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 ...

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 rooftop venue, known as "Hell of a Q," is the crowning jewel of Chief's on Broadway, country music star Eric Church's 20,000-square-foot behemoth bar in downtown Nashville.

The smoke has a way of sticking with you. It seeps into your eyes, it permeates your pores, it clings to your hair, even after three washes. Tyler Ashton, the COO of Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ since ...