Ever since I can remember, we’ve spent our family Thanksgivings at my uncle’s farm in rural South Carolina. It’s one of my favorite holidays, marked with whole-hog barbecue cooked all night ...

As such, from the start, we’ve eaten our Thanksgiving meal on paper plates—the big, sturdy ones that leave plenty of room for two kinds of turkey, barbecue, and all the fixin’s.

Ever since I can remember, we’ve spent our family Thanksgivings at my uncle’s farm in rural South Carolina. It’s one of my favorite holidays, marked with whole-hog barbecue cooked all night ...