Rodney Scott is out with the first cookbook by a Black pitmaster, Rodney Scott's World of BBQ. On "Salon Talks," the James Beard Award-winning chef talks about how he was basically born into the bbq business and why he decided to come out with a cookbook now.

Watch the full episode above to hear Scott's expansion plans for his restaurants and what it's been like for him during the pandemic.

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