R odney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ has become a South Carolina institution, a testament to its founder's journey from a small-town pitmaster to a nationally recognized, James Beard Award-winning chef ...

Rodney Scott knows barbecue. He's been perfecting his whole hog South Carolina barbecue since he was 11 years old while working at his family’s barbecue stop in Hemingway, SC.

Zach Parker was a few weeks shy of his twenty-second birthday, in 2013, when his father, Ricky Parker, passed away. Ricky was a legendary whole-hog pitmaster and the owner of B. E. Scott’s Bar-B ...

Editor’s note: Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ has removed the meat smokers from the rooftop kitchen because it was not permitted for rooftop barbecuing. The restaurant remains open inside Chief ...

He was willing to teach me what it looks like to cook whole hog barbecue ― a lot of patience and tolerating when smoke gets in your eyes. When I arrived on the roof at 5:55 a.m., ...