Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2024-10-11 – 2024-10-12 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, ROXANNE GOULD
Grand Champion: Scuffletown Smokers (702.8228) · 87 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS took the Grand Championship home to IN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
RAZORRACKS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1649 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-25 | Lynchburg, TN | 97 | 693.1200 | COOL SMOKE | A BOY & HIS BBQ | |
| 2022-10-14 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 83 | 703.4056 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 81 | 699.4056 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | B'Mackin BBQ |
| 2024-10-11 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 87 | 702.8228 | Scuffletown Smokers | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2025-10-10 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 90 | 710.8684 | Kings BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Lynchburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.2972 | 176.0000 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
87 entries · top 702.8228 · median 679.9312
Chicken
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
86 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
87 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Dessert
70 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sauce
83 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.8228