Oct 26–27, 2018 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
BUTCHER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) on October 26, 2018 in Lynchburg, TN at Wiseman Park, scoring 700.5372 in a field of 102 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5256. Category winners: Chicken — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Brisket — GRILLIN' BEAVERS (178.8800). This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 98% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
BUTCHER BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BUTCHER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 5 tracked editions
COOL SMOKE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4632 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1682 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 8–9: BONE TO BARK BBQ and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and HOGLINE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BLUE CHIP BBQ and Rogue Hog BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2014), ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (won 2017).
Bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data
102 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
This contest usually draws about 94 teams
102 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 94.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2014 | Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN 37352 | 92 | 694.7884 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN 37352 | 93 | 698.2516 | COOL SMOKE | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 96 | 701.1084 | COOL SMOKE | PIGSKIN BBQ |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 95 | 708.0684 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | TheAmericanDreamBBQTeam |
| Oct 26, 2018 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 102 | 700.5372 | BUTCHER BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.5716 | 176 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5828 | 174.2972 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
102 entries · top 700.5372 · median 668.4858
102 entries · top 180 · median 167.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
102 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
102 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
102 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.8514
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.
43 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8800
63 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
91 entries · top 180 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180