The Ladders Hilary Sheinbaum February 10, 2020
Rodney Scott, Pitmaster at Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ in Charleston, SC, and Birmingham, AL
“Ever since I was a teenager, my morning routine was to finish up the smoking process — that took all night — and make sure the pigs at my family’s restaurant, Scott’s BBQ in Hemingway, SC, we’re ready to be served. Now that I live in Charleston and have my own restaurant, I still do a lot of that but also have a talented staff that helps me do the work. Now my mornings typically start with me catching the morning news and taking a long walk around the small lake that is in my neighborhood. Not only does the exercise help me limber up for a day of work at the restaurant and the traveling that I do for the company, but it helps me really focus. Even though I love music and have it playing in my truck and in the restaurant constantly, I walk with no music — only me and nature and the sounds of the neighborhood. It helps me collect myself and prepare for the world. Some mornings I drive my son to school, and then I like to eat breakfast at Big Bad Breakfast before heading to my restaurant to work the rest of the day.”
