Rodney Scott (pitmaster)

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Rodney Scott in Charleston, SC

Rodney Scott (born November 1, 1971) is an American chef and whole hog barbecue pitmaster from Hemingway, South Carolina. In 2018 Scott was named Best Chef: Southeast by the James Beard Foundation, only the second pitmaster to win a James Beard chef award.

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Early life

Scott was born on November 1, 1971 in Philadelphia to Roosevelt and Ella Scott. [1] [2] He is an only child. [1] In 1972 the family relocated to the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, where the family ran several businesses including a gas station, a variety store, a farm, and a barbecue restaurant. [1] [3] At around eleven, Scott first started barbecuing at his parents' business, Scott's Variety Store and Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, South Carolina, where at first the family would smoke a whole hog each week, expanding as demand increased until they were smoking seven or eight hogs a day. [1] [4] At 17 he was working for the family business full time. [5] [3]

Career

In 2009 the family business was profiled by Southern food historian John T. Edge. [1] [5] [6] In 2011, Scott took over the family barbecuing business. [1] A sometime customer, Nick Pihakis, told him he was undercharging for his food. [5] In 2016, he and his father quarreled and he left the family business to partner with Pihakis. [3] [5]

Scott opened Rodney Scott's BBQ in Charleston in 2017 and in Birmingham in 2019. [1] [4] As of March, 2021, a third location was set to open in Atlanta. [3] A fourth location opened in December 2021 in Alabama.

Recognition

In 2018 Scott was named Best Chef:Southeast by the James Beard Foundation, only the second pitmaster to win a James Beard chef award. [7] [8] He was featured on Chef's Table: BBQ in 2020. [4] [7] The Washington Post called him a barbecue celebrity. [1] In 2020 he was nominated to the Barbecue Hall of Fame. [9] Texas Monthly called him "a whole hog legend". [10] Daniel Vaughn of Texas Monthly wrote that Scott was "an undeniable master of the pit". [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Carman, Tim (16 July 2018). "How a small-town pitmaster turned a dying cuisine into the stuff of celebrity". Washington Post .
  2. ↑ Karmel, Elizabeth. "How To Flip A Pig: Stories And Recipes From Legendary Pitmaster Rodney Scott". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "How Rodney Scott Learned To Cook – And Went For It, Whole Hog". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. 1 2 3 Itson, Patience (2020-08-31). "Catch Rodney Scott in Netflix series Chef's Table on September 2". Bham Now. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Carlton, Bob (2020-07-03). "The story of Rodney and Nick, brothers in barbecue". al. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  6. ↑ Raskin, Hanna (19 April 2017). "Review: Rodney Scott's BBQ in downtown Charleston lets the good times, good food roll". Post and Courier . Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  7. 1 2 Gordinier, Jeff (2020-11-10). "Woodsmoke and the Woosah: Barbecue Pitmaster Rodney Scott's Lessons on Patience and Adversity". Esquire. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  8. ↑ Kaler, Tracy. "20 Minutes With: Chef and Pitmaster Rodney Scott". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  9. ↑ "Chef Rodney Scott named BBQ Hall of Fame semifinalist". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  10. ↑ Vaughn, Daniel (2017-06-19). "Rodney Scott Ain't Scared". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  11. ↑ Vaughn, Daniel (June 19, 2017). "Rodney Scott Ain't Scared". Texas Monthly .
  12. ↑ Scott, Rodney; Elie, Lolis Eric (2021-03-16). Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN   978-1-9848-2693-0.
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