Olson combines his North Carolina-style barbecue roots with Wang’s Chinese flavors and techniques, resulting in dishes like scallion-ginger kielbasa and shrimp toast sliders.
Last summer, the pair launched King BBQ as a roving pop-up with their chef de cuisine, Brandon Olson. In 2019, they opened a food truck that would eventually become Jackrabbit Filly, a family-style Chinese American restaurant in North Charleston. Wang was born in Beijing, grew up in Queens, and moved to Charleston with his partner Corrie in 2014. Shuai Wang hopes King BBQ will transport diners to New York’s Chinatowns, where roasted and glazed meats hang like ornaments in store windows.