Poogan’s Porch is a longstanding tradition in the Holy City. The Queen St. restaurant has historically been one of those “must visit” dining locations you simply have to consider when visiting Charleston. Recently, Poogan’s branched out and opened a sister restaurant on nearby East Bay Street. Poogan’s Smokehouse entered Charleston‘s now burgeoning BBQ scene late in 2015 […]
Rodney Scott, from humble Hemingway, is widely accepted as South Carolina’s premier pitmaster on the strength of his whole hog, vinegar-pepper based BBQ. The simple truth: there is none better than Scott’s BBQ. With news that Scott is opening a new restaurant in Charleston (to be called Rodney Scott’s Bar-B-Que), the issue not whether the BBQ will be […]
Join Nick Pihakis and John Haire of Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q for a South Carolina Barbecue Tent Revival. Rodney Scott of Scott’s Bar-B-Cue in Hemingway, South Carolina has become one of the most acclaimed pitmasters in America. Ricky Scott of Scott Family Farm and Barbecue, 20 miles away in Kinsgtree, cooks whole hogs over […]
Who makes the best barbecue in South Carolina? Well, they say there is wisdom in the masses. That philosophy is what backs the crowdsourced restaurant review sites such as Urbanspoon and Yelp. The logic goes that if 90% of those who respond report liking the restaurant, it must be worth trying, right? Well, by that logic, […]
Charleston Hogs is South Carolina barbecue at its best: exceptional bar-b-q for an exceptional cause. On Oct. 4, rain or shine, Charleston will host a fundraiser for pediatric brain cancer at The Grove at Patriot’s Point. This is an extension of the Hogs for a Cause, a fundraising festival that began in New Orleans, LA, six […]
Ran across this documentary on Rodney Scott of Scott’s BBQ in Hemingway, SC, when doing some research online on Cooper’s Country Store in nearby Salters, SC. Really great feature by Joe York of University of Mississippi’s Media and Documentary Projects, which I stumbled across on the Southern Foodways Alliance website. Really does a great job of showing not only Scott’s […]
June 8, 2012 There is something simply sublime about perfectly cooked barbecue. Today, Heather, Camden, and I enjoyed just that at Scott’s BBQ in Hemingway, SC. The three of us, with Dixie, the family mutt, in tow, headed up to Hemingway, SC. As I mentioned in a previous post, this would be the first stop […]
