Richard Bockman, center, checks a batch of oysters being fire roasted during
Saturday’s Beaufort Oyster Festival at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, while
festival sponsor Mike Sutton, right, of Sutton Construction Co., and Vonnie Griffin,
left, look on. Sutton and his crew roasted oysters the old fashioned way – on a
sheet of steel over an open fire. Sutton’s oysters were provided by Maggioni Oyster
Company. Photo by Bob Sofaly.