Background
His father taught him how to barbecue, and Myron named his Barbecue company after him, calling it Jack"s Old S.
His father taught him how to barbecue, and Myron named his Barbecue company after him, calling it Jack"s Old S.
Myron started in competitive barbecue in 1996 at a competition in Atlanta, Georgia. He was runner up in 2004, missing out on first place by 0.1 points, and has come first in the whole hog competition there on three occasions. Myron debuted on TLC"s reality television show Barbecue Pitmasters in its inaugural series as a contestant.
Originally, it was a show that followed a number of Barbecue chefs to several different Barbecue competitions.
Series two brought a change in format, with it becoming a competition-game show, and Mixon serving one of the three judges alongside Art Smith and Warren Sapp. Series three saw the series move to the Destination America cable tv channel and a slight change in the format of the gameshow element.
Mixon was the only judge who remained on the show, being joined by fellow Barbecue chefs Aaron Franklin and Tuffy Stone. He signed a cookbook deal in 2010 with publishers Ballantine Books.
lieutenant was published in 2011, with Paula Deen providing the foreword.
In May 2012, he appeared on National Broadcasting Company"s The Today Show in a Barbecue cookoff against Pat Martin of Tennessee restaurant Martin"s Bar-B-Quebec. Myron cooked a brisket recipe while Martin cooked "red neck tacos.".
He is a three-time barbecue World Champion and appears as a judge on Destination America reality television show Barbecue Pitmasters. Due to the number of accolades he has achieved during his Barbecue career, he has the nickname of "the winningest man in barbecue." He won first place in whole hog and third place in the pork shoulder competition. During the course of his career, Myron has won more than 180 Barbecue grand championships and 1,700 Barbecue trophies. He has been named Grand Champion at the Memphis in May World Championship on three occasions: in 2001, 2004, and 2007. Myron is a multi-time Big Pig Jig Grand Champion, having won it most recently in 2012, his third victory in a row. He has so far failed to win the Jack Daniel"s Barbecue World Invitational, which he has described as the most prestigious competition in the Barbecue circuit. His achievements have earned him the nickname "the winningest man in barbecue.".
