Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ
Barbecue restaurant · The District ·
James Beard Award-winning whole hog BBQ, Carolina style
James Beard Award-winning whole hog BBQ, Carolina style
"Built on the pitmaster’s family tradition of whole-hog cooking, this restaurant specializes in whole hog smoked over oak coals—a Carolina staple whose pulled meat is the standout. The menu also offers individual cuts like shoulder, ribs, brisket, and chicken, all executed at a high level, but it’s the whole hog pork that’s often singled out as worth a detour." - Greg Baker
"A James Beard Award–winning whole-hog barbecue restaurant celebrated for its traditional lowcountry barbecue approach and considered a must-visit for barbecue enthusiasts." - Trudy Haywood Saunders Trudy Haywood Saunders Trudy Haywood Saunders is a writer and editor based in North Carolina. Her work has been featured in Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Our State, Okra, and more. A lifelong Southerner, Trudy draws her writing inspiration from personal experiences and love for the region, focusing on culture, food, and travel in the South and beyond. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"The fifth floor and rooftop restaurant (the uppermost level is perched atop the bar’s six-story building) at Chief’s pulls from Eric Church’s Carolina roots, with a menu from lauded pitmaster Rodney Scott on offer. Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog Barbecue at Chief’s offers brunch, lunch, and dinner service, as well as a walk-up order window that operates in the morning and at night. Find dishes like pig skin nachos spiked with Alabama white sauce, sandwiches loaded with meats like prime brisket or pulled chicken, and the pitmaser’s signature whole hog plate." - Eater Staff
"This new barbecue restaurant from James Beard Award–winning pitmaster Rodney Scott is slated to open in downtown Nashville on Friday, April 5, inside Chief’s at 200 Broadway. It leans on Scott’s South Carolina upbringing and Carolina-influenced techniques, with a menu that includes pork skin nachos topped with pulled pork, white sauce, and serrano peppers; smoked chicken wings; catfish served with hushpuppies; and a Carolina whole hog mopped with Scott’s vinegar pepper sauce, plus desserts such as banana pudding and apple and chocolate hand pies. Backed by the Pihakis Restaurant Group and Scott—who grew up around his family’s lauded whole-hog barbecue restaurant in Hemingway, South Carolina and was named Best Chef Southeast by the James Beard Foundation in 2018—the concept carries over his family’s slow-cooking, hot-coals method and places pit-cooked meats at the center. The venue will occupy the top two floors of Chief’s overlooking Broadway, include a rooftop “Hell of a Q” with a special late-night menu (11 p.m.–2:30 a.m. rooftop only), and offer a ground-floor walk-up window serving breakfast through dinner starting at 8 a.m.; regular hours will be 10:30 a.m.–11 p.m. daily with Saturday and Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m." - Jackie Gutierrez-Jones
"Perched on the rooftop of Chief’s at 200 Broadway, Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ will bring the Charleston-based, whole-hog barbecue operation to Nashville as its fifth location. I note Rodney Scott won the 2018 James Beard Award for Best Chef, Southeast, and that his established joint serves whole hog barbecue along with smoky brisket, pulled chicken, and wings; prior expansions included a second location in Birmingham in 2019 and a third in Atlanta in summer 2021." - Delia Jo Ramsey
