SmokeSlam to pause in 2026, could combine with MIM for 2027
Team If You Know You Know wins the Ribs Division at SmokeSlam in Tom Lee Park on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
SmokeSlam, the barbecue festival hosted annually at Tom Lee Park, announced on Jan. 13 that it will not host a competition in 2026.
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Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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