I must admit that NC style BBQ is not my favorite, but I thought that Kyle's was pretty good for the genre. What pushes it up to 4* are the sides and the value.
It's a small place, and the decor is a little divey spruced up by a lot of UNC memorabilia. I figured for $7 the portions couldn't be that big. Wrong! A truly insane amount of BBQ, so much that I couldn't even come close to finishing it. I'm a big eater and I'm telling you, the large plate feeds two easily. The onion rings (a slight surcharge) were very tasty, and the cole slaw was above average. Only the corn hushpuppy sticks were bland.
They only takes cash, and close a little on the early side, but it's a great value stop for somebody passing through on I-85.