Monk: From the Sean Brock-hosted season of “The Mind of a Chef” that aired in 2013 (with narration from the late Anthony Bourdain), this has always been one of my favorite episodes from that series. The premise is simple enough: Sean Brock is throwing a party on Wadmalaw Island in South Carolina and invites his chef friends to help. In watching the below video, I think it’s fairly evident that I would’ve given anything to have been invited to this party back in 2013 when it was filmed.

First, for the whole hog he gives a little bit of background on the Ossabaw heritage breed of pig that he is going to roast. Originally brought to Ossabaw Island in Georgia in the 1500’s, they are descendants of Iberian pigs in Spain. A local farmer named Celeste Albers is helping to bring them back from the edge of extinction, and you get a little bit of her backstory.

Then, with the help of friend Rodney Scott, Brock preps the pig for smoking, and we get a little bit of the well-known backstory of Rodney. The smoking rig that day was a bit of a redneck-engineered La Caja China roasting box.

Then, Brock brings in James Beard Award-winning Chef Steven Satterfield of Atlanta to make Savannah red rice, a dish that is over 300 years old and which Satterfield calls the “paella of the southeast of the low country.”

Before the party can start, a rainstorm blows through but Brock and Scott are not deterred. They don a raincoat and flip the pig so it can be mopped with Scott’s signature sauce.

Next, Charleston chef Mike Lata comes in to cook frogmore stew, a staple of the low country. And before you know it, the party guests have arrived in their rain gear and are ready for the party to start.

The spread is an embarrassment of riches with all of the amazing food including the Rodney Scott whole hog and despite the weather conditions, looks like a good time was had by all.

Description: Chef Sean Brock invites friends to a BBQ outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Pitmaster Rodney Scott roasts a whole hog, Chef Steven Satterfield makes Savannah Red Rice, and Chef Mike Lata prepares Frogmore Stew. [Originally aired 2013]