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Put the brakes on your New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds until the day after the Tampa Bay Barbecue Festival, which runs Jan. 11-12. You will find over 100 dishes from the state’s 30 best BBQ teams working their grills and smokers.
VIP attendees ($45 presale) can sample each brisket and cast their vote for the Brisket Bay VIP Award (as well as partake in the small batch whiskey bar). Indulge in craft beers and cocktails, watch mural artists paint and jive to live music – general admission tickets are $7 with prepurchase and kids under 12 are free.
– Eve Lederman, The 100 Companies