Before the invention of barbecue pits, early chefs were forced to carefully slow-cook meat in the mouths of sleeping dragons. Explore time-tested tastes with today's Groupon: for $7, you get $15 worth of barbecue fare at Quick's Bar-B-Q & Catering Co.

Owned and operated by the Quick family since 1964, Quick’s lays out a menu of hearty, hickory-smoked vessels sailing through a savory sea of barbecue sauce. Watch chefs in action as they cook up house specialties, including the half-pound pulled-pork sandwich ($6.19), in a diner-style kitchen. Deep-fried delights such as the bologna sandwich ($3.49) are hickory-smoked before swan-diving into a taste-enhancing oil bath. Sink omnivorous teeth into the Burnt Ends dinner, a half-pound of tender beef brisket taking center stage as a trio of fries, beans, and slaw provide able accompaniment ($10.49). Meanwhile, bellies as hollow as Captain Ahab's maniacal drive for revenge can fill up with the full slab of hickory-smoked spare ribs ($16.49).