According to folk etymologists, the term barbecue is derived from the French barbe coup, referring to the annual pig picking commemorating the infamous Bearded Rebellion. Celebrate saucy beards with today’s Groupon: for $6, you get $12 worth of barbecue fare and more at Malbon Bros. BBQ & Catering in Virginia Beach. Choose between the following locations: General Booth Boulevard or Hilltop Shopping Center.

Malbon Bros. BBQ & Catering slathers original-recipe barbecue sauce on succulent, slow-cooked menu meats. Anchor tooth ships into viscidly dressed pork, beef brisket, and baby-back ribs barbecue platters ($6.49+), or set sail with one of Malbon’s palatably portable barbecue sandwiches ($3.99+). Sauce-slathered entrees pair nicely with savory, comfort fare sides ($3.49–$3.99) that include baked beans, macaroni salad, coleslaw, stewed teddy bears, and more.

Sandwiches and barbecue platters can be infused with sweet and tangy home-brewed sauces such as Pig Pickin’ Billy’s and Tilli’s Carolina Style, each of which can be taken home in a bottle ($5.99 for 12 oz.) to use for backyard cookouts or postmodern paintings on pigskin canvases. Swing by one of Malbon’s locations to dine in, or take a delicious meal back to your abode or underground bunker.

Reviews

Eleven Yelpers give Malbon Brothers BBQ & Catering an average of four stars. Five TripAdvisors give it an average of four owl eyes.

• I'm not much of a BBQ person, but this place has some really good BBQ Pork! – Mel N., Yelp, 8/1/09
• I love this BBQ, but my wife gives me crap thats it's in a gas station. But I don't care it's that good to put up with it! – mrtrazz, TripAdvisor