A Community Contest & Content Channel

The best of the Carolinas.
Chosen by the Carolinas.

Every month we crown one of the very best things about North and South Carolina: a business, a person, a place, a product. You nominate. You vote. We film the winner and tell their story.

How it works

Three steps to a crown.

Carolinas Best is powered by the people who actually live here. No paid placements, no pay-to-win. Just the Carolinas telling on their favorites.

1.

Nominate

Know a barbecue joint worth a two-hour drive? A coach who changed your kid's life? A product made here that should be famous? Put their name in.

2.

Vote

Each round, the top nominees go head to head. Your email is your ballot: one vote per email, and you can change it any time before the round closes.

3.

We crown them

The winner gets the title, the feature, and the film. We show up, shoot their story, and put it in front of the whole community.

Round One · Voting Open · Closes July 31

Best BBQ Joint in the Carolinas.

We opened with the fight the Carolinas were born to have. Whole hog or shoulder, vinegar or red slaw, East or West, NC or SC. Six institutions, one crown. Pick yours, then lock it in with your email.

Lock in your vote.

Select a nominee above.

One vote per email. Voting again changes your vote. Your email also gets you the results, the winner's film, and first word on the next round. Unsubscribe anytime. Privacy Policy

Open nominations

Who should the Carolinas know about?

Nominations feed the next rounds: Best Hometown Business, Best Teacher or Coach, Best Made-in-the-Carolinas Product, and whatever you talk us into. If enough of you name the same one, they're on the ballot.

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The ground rules.

One email, one vote

Your email is your ballot. Vote again and it replaces your last one. Round closes at midnight on the posted date.

Nobody can buy it

No sponsored winners, no paid placement on the ballot. Nominees make it on volume of community nominations alone.

Winners get filmed

Every champion gets a produced feature telling their story, published on our channels for the whole community.

Brought to you by neighbors

Carolinas Best is run by Carolinas Best Roofing & Construction, a Greensboro family company. This is our love letter to home.