Nick Pihakis-Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, AL / Donald Link-Link Restaurant Group, New Orleans, LA / Drew Robinson—Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, AL / John T. Edge—Southern Foodways Alliance, Oxford, MS / Stephen Stryjewski— Link Restaurant Group, New Orleans, LA / Ryan Prewitt— Link Restaurant Group, New Orleans, LA / Rodney Scott—Scott’s Bar-B-Que, Hemingway, SC / Patrick Martin—Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint, Nolensville, TN / Nicholas Pihakis—Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, AL
Sam Jones—Skylight Inn, Ayden, NC / Sean Brock—McCrady’s and Husk, Charleston, SC / Will Harris—White Oak Pastures, Bluffton, GA / Wright Thompson—ESPN, Oxford, MS / John Currence—City Grocery Restaurant Group, Oxford, MS / Jess Edge—Oxford Middle School, Oxford, MS / Rob McDaniel—SpringHouse, Lake Martin, AL / Ashley Christensen—Ashley Christensen Restaurants, Raleigh, NC / Kenny Callaghan—Blue Smoke, New York, NY / Caleb Zigas—La Cocina, San Francisco, CA
