Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2025-10-10 – 2025-10-11 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, ROXANNE GOULD
Grand Champion: Kings BBQ Team (710.8684) · 90 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOGGS HOG 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
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Kings BBQ Team took the Grand Championship home to GA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
11 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS and SLINGIN MEATS tied on 178.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HOT DADDY'S BBQ and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ and POOR BOYS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023), Scuffletown Smokers (won 2024).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1650 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Kings BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 87 | 702.8228 | Scuffletown Smokers | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2025-10-10 ← this one | 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 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 177.7028 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
90 entries · top 710.8684 · median 686.5142
Chicken
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
89 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 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 — Cc - Homeland
44 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.7086 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 3 | Kuykendall's Barbecue Co | |
| 4 | B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM | |
| 5 | LC BBQ | |
| 6 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 7 | Scooter -n- Clarke | |
| 8 | JCs GOOD OL BOYS | |
| 9 | Grillas in the Mist | |
| 10 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 11 | Cook Cartel | |
| 12 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 13 | Cozy Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 16 | POLISH Bbq KING - SMOKER | |
| 17 | FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 19 | PIG CANDY BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 20 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 22 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 23 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 24 | SWEET BELLY'S BBQ | |
| 25 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 26 | First Class BBQ | |
| 27 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 28 | Cook the books | |
| 29 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 30 | Parrilleros Acuna | |
| 31 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 32 | SweetMax BBQ | |
| 33 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ | |
| 34 | A & A BBQ Team Switzerland | |
| 35 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 36 | House of Que | |
| 37 | 3 EYZ BBQ | |
| 38 | WEQ4U | |
| 39 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 40 | Osdorp Grillers (NL) | |
| 41 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 42 | Black Forest | |
| 43 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 44 | Cajun Blaze |
Ancillary — Dessert
63 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sauce
87 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4056