Oct 25–26, 2019 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza · Prize money: $69,100
Clark Crew BBQ won Grand Champion at the 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) on October 25, 2019 in Lynchburg, TN at Wiseman Park, scoring 705.1544 in a field of 97 teams. Shake 'n Bake BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.4056. Category winners: Chicken — Redneck Scientific (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Double G Southern Bbq (180.0000); Pork — Redneck Scientific (180.0000); Brisket — Paddy McQ's (180.0000).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Clark Crew BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: Double G Southern Bbq and Bunch of Swines tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Grey Street BBQ and Contagious Q tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Contagious Q and Rusty's BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Redneck Scientific won Chicken, Pork — a double.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data
97 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.0344 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1428 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.1428 | 175.4056 |
97 entries · top 705.1544 · median 673.7256
97 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2628
97 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
97 entries · top 180 · median 168.0116 · 🔥 perfect 180
97 entries · top 180 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 180 · median 169.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 2 | Double G Southern Bbq | |
| 3 | Killer V Cooking Team | |
| 4 | #Midnight Smokers BBQ | |
| 5 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | |
| 6 | Miss Piggy's U.K. | |
| 7 | Cooklounge BBQ | |
| 8 | A Mazie Q | |
| 9 | Smokin O's | |
| 10 | BBQ Rangers Belgium | |
| 11 | Vallee A/C Cold Smoke | |
| 12 | Rocky Mountain Smokers | |
| 13 | Smokin' Rack BBQ | |
| 14 | Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | |
| 15 | Good Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Redneck Scientific | |
| 17 | Aporkalypse Now | |
| 18 | Warpig BBQ | |
| 19 | White Squirrel Bbq | |
| 20 | Parkstad Smokers | |
| 21 | Maddogs' BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin' Hoggz BBQ | |
| 23 | Fine Young Carnivores | |
| 24 | Grill Ueli BBQ Team | |
| 25 | Swine Fellows | |
| 26 | Food Venture | |
| 27 | Salzburger Barbecue Bulls | |
| 28 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 29 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | |
| 30 | Good Old BBQ | |
| 31 | Black Forest | |
| 32 | Sweaty Hogs | |
| 33 | Local Yokels BBQ | |
| 34 | Boomerang BBQ | |
| 35 | Operation BBQ Relief | |
| 36 | Parrothead Smokers | |
| 37 | Fastlane BBQ Crew | |
| 38 | Luna Smoke | |
| 39 | Cajun Blaze | |
| 40 | Team Bbqwar NZ | |
| 41 | Polish BBQ King-Smoker | |
| 42 | BBQ Brothers | |
| 43 | Pelon Parrillero |
50 entries · top 180 · median 175.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
77 entries · top 180 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180