| Team Name | Head Cook | City | State |
| Larry's Flaming Pits | John Hale | Cartersville | GA |
| The Auctioneers | Drew Dixon | Marietta | GA |
| The Twisted Pig | Dan Burns | Acworth | GA |
| Lone Star Bar-B-Que | Franklin Dowell | Cartersville | GA |
| Pig Pokers | Jim Miller | Douglasville | GA |
| Southland Engineering | Kevin Cooney | Cartersville | GA |
| Round the Back BBQ | Kevin Laughlin | Alpharetta | GA |
| 4 Fat Guys and a Smoker | Robert Holt | Adairsville | GA |
| Chilled White Swine | Ronnie Womack | Alpharetta | GA |
| GD BBQ! | Greg Welch | Atlanta | GA |
| Hurley's Gourmet | Hurley Brown Jr. | Jonesboro | GA |
| Cayenne Dan's Southern Barbecue | Dan Kelly | Cartersville | GA |
| Big Lemuel's Down South Smokin BBQ | Brett Gregory | Cartersville | GA |
| The L.A.W.'s of Barbeque | Alisha Wilbert | Cartersville | GA |
| Smokin Sergeants | Larry Bowley | Cartersville | GA |
| Shields Road Smokers | Adam Shields | Summerville | GA |
| Grillin Magic | David Schackett | Decatur | GA |
| Ab's & Curly's Que Barbecue | Wayne Abernathy | Acworth | GA |
| Pit Bulls Up In Smoke | Danny Coogle | Kennesaw | GA |
| Grillin Gaspassers | Mike Gerardy | Cartersville | GA |
| Backside Barbecue | Rich Nagel | Cartersville | GA |
| Smokin' Hot Butts and Racks | Chris Kahlan | Taylorsville | GA |
| The Swine's Behind | Mike Parks | Dallas | GA |
| Curly Tails | Anthony Sutton | Dallas | GA |
| Barbecue Buccaneers | Jeff Rhodes | Taylorsville | GA |
| Smoky Adams BBQ | Derek Adams | Summerville | GA |
| Beer Duty BBQ | Rob Holley | Marietta | GA |
| Bomb Diggity BBQ | Brian Janssen | Waleska | GA |
| 1st Due Barbecue | Raymond Voght | Sandy Springs | GA |
| Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse | Johnny Mitchell | Euharlee | GA |
| Belle's BBQ Hounds | Terry Voots | Columbus | GA |
| Swine Tyme | Brian Dabbs | Cartersville | GA |
| Steel Kookin | Randy Isbell | Cartersville | GA |
| Smokin J's BBQ | Jeff Rittman | Acworth | GA |
| High Voltage BBQ | Ronny Poston | Cassville | GA |
| Crescent Bank | Brad Rutledge | Cartersville | GA |
| Bad Boys BBQ | Scott Pelino | Marietta | GA |
| Chef Frankie B | Frank Biscardi | Cartersville | GA |
| Sun Trust | J Norris | Cartersville | GA |
| Century Bank Q Crew | Donna McKissick | Cartersville | GA |