Posted by Kurt, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood, on Aug 13, 2011 at 9:02 am

Red Smoke Grill has the best that I have tried so far. I think there is a Kinder's in town as well which is probably good. If you do Red Smoke make sure to try the tri-tip sandwich with the chipotle/corn salsa/spread. (My fav)

Yelp has the top listed as:

Dickey's BBQ

Kinder's

Red Smoke

Web Link

Red Smoke won the Best of Awards this year.

Posted by Armidillo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Aug 13, 2011 at 4:09 pm

I like Armidillo's up Santa Rita, right past the 580 overpass.

Posted by GMan, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood, on Aug 18, 2011 at 11:00 am

I've had good BBQ at Red Smoke, Dickeys, and Kinders. I like the Tri-tip best at Red Smoke.

Posted by ptownright, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Sep 10, 2011 at 9:03 pm

Unfortunately, Kinders is about as good and close you'll get to good BBQ here. We lost Rodericks BBQ years ago and since then it's been scarce.

Red Smoke is good, but overpriced. Dickeys portions are just way too small for the price you pay, but the rolls are great. Overall, for price, quantity, and taste Kinders is the best here.

Posted by Cholo, a resident of Livermore, on Sep 16, 2012 at 11:36 am

May I kindly suggest that you all stop eating meat? Thank you.

perhaps consider cutting the cheese...

Posted by Armadillo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm

Cholo must really be desperate to pull out a year old BBQ thread.

I couldn't figure the 1400 posts at first, with only 5 showing.

I go to Armadilo Willy's myself...something for the whole family,

Maybe Brisket could let us know what he thinks is best.

Posted by Jim, a resident of another community, on Sep 16, 2012 at 10:50 pm

McRibs. Incomparable. Get them with the large super fries. Chocolate shake. Mmmmmmm. Our family stopped there and ate right prior to this year's Tea Party fest. Can't wait for next year.

Posted by Drexl, a resident of the Ironwood neighborhood, on Sep 17, 2012 at 3:26 pm

I liked Sauces in Livermore, that was pretty good. Rodericks was supposed to open back up in that building, guess it will never reopen.