There’s a reason that this New Baden barbecue joint won SLM’s Best BBQ bracket last June: Pitmaster David Stidham’s competition-winning ’cue is worth the half-hour drive down I-64—or to Mount Vernon, where he recently opened A Fine Swine BBQ & Pizza.
A Fine Swine
423 W Hanover, New Baden, Illinois 62265

Photography by Kevin A. Roberts