Is There Such a Thing as Georgia Barbecue?

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Georgia’s pitmasters consider what makes their state’s smoked meat traditions unique

In the U.S., barbecue is generally associated with states that sit farther south. Much like distinctive regional music, fashion, and colloquialisms spoken in Southern accents, barbecue is a method of communication, letting locals tell visitors and new neighbors what’s possible around here, and how folks like it done.

in the city’s Candler Park neighborhood. But to find what could be considered true Georgia barbecue, Fox says, people need to venture outside of Atlanta.Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q [Official Photo] “My version of it would be a cross between Augusta and Waynesboro [Georgia,] what we have around here,” says Sapp. “I grew up here, and my dad’s from Waynesboro. To be honest with you, the flavors I have [at Southern Soul] were all to make a 7-year-old like it. If the kids like it, the parents will go.”in Carrollton says he discovered the existence of Georgia barbecue through his customers. “You have your staples. We serve brisket, I do pork belly, chopped chicken... a wide variety of things.

Raised in Dunwoody, just north of Atlanta, Coggin believes Georgians also tend to have a pretty high threshold for smoke on their barbecue. Through early customer feedback, he learned that when D.B.A. first opened, a decade ago, people thought his barbecue wasn’t smoky enough. Coggin chalks it up to how barbecue is traditionally prepared in smaller smokehouses.

 

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My experience in north Georgia during the 80s & 90s was sweet & smoky, though not as sweet as Memphis. I’m pretty sure it was nothing but pork even though we were in chicken farm country.

My late father would like to have a word

Yes.

Have you met Bryan Furman from bscracklinbbq 💯💯💯

Yes, a pretty lousy tradition compared to NC and SC.

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