Pitmaster IndexRoosevelt Scott
Patriarch, Scott's Bar-B-Que (Hemingway)
Roosevelt Scott
Scott's Bar-B-Que50+ years activeHemingway, SC
Signature:Whole hog cooked over live oak, vinegar-pepper sauce, cracklins
Roosevelt Scott was the patriarch of the Scott BBQ tradition — the man who founded Scott's Bar-B-Que in Hemingway in 1972 and raised Rodney Scott on the pits. Roosevelt learned the whole-hog tradition from generations of Pee Dee pitmasters, cooking whole hogs over live oak on open pits. Roosevelt died in 2010; the whole-hog craft he built became the foundation of what his son Rodney later brought to a national audience.
Technique
Open-pit whole-hog cooking over live oak coals, tended by hand for 12+ hours. No thermometers — Roosevelt reads the fire by feel and sound.
Influences
Pee Dee whole-hog traditionFamily tradition (multi-generational)Gullah-Geechee foodways