Oct 13–14, 2023 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza, Roxanne Gould
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT won Grand Champion at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) on October 13, 2023 in Lynchburg, TN at Wiseman Park, scoring 699.4056 in a field of 81 teams. B'Mackin BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2516. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (177.7028); Pork Ribs — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000); Pork — Smoke 'n Magic (178.8800); Brisket — More Better Barbecue (178.8572). This is the 3rd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Heavy Smoke BBQ; the next was held in 2024.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 80% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1540 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5828 points.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: HOT DADDY'S BBQ and Mispillion Meat Works tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 58th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Heavy Smoke BBQ (won 2022).
Bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data
81 teams — bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2013 | Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 97 | 693.1200 | COOL SMOKE | A BOY & HIS BBQ |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 83 | 703.4056 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| Oct 13, 2023 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 81 | 699.4056 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | B'Mackin BBQ |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 87 | 702.8228 | Scuffletown Smokers | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 90 | 710.8684 | Kings BBQ Team | — |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Lynchburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 174.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7144 | 175.4288 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 176.5716 | 174.8572 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 176.5828 |
81 entries · top 699.4056 · median 679.3600
81 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5256
81 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
81 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.7028
81 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7028
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
35 entries · top 180 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
50 entries · top 180 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
69 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6912