Holy Smoke! This live-fire team is just getting started
Dakari Akorede (left), and Justin Robinson, pitmasters for the Atlanta-based live-fire team Holy Smoke, competed in the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hot off the grill from filming the seventh season of Food Network’s “BBQ Brawl,” Dakari Akorede decided to try his hand at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
Akorede and Justin Robinson are the pitmasters for the Atlanta-based live-fire team Holy Smoke, and Akorede called it a “blessing” for them to be accepted into the live-fire competition, since only 20 teams were allowed to compete.
“Open flame always interested me, but I didn’t ever think I could compete in it,” he said. “We’re probably the most unknown team here.”
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She has been with The Daily Memphian since July 2023, first starting as a business reporter covering various beats. Now, she covers food, restaurants, and hospitality and tourism.
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