1. Clear an area of level ground of any combustible leaves or sticks. Lay out a two-layer base of blocks as shown. Build a fire inside the pit. After the coals have burned down, divide them into ...

I was skeptical when I learned Rodney Scott was opening a restaurant in downtown Nashville. It's no surprise that the accomplished pitmaster would want to expand his growing barbecue empire to ...

Sam Jones has become a Carolina barbecue legend by carrying on his family’s tradition of cooking whole hogs. “The way I look at it, I’m the fourth generation of my family that’s been doing this right ...

In the immortal words of Hank Williams Jr.: “We cooked the pig in the ground, got some beer on ice, and all my rowdy friends are comin' over tonight.” Sounds like a party that’s just waiting for ...

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-Que, ...

Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ is growing fast, with five locations in four states and three more planned. The restaurant smokes a minimum of 15-18 hogs per week, and each takes up to 14 hours to reach ...

The St. Paul Lutheran Men's Club will serve all-you-can-eat grilled whole hog pork sausage from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 19 at 223 W. Adams St., Jackson. Children under 6 eat for free. Improved ...