Top 40 Meat Influencers in 2026

1. Gustavo Tosta

Bio Buy my BOOK!
Guga: Breaking the Barbecue Rules🔥 Instagram Handle @gugafoods Instagram Followers 1.6M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 829 Meat Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Max Greb

Bio Max lives in Boston and loves taking food to the next level! His passion for meat started through cooking for friends and BBQing on the weekends. *****@maxthemeatguy.com Instagram Handle @maxthemeatguy Instagram Followers 2.4M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Matt Pittman

Bio Live fire cook
@yeti @traegergrills @turtleboxaudio @buffalotracedistillery @dallascowboys
BBQ seasoning, apparel & instruction ⤵️ *****@meatchurch.com Instagram Handle @meatchurch Instagram Followers 984.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UCPjk.. + Follow Get Email Contact

4. Malcom Reed

Bio Pitmaster and Kentucky Colonel
🔥 HowToBBQRight
🔥 Killer Hogs BBQ *****@howtobbqright.com Instagram Handle @howtobbqright Instagram Followers 773.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Seth Perkins

Bio ~Ohio~
The Bearded Butchers 🇺🇸
Private Pilot-Cessna 172
YouTuber 3.6M/1 B+ views
Co-Founder of @thebeardedbutchers
Co-Owner at @whitefeather_meats Instagram Handle @seth__perkins Instagram Followers 1.4M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Patrick LaFrieda

Bio Butcher, CEO - Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors
Proud Veteran & Father
Author of MEAT: Everything You Need to Know & Glorious Beef 🥩 *****@lafrieda.com Instagram Handle @patlafrieda Instagram Followers 122.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Jess Pryles

Bio Founder @hardcorecarnivore. 🎓 Meat Science grad. Live fire cook, author, TV host with an Australian accent.
📍Austin, TX. *****@jesspryles.com Instagram Handle @jesspryles Instagram Followers 355.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Jeremy Yoder

Bio Barbecuer 🔥 Former School Teacher 🔬
Teaching the science behind cooking meat with fire
YouTube 770K ⬇️ *****@madscientistbbq.com Instagram Handle @madscientistbbq Instagram Followers 97.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Jeff Phillips

Bio I am a self-proclaimed Fire Poker, Pitmaster, and Smoke Whisperer. Free smoker recipes, product reviews & how-to information at Smoking-Meat.com. *****@smoking-meat.com Instagram Handle @smoking_meat Instagram Followers 25.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male smoking-meat.com + Follow Get Email Contact

10. Peter Hannan

Bio Meat Merchant...decent cook…bad photographer.
All our own meat.
Northern Ireland. *****@hannanmeats.com Instagram Handle @meatpeter Instagram Followers 133.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Brian Sanders

Bio 🥇 Top ranked Nutrition podcast PEAK HUMAN
🦬 Owner of @eatnosetotail and @sapiencenter
👉 Creating the world’s most important docuseries
🎬 Preorder👇 *****@foodies.org Instagram Handle @food.lies Instagram Followers 425.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male peak-human.com + Follow Get Email Contact

12. Bella

Bio 🥩7 YR Carnivore 🎹Juilliard Grad
🥩 I only eat meat, dairy, eggs
🥩 Easy Zero-Carb Recipes
↓ Join the 90-Day Challenge ↓
💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @steakandbuttergal Instagram Followers 610.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Kelly W. Hogan

Bio 💯 Carnivore since 2009.🥩 Down 125 pounds.
EAT THE MEAT. SAVE THE HUMANS.
👇🏼COACHING GROUPS, clothing, & links: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kelly_hogan91 Instagram Followers 141.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Brian Michael Johnson

Bio THE NAME NEVER MATTERED. 12 PRIMAL PULSES... QA-OS V1.618 *****@liverking.com Better Known As Liver KingInstagram Handle @liverking Instagram Followers 2.8M Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Brandon Petrasso

Bio 🇨🇦 Toronto 🥩 Mastering the art of Steak👇🏻
🔪 I’m not a Chef…I love to Cook & Eat🫃🏻
🥵 Hardcore Amateur POV Food Porn 💦
💬 DM for Collabs & Inquiries 📨 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beefbaecon Instagram Followers 297.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Jim Moore

Bio Sunday Times Bestselling Author
📕How to BBQ Everything
👉Food • Travel • BBQ
🎯1.2M TikTok | 235K FB
Management: *****@talenteverywhere.com Instagram Handle @onlyslaggin Instagram Followers 271.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Mark Bacus

Bio #bacusbbq
Griller | Foodie | Parent
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bacusbbq Instagram Followers 207.9K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Cloe

Bio 🤍For His Glory
🥩Grass fed/finished Beef & Chicken
📦 Delivered to your door
ORDER MEAT & GET FREE SHIPPING ⬇️ *****@parkerpastures.com Instagram Handle @parkerpasturesgrassfed Instagram Followers 121.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Stefanos Koukas

Bio 🔥Creative Flame Kissed Food Only!
🇺🇸🇬🇧BBQ Recipes in the Greek Outdoors!🇬🇷
🔪Private Chef & BBQ Partymaker! DM for Bookings *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @viewsncues Instagram Followers 31.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Chris

Bio 🔥 Simple bbq recipes
🔥 Follow if you love BBQ *****@smokedmeatsunday.com Instagram Handle @smokedmeatsunday Instagram Followers 26.7K Type Micro Gender Male smokedmeatsunday.com + Follow Get Email Contact

21. Sebastian Linke

Bio 🔥 BBQ | GRILL
🇩🇪 Berlin *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @meat.influencer Instagram Followers 212.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Kyle Casper

Bio 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞
‣ 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 - 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯
𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢, 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 🌴
𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗕𝗤 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵 ↴ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sweettuskbbq Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Rory Young

Bio 🔥 Mastering Barbecue one cook at a time.
🔥 Sharing my success at cooking great food.
🔥 DM for Collaboration.
👿 Jealous Devil Charcoal 👿 *****@californiagrillin.com Instagram Handle @socalpizzaandbbq Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Lee Horsley Frost

Bio SPECIALIST BUTCHERS SINCE 1890.
SUPPLYING AMAZING BRITISH DRY AGED MEAT, GAME, POULTRY, DRY CURED BACON & SAUSAGES.
THE BUTCHERY, MARTON CHESHIRE. Instagram Handle @frostybutcher Instagram Followers 2.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Miguel Raya

Bio 🔥recipes ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cooking_with_fire___ Instagram Followers 3.6M Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Jack Mancuso

Bio NOT a chef. Just a dude in his backyard 🫡
🔥 Founder: @cusos ALL NATURAL SEASONINGS
🤌🏽 Founder: @cusoscreamery @locallegendsmp
🥩 10 Mil+ Total Subs *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chefcuso Instagram Followers 1.7M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Ryan Carter

Bio Cheers foo 🤙 OC, California *****@ryanmichaelcarter.com Instagram Handle @ryanmichaelcarter Instagram Followers 535.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. Brandon Gouveia

Bio reimagining recipes you already love
los angeles, ca
📨:*****@gb-dm.com
Notes From The Kitchen Counter on substack Instagram Handle @brandongouveia Instagram Followers 454.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Ronny Joseph Lvovski

Bio Author of The Primal Gourmet Cookbook
I make food for the internet
Mostly healthy, whole food, gluten-free
& the occasional indulgence for balance 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @primal_gourmet Instagram Followers 2.1M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male cookprimalgourmet.com/recipe.. + Follow Get Email Contact

30. Bodean Hammett

Bio Head chef @alfonsosdeli
Food. Fire. Fermentation.
📩 *****@mycomeupmedia.com 📩 Instagram Handle @theleglesslamb Instagram Followers 16.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Danny Kingston

Bio Freelancing in digital marketing, content production and events for food and drink industry (and some other bits). Still hates cold toast. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @foodurchin Instagram Followers 2.9K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Ashley Gibson

Bio 📺 ATK Next Gen Season 2
🦬 Howard Grad (The Hilltop)
🤘🏽 HTX Based
👩🏽‍🏫 Culinary Arts Teacher/Private Chef
📩 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @hilltophtx Instagram Followers 27.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Ercan Narinc

Bio Ercan Steakhouse, vazgeçilmez lezzetler sunan dünyanın en büyük et restoranıdır. *****@ercansteak.com Instagram Handle @ercansteakhouse Instagram Followers 4.7M Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. John Wood

Bio 30+ years of regenerative agriculture led by 5th generation farmer John Wood. Shipping grass‑fed and pastured meats nationwide. #longlivethesoil *****@grasslandbeef.com Instagram Handle @uswellnessmeats Instagram Followers 51.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male discover.grasslandbeef.com + Follow Get Email Contact

35. Harvey Beef

Bio Feeding families premium quality WA beef for over 100 years.
🍴 Tag @harveybeefwa #HarveyBeef to be featured. *****@harvestroad.com Instagram Handle @harveybeefwa Instagram Followers 23.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male harveybeef.com.au/get-inspir.. + Follow Get Email Contact

36. D'Arcy Iseke

Bio It's all about the meat! St. Albert and South Edmonton Locations. Retail / Wholesale
#butcher #stalbert #alberta #yegfood #yegmeat #stalbertfood #yeg *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @darcysmeats Instagram Followers 5.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female darcysmeats.ca/blogs/blog + Follow Get Email Contact