Barbecuing is a distinctly American art form, much like listening to jazz music and feigning an understanding of jazz music. Celebrate patriotic cuisine with today’s Groupon to Honey Bear’s BBQ, valid at the locations on Van Buren Street and Central Avenue in Phoenix and Priest Drive in Tempe. Choose between the following options:

• For $10, you get $20 worth of anything on the menu.
• For $35, you get one family meal (up to a $73.89 value). Click here for an overview of the menu.
  
  

Since opening its doors in 1986, Honey Bear’s BBQ has been raking in superlatives for its Tennessee-style fare, including the recently awarded title of Best BBQ Sauce by the Phoenix New Times. The barbecue joint is the brainchild of childhood friends and business partners Gary Clark and Mark Smith, whose secret family recipes, sauces, and spices have been passed down for more than 50 years through word of mouth and padlocked spice racks. Cooked over an open flame, Honey Bear’s pork ribs and whole chickens are rubbed with spices as heat sears golden-brown skin atop tender meat imbued with signature Tennessee flavors. Meals are trimmed with sides such as potato salad and cowbro beans, a house specialty overflowing with peppers, hot links, and the wreckage of capsized spoons.