Current Nominee List

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 indicate that have already been selected for induction in to the Georgia Barbecue Hall of Fame, with year.

(Updated 1/10/24)

Big Green Egg

Big Pig Jig

Randall  Bowman

Bennett Brown (LowCountry Barbecue – Atlanta)

Bubba Grills

Sheriff John W. Callaway (2024)

Tina Cannon

Char-Broil Grills

Doug Fincher (Fincher’s BBQ – Macon)

Four 41 South BBQ (Canton)

Fresh Air BBQ (Jackson)

GBA Founders (Loraine Khoury, William Khoury, Alex Khoury, & Chelle Brennan) (2024)

Greg Hoyt

Sam  Huff

Ben  Lang

Lang BBQ Smokers

Scotty Lawson

Clifford Wiley McCrary, Jr (Wiley’s Championship BBQ – Savannah)

Walter “Stump” McDowell

Danny Meadows (2024)

Myron Mixon (2024)

Old Clinton BBQ (Gray)

Robert  Parker

Henry Pettus

Phelps Family (National BBQ News) (2024)

Raymond Poore

Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal (2024)

A.K. Saville

Larry Sconyers (Sconyers BBQ – Augusta)

Lonnie  Smith

Sprayberry’s BBQ (Newnan)

Stump Smokers

Tony Thurston

Kevin Ward