Below is a listing of people, organizations, groups, businesses, restaurants and other entities that have been nominated for consideration by the Georgia Barbecue Hall of Fame. This list will be updated periodically as additional nominations are received. There is no need to re-nominate anyone already on this list.
* Names in gold have already been selected for induction in to the Georgia Barbecue Hall of Fame, with year.
(Updated October 1, 2024)
Atlanta Grill Company
Big Green Egg
Big Pig Jig
Blue Hound Barbeque (Dillard)
Randall Bowman
Bennett Brown (LowCountry Barbecue – Atlanta)
Bubba Grills
Sheriff John W. Callaway (2024)
Tina Cannon
Char-Broil Grills
Gary Cross
Doug Fincher (Fincher’s BBQ – Macon)
Four 41 South BBQ (Canton)
Fox Brothers Bar-B-Q (Atlanta)
Fresh Air BBQ (Jackson)
GBA Founders (Loraine Khoury, William Kourey, Alex Khoury, Chelle Brennan) (2024)
Thomas Henry
Sam Huff
Rhonda Lamb
Lanes BBQ Sauces & Rubs
Ben Lang
Lang BBQ Smokers
William “Bubba” Latimer (Bub-Ba-Q )
Scotty Lawson
Clifford Wiley McCrary, Jr (Wiley’s Championship BBQ – Savannah)
Walter “Stump” McDowell
Tony McGee
Danny Meadows (2024)
Myron Mixon (2024)
Old Clinton BBQ (Gray)
Robert Parker
Henry Pettus
Phelps Family (National BBQ News) (2024)
Raymond Poore
Recteq
Ed Reilly
Rescue Smokers
Robby Royal (2024)
Harrison Sapp
A.K. Saville
Larry Sconyers (Sconyers BBQ – Augusta)
Lonnie Smith
Southern Soul Barbeque (St. Simons)
Sprayberry’s BBQ (Newnan)
Stump Smokers
Tony Thurston
Kevin Ward
Robert Wardlaw (Wardlaw’s Lucky Eye Q – LaFayette)
Carl Williams
Williamson Brothers BBQ