Outdoor Cooking in Knoxville, TN (2026)
1 verified outdoor cooking rules for Knoxville, Tennessee, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Smoker Rules
Knoxville requires any food truck using a smoker to operate at least 100 feet from residential zoning, and mandates safety cones or fencing around barrel smokers.
Knoxville Food Truck Smoker Setback Rule
Some RestrictionsKnoxville Code of Ordinances § 16-571(4)(a), (17) (Ord. No. O-55-2016, § 1, 4-26-16)
Any MFU using a smoker shall operate at least one hundred (100) feet from the boundary of any residentially zoned property, regardless of the use on the residentially zoned property, as measured in a straight line...Any barrel smoker used in conjunction with a MFU shall use at least four (4) twenty-eight-inch tall traffic safety cones, which shall be placed at each corner of the barrel smoker.
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