen people, most glued to the silent TV which was playing some insignificant Division 2 college football game. Jamie and I placed our order of St. Louis style spare ribs, brisket, pulled pork, coleslaw, mac 'n cheese, baked beans, and Brunswick stew.

We tried both the mild and hot BBQ sauces while we waited for our meal. Both were sweet and tangy with flavors of ketchup, vinegar, and cayenne pepper. I'd consider it "Memphis Style" if you needed to put a label on it. There wasn't a strong difference between the mild and hot sauce that we could tell. We waited about five minutes before our BBQ platter showed up. Initially, the food looked fantastic.

Upcoming GBH Stops...

Here's a list of some of the stops we've got our eyes set on in the near future:

Old Clinton's Barbecue House (Gray, GA)

Two Brothers Bar-B-Que (Ball Ground, GA)

Rick's Smokin' Pig Bar-B-Que (Gainesville, GA)

Fresh Air Barbecue (Bogart, GA)

Rolling Bones BBQ (Atlanta, GA)

Hambones BBQ (Hapeville, GA)

Briar Patch BBQ (Hiram, GA)

Big D's BBQ (Cumming, GA)

Ms. Betty's House of Ribs (Atlanta, GA)

Rib Ranch (Marietta, GA)

J.R.'s Loghouse (Norcross, GA)