Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2024-10-11 – 2024-10-12 · Lynchburg, TN
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, ROXANNE GOULD
Grand Champion: Scuffletown Smokers (702.8228) · 87 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
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
21 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1648 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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-25 | 97 | 693.1200 | COOL SMOKE | |
| 2022-10-14 | Lynchburg, TN | 83 | 703.4056 | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | Lynchburg, TN | 81 | 699.4056 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit |
| 2024-10-11 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | 87 | 702.8228 | Scuffletown Smokers |
| 2025-10-10 | Lynchburg, TN | 90 | 710.8684 | Kings BBQ Team |
| 2026-10-09 | Lynchburg, TN | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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
Master Series — Brisket
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Chicken
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
87 entries · top 702.8228 · median 679.9312
Master Series — Pork
86 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180