When Taylor Tobin, general manager at Arthur Bryant’s Barbecue, found out his longtime pitmaster, Wayne Garrett, was in hospice, he felt a pit in his stomach. Garrett was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer last April, but remained on the company payroll until January.
“We owe him a lot,” Tobin said. “We did what we could for him to help ease the pain, what he’s going through as much as possible.”
Garrett, who had been Arthur Bryant’s pitmaster for nearly three decades, passed away Feb. 23. His absence has been palpable in the kitchen since…