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KCBS in Alaska AK
15 tracked contests over 5.2 years,
39 teams on the scoresheets — the 58th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 2
contests in 2026 · 5 teams competing
Teams competed 39
distinct teams on record
Typical field 8
teams · biggest 12
Avg winning score 698.49
Master · of 720 · best 710.82
Avg category score 167.85
across 228 meat entries
Perfect 180s 5 🔥
21.9 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 7
titles handed out here
State championships 2 🏅
on the calendar
Towns 5
9 venues · 11 recurring contests
Seasons on record 6
2021 – 2026
Published purses $20,900
across 8 contests that listed one
Cancelled 2
not counted as contests held
How Alaska stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Alaska's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
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Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
Contests per season (up to 2026)
When they cook (month of year)
Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)
What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)
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How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
167.49
+2.33
65
2
30.8
Pork Ribs
168.78
+5.16
67
1
14.9
Pork
168.43
+4.14
48
1
20.8
Brisket
166.47
+4.24
48
1
20.8
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Alaska)
Team Contests GCs Last
SMOKEY HAZE 5 1 Jul 26, 2024
Bear's Den BBQ 3 1 Jun 21, 2025
Smoken J's BBQ 3 1 Jul 26, 2024
Holy Trinity BBQ 3 — Jun 21, 2025
JC Holy Smokes 3 — Jul 26, 2024
Alaska's Most Wanted BBQ 3 — Jul 7, 2023
Smoked & Furious 2 1 Jun 21, 2025
J & J BBQ 2 — May 31, 2024
Halfracks Smoke Shack 2 — May 31, 2024
Cowgirls Forever 2 — May 31, 2024
PIG PEOPLE 2 — Jul 7, 2023
White T-Shirt BBQ 2 — Jul 7, 2023
Highest scores in Alaska (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
710.8228 Smoken J's BBQ
Kenai River BBQ Competition May 31, 2024
703.9776 Smoked & Furious
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jun 21, 2025
703.9660 LC BBQ
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jun 21, 2025
701.1200 Holy Trinity BBQ
Kenai River BBQ Competition May 31, 2024
701.0856 Pits and Grills
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jul 26, 2024
699.3716 CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jun 21, 2025
698.8112 BEAR NAKED BBQ
1st Annual Deltana Fair BBQ Competition Jul 22, 2022
698.8000 Sweetie's Bar-B-Q
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jun 21, 2025
698.2404 Smoked & Furious
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Jul 26, 2024
698.2400 SMOKEY HAZE
Kenai River BBQ Competition May 31, 2024
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Alaska)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Delta Junction 5 3 6 Jul 7, 2023
Palmer 4 2 8 Sep 17, 2026
Eagle River 3 3 8 Jun 21, 2025
Soldotna 2 2 8 May 31, 2024
Soldonta 1 1 — Jun 29, 2023
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 30 teams with a recorded finish in Alaska, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
On the map (every mapped contest in Alaska — tap a pin)
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