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• Cut/Chop/Cook Watch this film
by Joe York. CUT/CHOP/COOK profiles Rodney Scott of Scott's Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, South Carolina. Says Scott, "We only cook with wood and I'm so sure that we only cook with wood because we go out and chop it ourselves." Monday through Wednesday, you'll find Scott doing just that, cutting down trees and chopping wood, and Thursday through Saturday he burns that wood down into coals that he uses to cook a half-dozen whole hogs every night.

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Each year, the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), creator of the Southern BBQ Trail, produces several films in concert with the University of Mississippi's Media & Documentary Projects Center. The SFA is committed to documenting the region’s barbecue culture and creates a new film to premier at the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party annually. Those films are collected here.

In addition to our work that documents Southern barbecue, we produce a wide range of short films, about everything from goat cheese to fried pies, oysters to buttermilk. View our entire catalog of films on the Southern Foodways Alliance website.

The SFA’s Potlikker Film Festivals allow us to take these films on the road.  Look for screenings (and potlikker shots) in your area soon.

SFA BBQ FILMS

• Cut/Chop/Cook Watch this film
by Joe York. CUT/CHOP/COOK profiles Rodney Scott of Scott's Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, South Carolina. Says Scott, "We only cook with wood and I'm so sure that we only cook with wood because we go out and chop it ourselves." Monday through Wednesday, you'll find Scott doing just that, cutting down trees and chopping wood, and Thursday through Saturday he burns that wood down into coals that he uses to cook a half-dozen whole hogs every night.

• Whole Hog Watch this film
by Joe York, an examination of barbecue culture in west-central Tennessee. At the core of the story is whole hog stalwart Ricky Parker, pitmaster at B.E. Scott’s Bar-B-Que in Lexington, Tennessee.

• Capitol Q Watch this film
by Joe York. Travel to North Carolina's Skylight Inn, once declared the capital of 'cue by National Geographic. A capital dome atop the building will confirm you're at the right location. The Jones family cooks whole hog barbecue in open pits over oak, and then chops it--skin and all--on a wood chopping block.

• Mutton: The Movie Watch this film
by Joe York and Matthew Graves.  Go on a journey to the northwestern corner of Kentucky (Owensboro, to be exact), where descendants of the Welsh who settled the banks of the Ohio River don’t count sheep; they barbecue them.

• Something Better Than Barbecue Watch this film
by Joe York.  A look at Chuck Ferrell of Chuck’s Bar-B-Q in Opelika, Alabama.  Ferrell is a born again Christian who uses his heavenly barbecue as a tool for conversion.  He keeps a stock of personalized religious tracts by the register, but wields a barbecue pitchfork for a living.

• Dial S for Sausage Watch this film
by Joe York. A short profile of Southside Market in Elgin, Texas, produced for the annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, sponsored by the Union Square Hospitality Group.

• BBGBBQ Watch this film
by Joe York. A short profile of Big Bob Gibson's Barbecue in Decatur, Alabama, produced for the annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, sponsored by Union Square Hospitality Group.