A day of perfect scores
11
perfect 180s
11 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- BOGGS HOG BBQ · Brisket
- Dog Bite Barbecue · Brisket
- Bad Bears BBQ · Chicken
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2025
Oct 10–11, 2025 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza, Roxanne Gould
Kings BBQ Team won Grand Champion at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) on October 10, 2025 in Lynchburg, TN at Wiseman Park, scoring 710.8684 in a field of 90 teams. BOGGS HOG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 704.5484. Category winners: Chicken — Bad Bears BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Kings BBQ Team (180.0000); Pork — BLUE CHIP BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — BOGGS HOG BBQ (180.0000). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Scuffletown Smokers; the next is scheduled for October 9, 2026.
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.
526.88
median 686.51
710.87 🏆
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 🔥
146.79
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Entries
90
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary
Top score
710.8684
Winning margin
6.3200
GC over RC
Field average
682.00
526.88710.87
median 686.51 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
11 🔥
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
0 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
696.5256
526.88710.87
10th place overall
Field spread
183.9884
winner to last place
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Came back for more
32%
28 of 87 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (5 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 23 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Chicken 7–8 · tie
How the title was won
2 of 4
meats called to the stage
Kings BBQ Team took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 13th
- Brisket 18th
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit (won 2023), Scuffletown Smokers (won 2024).
- Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit · 2023
- Scuffletown Smokers · 2024
One of the big ones
90
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data
90 teams — bigger than 98% 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 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 87 | 702.8228 | Scuffletown Smokers | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 10, 2025 ← this one | 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 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 180 | 177.7028 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
90 entries · top 710.8684 · median 686.5142 · out of 720, not the usual 720
Chicken
90 entries · top 180 · median 172.2972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
90 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
90 entries · top 180 · median 171.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
89 entries · top 180 · 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 · 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 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sauce
87 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4056