Decided by a tiebreaker
Tie
identical totals at the top
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2024
Oct 11–12, 2024 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza, Roxanne Gould
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) on October 11, 2024 in Lynchburg, TN at Wiseman Park, scoring 702.8228 in a field of 87 teams. JANKY LEG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8228. Category winners: Chicken — HOT COLE'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — RAZORRACKS (180.0000); Pork — RAZORRACKS (180.0000); Brisket — LC BBQ (180.0000). This is the 4th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
507.38
median 679.93
702.82 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 180 🔥
20
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Entries
87
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
702.8228
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
672.03
507.38702.82
median 679.93 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
1.7028 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
693.0740
507.38702.82
10th place overall
Field spread
195.4400
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 22%
beats 78% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
25%
20 of 81 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Won without a category win
2 of 4
meats called to the stage
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 19th
- Pork Ribs 13th
- Pork 9th
- Brisket 4th
A day of perfect scores
6
perfect 180s
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- LC BBQ · Brisket
- HOT COLE'S BBQ · Chicken
- RAZORRACKS · Pork
A knife fight at the top
3.9888
points across the top five
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9888 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
- 1st SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS
- 2nd JANKY LEG BBQ
- 3rd RAZORRACKS
- 4th TRIPLE H BBQ
- 5th LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 6–7: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ and BOGGS HOG BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: RAZORRACKS and ELJEFE SMOKE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Casual Smokers SC and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
RAZORRACKS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023).
- Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit · 2023
One of the big ones
87
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data
87 teams — bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
This contest's own records (1 in the KCBS record book)
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
| 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 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 81 | 699.4056 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | B'Mackin BBQ |
| Oct 11, 2024 ← this one | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.2972 | 176 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
87 entries · top 702.8228 · median 679.9312
Chicken
87 entries · top 180 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 180 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
86 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
87 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Chef'S Choice / Homeland
39 entries · top 180 · median 172 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Dessert
70 entries · top 180 · median 175.1372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sauce
83 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.8228