This is almost certainly false. The name Cracker Barrel was coined to evoke a down home folksy general store feel by the creator. Cracker barrels were iconic fixtures in general stores in the early 20th century due to barrels being how soda crackers were often shipped at the time. They were of a proper height to be leaned upon during conversation, place a drink on, or play a game of checkers on, as you can still do at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. General stores at the time were often a place for socializing and gathering gossip if one lived on a farm and did not interact with the world at large much.

Just to head it off at the pass, the term 'Cracker' used in the pejorative sense, comes not from the cracking of whips, but from the boastful disposition of the inhabitants of the American South in the early 18th century. Crackers were ones who spoke with great jest, and 'cracked' many jokes, often inflating tall tales for listeners. The most famous and clear citation from a letter written by the Earl of Dartmouth: "I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode." From the term cracker comes that of the Florida Cracker, a non-pejorative which indicates ones family is Florida old-blood, and also the brand of a very delicious beer here in our great state.