Although Nelson Head looks at home on horseback and once sold real estate in the Washington area, his calling — as a true Southern gentleman — is to cook barbecue.

That’s just what he does, as those who drive the Interstate 95 South corridor know. At the Woodbridge exit, keep an eye out for the highway sign for Dixie Bones, because Head is the chief honcho behind this all-out, all-Southern eatery famed for its smoky ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket, not to mention its decadent Southern pecan pie.