Alamo Smokers
Alamo Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 12th of 16 at the 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard (4-meat) avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.1656 | 150.2400 | 153.70 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.2172 | 148.5372 | 151.38 | top 78% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 143.4056 | 153.39 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2512 | 146.2512 | 146.25 | top 94% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
More numbers
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.3828 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score616.4800 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2021 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 45 / 48 (608.4112) | 43 (150.2400) | 45 (148.5372) | 34 (163.3828) | 45 (146.2512) |
| May 17, 2019 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) Riverside, CA | 12 / 16 (616.4800) | 9 (157.1656) | 10 (154.2172) | 15 (143.4056) | — |