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