ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) -- It is just before 11:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning and the line at Mama Jean's Barbecue on Brandon Avenue, SW in Roanoke is already snaking out into the parking lot.

"It's the best in town, that's why we stand in this line," said one woman who cued up early.

The folks at Southern Living Magazine have taken "best in town" a step further by rating Mama Jean's one of the best barbecue restaurants in the South. In fact, in the magazine's most recent ranking of the Top 50 Barbecue Joints in the South, Mama Jean's cracked the Top Ten, ranking number nine.

That is ninth out of hundreds if not thousands of barbecue places in the southern United States. No other barbecue restaurant ranked higher.

"We're really happy to be on the list; it's a dream come true," said Mama Jean

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