Myron Mixon
Myron Mixon is a Georgia pitmaster, BBQ Pitmasters personality and cookbook author who shares competition barbecue techniques through videos and hands-on cooking classes.
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Known for
Overview
- Home base
- Unadilla, Georgia
- Work
- Pitmaster, cookbook author, television personality and barbecue teacher
- Team
- Chief cook of Jack’s Old South
- Competition start
- 1996, Augusta, Georgia
- TV breakout
- BBQ Pitmasters, which began in 2009
- Beyond the pit
- Mayor of Unadilla
Mini bio
Learning at home.
Myron grew up helping his father, Jack, at the family barbecue business in Georgia. In his Food & Travel interview, he recalled starting with errands at nine, then learning to cook and manage the pit as he got older.
The first contest.
After his father died in 1996, he entered a competition in Augusta to help promote his parents’ Jack’s Old South sauce. First places in whole hog and pork ribs, plus third in pork shoulder, gave him a reason to keep competing.
From contests to television.
As chief cook of Jack’s Old South, he built a career on the competition circuit. The team won Memphis in May grand championships in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2016 and 2021. BBQ Pitmasters brought his work to television audiences, where he became a familiar judge.
Sharing the craft.
His first cookbook, Smokin’ with Myron Mixon, became a New York Times bestseller. He followed it with more books, including BBQ Rules, BBQ&A and Keto BBQ, while teaching hands-on classes in Unadilla and sharing recipes online.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2021Keto BBQAuthor
- 2019BBQ&A with Myron MixonAuthor
- 2016Myron Mixon’s BBQ RulesAuthor
- 2013Everyday BarbecueAuthor
- 2011Smokin’ with Myron MixonAuthor
Television
- 2009–2015BBQ PitmastersSelf and judge
Awards
Quotes
The key is execution and being consistentMyron Mixon, Food & Travel Magazine
In his April 2026 interview, he explained what matters when cooking for judges, restaurant guests, family or friends.
Trivia
- He began teaching barbecue classes in 2005.
- He is also the mayor of his home base, Unadilla, Georgia.
- His dog is named Roxie, whom he mentioned when announcing his Beggin’ partnership.
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