Every Saturday is barbecue day at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. with lunch being served from 11 to 1:30. During the summer hot dogs and often desserts are available.
The museum and meals are sponsored by the Guinea Heritage Association which took over the responsibility for operation in 2016. The funds received from lunch sales keep the lights, water, sewage and everything else operating.
Grilling is normally done on Friday twice a month. Enough is chopped and frozen until the next grilling. However, when sales are great, such as it has been recently, grilling is done week after week.
According to Ginny Snowden, a prominent member of the GHA, “Guinea Heritage would probably never have begun its efforts with BBQ without William Ellis Hicks, “Bill,” as our grill master. His skills are well known in the community.”
Bill, a retired deputy from the York County Sheriff’s Office, is a Guinea resident “all my life.” He shares his cooking knowledge and tale...