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Palmetto Boil vintage food truck serving steaming boiled peanuts under palmetto trees at a South Carolina Lowcountry festival at golden hour
Lowcountry, South Carolina

Fresh Boiled Peanuts, done right.

A little food truck, one big pot, and six hours of slow-simmered Lowcountry tradition. Served hot in a brown paper bag — the way it's been done since forever.

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How it's made

Three steps. Six hours. One perfect scoop.

The whole point of a boiled peanut is patience. We're not in a hurry.

Raw in-shell Carolina peanuts pouring from a burlap sack into a pot of cold water
Step 01

Soak

Fresh green peanuts, straight from Carolina fields, get an overnight bath in cold spring water.

A pot of boiled peanuts simmering in salty Cajun brine with steam rising
Step 02

Simmer

Six hours in a rolling salt brine with our house spice — no shortcuts, no pressure cookers.

A ladle lifting hot seasoned boiled peanuts over the pot, paper bag waiting behind
Step 03

Season

Scooped hot, tossed in the flavor you picked, and bagged before the steam ever settles.

The board

Eight flavors. Bag or bucket. That's it.

Every order is fresh from the pot. Choose your heat, pick your size, grab a stack of napkins.

Most loved

Classic Cajun

The house standard. Cayenne, garlic, celery salt, slow-simmered for six hours.

$6bag·$14bucket

Garlic Butter

Roasted garlic and sweet cream butter melted into every shell. Dangerously good.

$6bag·$14bucket

Old Bay

The Chesapeake goes south. Bright, briny, and paprika-warm.

$6bag·$14bucket
Fire

Spicy Cajun

Two ghosts of habanero and a whisper of smoke. Bring a napkin.

$6bag·$14bucket

Southern Dill

Fresh dill, mustard seed, cracked pepper. Tastes like a summer porch.

$6bag·$14bucket

Sweet & Salty

Brown sugar cane syrup and sea salt. Grandma's back-porch secret.

$6bag·$14bucket

Plain Green

Just fresh green peanuts, sea salt, and time. The original.

$6bag·$14bucket
New

Country Ham

Smoked country ham hocks simmered right in the pot. Salty, savory, unmistakably Southern.

$6bag·$14bucket
On the side

A little extra Southern

  • Fried Okra$5
  • Sweet Tea (24oz)$3
  • Pickled Okra Jar$8
  • Cane Syrup Cookies$4
Word of mouth

Folks keep coming back for a bag.

4.9 average from 180+ festival reviews
“We had Palmetto Boil at our oyster roast in Awendaw and folks lined up twice. The Old Bay batch was gone in an hour.”
Dana Rivers
Wedding in Awendaw, SC
“Best boiled peanuts I've had since my granddad's back porch in Walterboro. That country ham flavor is the real deal.”
Marcus Bell
Soda City Market regular
“Booked them for a 200-person company cookout. Showed up early, served fast, cleaned up spotless. Zero stress.”
Priya Nathan
Corporate event, Columbia
Where to find us

On the road, all summer long.

Chasing festivals, farmers' markets, and the good kind of trouble across the Palmetto State.

  • JUL 12
    Charleston
    Marion Square Night Market
    5 – 10 pm
  • JUL 19
    Myrtle Beach
    Broadway at the Beach
    4 – 11 pm
  • JUL 26
    Beaufort
    Waterfront Park Festival
    3 – 9 pm
  • AUG 02
    Columbia
    Soda City Market
    9 am – 2 pm
  • AUG 09
    Greenville
    Fall for Greenville Preview
    5 – 10 pm
  • AUG 16
    Hilton Head
    Shelter Cove Harbour
    6 – 10 pm

Follow @palmettoboil for pop-up drops and rain-day updates.

Y'all planning something?

Bring the boil to your backyard.

Weddings, oyster roasts, corporate cookouts, festivals — we haul the pot, you enjoy the party. Quotes take 30 seconds.

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