Myron Mixon

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Myron Mixon
Born (1962-05-30) May 30, 1962
Vienna, Georgia
Cooking style Barbecue
Spouse Faye Mixon
Official website
www.jacksoldsouth.com

Myron Mixon, (born May 30, 1962), is an American celebrity chef and competitor on the competitive barbecue circuit. He is a three time barbecue World Champion, and appears as a judge on Destination America reality television show BBQ Pitmasters. Due to the number of accolades he has achieved during his BBQ career, he has the nickname of the "winningest man in barbecue".


Career

Myron started in competitive barbecue in 1996 at a competition in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] He won first place in whole hog and third place in the pork shoulder competition.[2] He originally only took up competitive BBQ in order to promote his family's BBQ sauce which had been created by his parents, Gaye and Jack.[3] His father had taught him how to barbecue, and Myron named his BBQ company after him, calling it Jack's Old South.[1]

During the course of his career, Myron has won more than 180 BBQ grand championships,[4] and 1,700 BBQ trophies.[2] He has been named Grand Champion at the Memphis in May World Championship on three occasions, in 2001, 2004, and 2007.[2] Myron is a multi-time Big Pig Jig Grand Champion, having won it most recently in 2012 his third in a row [5][6] He has so far failed to win the Jack Daniel's BBQ World Invitational, which he has described as the most prestigious competition in the BBQ circuit.[7] He was runner up in 2004, missing out on first place by 0.1 points,[8] and has come first in the whole hog competition there on three occasions.[2] Due to his achievements, he has been nicknamed the "winningest man in barbecue".[9]

Myron debuted on TLC's reality television show BBQ Pitmasters in its inaugural series as a contestant. It originally was a show which followed a number of BBQ chefs to several different BBQ competitions. Series two brought a change in format, with it becoming a competition-game show, and Mixon as one of the three judges alongside Art Smith and Warren Sapp. Series three saw the series moved to the Destination America cable tv channel and a slight change in the format of the gameshow element. Mixon was the only judge to stay on the show, being joined by fellow BBQ chefs Aaron Franklin and Tuffy Stone.[9][10]

He signed a cookbook deal in 2010 with publishers Ballantine Books.[3] It was published in 2011, with Paula Deen providing the foreword.[11] In May 2012 he has appeared on NBC's The Today Show in a BBQ cookoff against Pat Martin of Tennessee restaurant Martin's Bar-B-Que. Myron cooked a brisket recipe while Martin cooked "red neck tacos".[12]

Published works

  • Smokin' with Myron Mixon - Myron Mixon, Alexander, Kelly (May 10, 2011) 192 pages New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780345528537
  • Everyday Barbecue: At Home with America's Favorite Pitmaster - Myron Mixon, Alexander, Kelly (May 7, 2013) 320 pages

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mosthof, Mariella (June 8, 2012). "BBQ Guru Myron Mixon On Why ‘Barbecue Is The Backbone Of America’". The Brasier. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Myron Mixon". Destination America. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boog, Jason (October 26, 2010). "Myron Mixon Cooks Up BBQ Book Deal". Galleycat. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Melissa Cookston Wins BBQ Pitmasters' Best Show Ever". Huffington Post. June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  5. ↑ http://www.bigpigjig.com/THE-RESULTS-ARE-IN.html
  6. ↑ "Jack's Old South Awards". Jack's Old South. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Unadilla Man Sets Off For International BBQ Competition". 41 WMGT. October 20, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Hendrix, Steve (April 1, 2007). "The Grill and the Glory". Washington Post. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shahin, Jim (May 29, 2012). "New ‘BBQ Pitmasters’ may smoke previous seasons". Washington Post. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  10. ↑ Shahin, Jim (June 5, 2012). "‘BBQ Pitmasters’ judges bring out the knives". Washington Post. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Smokin' with Myron Mixon". Random House. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 
  12. ↑ "BBQ Cook-Off: Try ‘red neck tacos,’ smoked beef brisket". Today Food. May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012. 

External links

Nick Palomba's Review of JOS Cook School

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