{"id":359329,"date":"2026-07-31T00:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/jimmys-smoke-house-continues-the-lexington-barbecue-tradition-in-welcome\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:53:32","slug":"jimmys-smoke-house-continues-the-lexington-barbecue-tradition-in-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=359329","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy\u2019s Smoke House continues the Lexington barbecue tradition in Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Name<\/strong>: Jimmy\u2019s Smoke House
Date<\/strong>: 5\/14\/26
Address:<\/strong>\u00a06043 Old U.S. Hwy 52, Lexington, NC 27295
Order<\/strong>: Chopped barbecue tray with fries, BBQ slaw, and baked beans with Cheerwine (link to menu<\/a>)
Pricing<\/strong>: $<\/p>\n

The building on Old US Highway 52 in Welcome, NC has gone through a bunch of changes in the past 3 years. After operating as Rick\u2019s Smokehouse for about 7 years, that restaurant closed and Cafe 71 Smokehouse took its place in late 2022. While each operated under different ownership, I was impressed by the quality of both wood-smoked barbecue places in the Lexington tradition.<\/p>\n

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Cafe 71 abruptly closed before I published my review, so rather than focusing on the positive aspects of the barbecue, I attempted to read the tea leaves as to what went wrong<\/a>. However, it did emerge that new owners Candy Martin and James Sink, Jr. were going to take the restaurant space over and operate as Jimmy\u2019s Smoke House with the longtime cook from both Rick\u2019s and Cafe 71 in the kitchen, Glenn \u201cSpeedy\u201d Holbrook (yet another Lexington-area \u201cSpeedy\u201d after Speedy\u2019s Barbecue and Speedy Lohr\u2019s). Three years later, I finally checked it out.<\/p>\n

Martin and Sink named the restaurant for Sink\u2019s father and opened the business in spring of 2023 and kept the same ethos when it came to the barbecue \u2013 wood smoked Lexington-style \u2013 as well as much of the same menu. One positive change she did make was moving to freshly made burgers instead of frozen patties, though I did not try it this time.<\/p>\n

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On this day, I was talked into the chopped barbecue tray. Speaking of which, they have also made the change to aluminum trays very much in the spirit of Texas barbecue. I\u2019m on the fence as to whether this aesthetic decision is a positive change but it in no way impacts the quality of the food.<\/p>\n

As for the barbecue itself, I did not enjoy it as much as I recalled enjoying the chopped pork at Rick\u2019s and Cafe 71. The wood smoke pits were firing away at lunch time but for me the pork just didn\u2019t have it on this day even after combining it with the slaw on a bun to create a sandwich with some dashes of Texas Pete thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n

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Through some miscommunication between myself and the waitress, I got a bun on the side instead of hush puppies. I didn\u2019t feel like waiting for an order of hush puppies but I\u2019ve read that they switched to donut-shaped hush puppies instead of oblong. Next time. The sides I did get were standard issue crinkle cut fries, a BBQ slaw with a shade of deep red, and baked beans. Perhaps I was bummed because I didn\u2019t get my order right but all were, let\u2019s say, fine.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say Jimmy\u2019s Smoke House is not worth trying. It\u2019s a family-owned business that by all accounts is doing things the proper way a restaurant should and thus should be supported by the community since we shouldn\u2019t take these places for granted. I\u2019m certainly willing to try them again the next time I find myself between Winston-Salem and Lexington.<\/p>\n

Ratings:
<\/strong>Atmosphere \u2013 4 hogs
Pork \u2013 3.5 hogs
Sides \u2013 3.5 hogs
Overall \u2013 3.5 hogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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