Party team? Competition team? Sweet Cheeks does it all at SmokeSlam
Marshall Bartlett mans the grill at the Sweet Cheeks tent during opening day of SmokeSlam at Tom Lee Park May 16, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“We didn’t want to split up,” Sweet Cheeks team captain Alex Boggs said. “Winning is great. That’s not what this week is about. This week is about cutting out from work for a little bit, hanging out with some of your best friends in the world.”
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Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis.
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