Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ

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Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ
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Restaurant information
Owner(s)Rodney Scott and Nick Pihakis
Head chefRodney Scott
Food type Barbecue
Street address1011 King Street
City Charleston, South Carolina
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 32°48′03″N79°57′00″W / 32.8007°N 79.9500°W / 32.8007; -79.9500 Coordinates: 32°48′03″N79°57′00″W / 32.8007°N 79.9500°W / 32.8007; -79.9500
Seating capacity<128
Website Official website

Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. Specializing in pulled pork barbecue and owned by Rodney Scott and Nick Pihakis, it opened in February 2017.

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Description

The restaurant is in Charleston, South Carolina, and can seat close to 128 diners. [1] Drive-through and delivery are also available. [2] [3] It specializes in pulled pork barbecue slow-smoked with hardwood charcoal and served with a spicy vinegar sauce. [1] [4] Scott uses MSG, which he calls a "flavor maker", in his spice rub. [5] Other dishes on the menu include fried catfish, [1] a rib eye steak sandwich, spare ribs, and banana pudding. [1] [6]

History

Rodney Scott was raised in the hamlet of Nesmith, South Carolina. His parents, Roosevelt and Ella, were hog farmers who opened the Hemingway-based Scott's Variety Store and Bar-B-Q in around 1972. [1] Having assumed full ownership of Scott's Bar-B-Q in 2011, Scott partnered with restaurateur Nick Pihakis to expand the family business. Their joint venture, Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ, opened in February 2017. [1] The restaurant's premises previously belonged to fried chicken restaurant Chick’s Fry House. [7] Scott and the restaurant were featured in the third episode of the Netflix food documentary series Chef's Table BBQ (2020). [8] Following the release of the Chef's Table episode, the restaurant "set sales records three days in a row", with queues lasting for up to an hour. [2]

Reception

In May 2018, Scott was named "Best Chef Southeast" at the James Beard Foundation Awards. [9] In May 2020, he was nominated as a semi-finalist for the Barbecue Hall of Fame. [10] Maria Yagoda of Food and Wine listed the restaurant as one of the "40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years". [11] Daniel Vaughn of Texas Monthly wrote that Scott was "an undeniable master of the pit". [12] Writing for food website Eater, Bill Addison praised the "uniquely wonderful spirit" of the restaurant, but suggested that the quality of the barbecue was inconsistent. [13] Allston McCrady of Charleston Magazine described the restaurant's rib eye sandwich as "better than any Philly cheesesteak I’ve ever tasted". [14] Hanna Raskin of the Post and Courier wrote that the food at Rodney Scott's BBQ was a "shade less satisfying" than that of the family restaurant in Hemingway. [15]

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  2. 1 2 Raskin, Hanna (September 8, 2020). "Rodney Scott's BBQ in downtown Charleston sets sales record following 'Chef's Table' release". Post and Courier .
  3. ↑ Gallimore, Sydney (May 27, 2020). "The Best BBQ Joints in Charleston Right Now". Thrillist.
  4. ↑ Yagoda, Maria (May 16, 2018). "Rodney Scott BBQ to Open First Out-of-State Location in Birmingham, AL". Food and Wine .
  5. ↑ Vaughn, Daniel (August 20, 2020). "BBQ News Roundup: 'Chef's Table' Features Tootsie Tomanetz". Texas Monthly .
  6. ↑ "Menu". Rodney Scott's BBQ. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ Portman, Jed (August 30, 2016). "Exclusive: Rodney Scott on His New Charleston Barbecue Joint". Garden and Gun .; Carlton, Bob (July 3, 2020). "The story of Rodney and Nick, brothers in barbecue". AL.com.
  8. ↑ Oyer, Kalyn (August 18, 2020). "Charleston BBQ pitmaster Rodney Scott featured in Netflix show 'Chef's Table'". Post and Courier .; Carman, Tim (August 31, 2020). "'Chef's Table' tackles the smoky spectrum of barbecue in its latest mouthwatering season". The Washington Post .
  9. ↑ Purvis, Kathleen (May 10, 2018). "One of the South's simplest foods got one of the biggest food awards". Charlotte Observer .
  10. ↑ "Chef Rodney Scott named BBQ Hall of Fame semifinalist". Birmingham Business Journal. May 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ Yagoda, Maria (August 20, 2018). "The 40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years". Food and Wine .
  12. ↑ Vaughn, Daniel (June 19, 2017). "Rodney Scott Ain't Scared". Texas Monthly .
  13. ↑ Addison, Bill (June 29, 2017). "Charleston Is America's Vital New Barbecue Destination". Eater.
  14. ↑ McCrady, Allston (June 2017). "The Review: Rodney Scott's BBQ". Charleston Magazine.
  15. ↑ Raskin, Hanna (April 19, 2017). "Review: Rodney Scott's BBQ in downtown Charleston lets the good times, good food roll". Post and Courier .
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