Barbecue royalty lives here
Alvarado is home to pitmaster Johnny Trigg of the Smokin' Triggers barbecue team. He won the Jack Daniel's World Invitational Barbecue championship in 2000 and again in 2003, the first pitmaster to win it twice, and he went into the Barbecue Hall of Fame in 2012.
Source: American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame (opens in a new tab)
