What's Your Favorite Thing to Throw on the Summertime Grill

Voices

Rebecca McKinney

Executive director for SCOOL, academic program director for Sustainable Agriculture at Greenville Tech

Fillets from Carolina Grass Fed Beef. If you have a really good steak, you don’t have to slather it with anything. And people are always surprised when I say so: “Oh my God, I thought she was a vegetarian.”

Mike Gault

Owner/farmer, Gentry Farms

I just love smoking ribs. Let me tell you something, I carry them all over town and give them to people, whether they like ‘em or not. That’s what I do during the blueberry season, throw something on the smoker during u-pick and then I carry supper home.

Rebekah Fedrowitz

Executive Director at Greenville Organic Foods Organization

We like to experiment in my house. In summer, we throw everything on the grill. My favorite thing is when jalapeños are in season. The smokiness from the grill mellows out that bitter heat.

Heidi and Joe Trull

Chef/owners Grits and Grocery

Heidi: We just cooked a whole pig that we raised. In the last week of life, we feed them nothing but cake.

Joe: You’d be surprised how much a pig likes country ham.

Stephen Nix

South Carolina Food Systems Coordinator, CSFA, and Owner/Farmer, Simeon Farms

Late summer, when the tomatoes are rounding up, I toast some baguettes on the grill and top them with mozzarella and basil and chopped tomatoes for homemade bruschetta. Gives it a little smoky flavor.

Mindy Friddle

Gardener and novelist

Wild caught salmon, marinated in orange juice, lime, lemon and garlic.