FOOD+Fire
A walk-around tasting event at Sloss Furnaces celebrating the barbecue community, live-fire cooking, and Southern tailgate culture. The event will feature top regional and national pitmasters and acclaimed chefs putting an open-fire spin on signature bites and tailgate classics. The cornerstone event of the Birmingham Food + Culture Fest, it will also feature a Southern Living demo stage, a music stage with popular bands, local and regional breweries, and screens to watch live SEC football.
Included in your ticket:
Unlimited tasting bites from 30+ chefs and pitmasters
Unlimited tasting-sized pours from 10+ breweries and 6+ wines in the Hop City Craft Beer + Wine Garden *some specialty pours limited to one per person
Access to all live music performances and cooking demos
**There will also be a cash bar on-site for additional alcohol purchases
FEATURING UNLIMITED BITES AND BREWS FROM
10+ LOCAL AND REGIONAL BREWERIES
30+ CHEFS + PITMASTERS, INCLUDING:
LOCAL LEGENDS:
David Bancroft, Acre, Bow & Arrow
Brandon Cain, Saw’s BBQ
Andrew Lilly, Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
Van Sykes, Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q
Rusty Tucker, Rusty’s Bar-B-Q
Woodrow Washington III, Archibald’s and Woodrow’s Bbq
Lavaris Tinker, Dreamland Bar-B-Que
SOUTHERN SMOKERS:
Nick Barr, Buxton Hall Barbecue
Erica Blaire, Blue Smoke Blaire’s Competition BBQ
Pat Martin, Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint
Rodney Scott, Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ
Jiyeon Lee and Cody Taylor, Heirloom Market bbq
Shuai Wang, King BBQ
LIVE FIRE + TAILGATE BITES:
Alabama Peanut Company
Brittanny Anderson, Brenner Pass
Erica Barrett, SOCU Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Sedesh Boodram Wilkerson, The Anvil Pub and Grill
Adam Evans, Automatic Seafood and Oysters
Ramon Gonzales, Ovenbird
David Guas, Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen
Jonathan Harrison
Rob McDaniel, Helen
Steve McHugh, Landrace
Brian Mooney, Tre Luna Bar & Kitchen
Robbie Nicolaisen, The Hound
Misti Norris, Petra and the Beast
Geri-Martha and Ryan O’Hara, Big Spoon Creamery
Lee Pantazis, Gus’s Hot Dogs
Phillip Powell, Aww Shucks Alabama’s Original Gourmet Street Corn
Hero Doughnuts & Buns
April Robinson, Hamilton Cornerstore



Main Stage
The FOOD + Fire main stage will feature demos from some of the South’s best live-fire and barbecue chefs curated by Southern Living.

The Coca-Cola Music Stage


Hop City Craft Beer + Wine Garden
FEATURING UNLIMITED BREWS FROM
10+ LOCAL AND REGIONAL BREWERIES