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One of the best ways to get to know Pensacola’s food scene is to taste one of the local food trucks.

The third annual Food Truck Slowdown Hunger Games on October 15 encourages Pensacola to sample a few of nine of Pensacola’s most famous names.

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Lineup includes 3-D Eats & Tea, Rolling Embers Brick Oven Pizza, Texan B’s BBQ, MELT Pensacola, Greek’s Catering and Events, Who Dat Po’Boys, Jordan Valley Mediterranean, Cèjo Food Truck, Empanadas N More .

3-D Eats & Tea owner and event organizer Sean DeSmet said: “Some of them I’ve worked with in the past.”

Instead of creating a “magnificent” list of food trucks for the event, DeSmet said he wanted to identify a strong handful of food trucks for customers to try.

The event begins at Pensacola Harley-Davidson, 6385 Pensacola Blvd. at 11am and runs until 4pm, with activities throughout the day including craft vendors, music and family entertainment.

For the past few years, the event has asked customers to rank each food truck they tasted on a scale of 1 to 5 in various categories such as food quality, customer service and cost. Hip Pocket Deli was the first year winner of the event and 3-D Eats & Tea was his second year winner.