Defending champion
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Kings BBQ Team won the most recent scored edition (2025-10-10).
- Oct 10, 2025
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2026
Oct 9–10, 2026 · Lynchburg, TN
📅 Coming up — Oct 9–10, 2026 in Lynchburg, TN. Results appear here once KCBS posts them after the contest.
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Reps: Carolyn Wells, Charlie Brinza, Roxanne Gould
The Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2026 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest scheduled for October 9, 2026 in Lynchburg, TN. Full results, category by category, are posted here once KCBS publishes them. This is the 6th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Kings BBQ Team.
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
No scores yet — here is what the record book says about the contest they are walking into.
Contest record
710.8684
the score to beat here
The highest overall score here is 710.8684, set by Kings BBQ Team in 2025.
- 2025
- Kings BBQ Team
Typical draw
88
teams on an average year
This contest has averaged 88 teams across 5 scored editions.
- biggest 97
- 5 scored editions
The regulars
5×
visits by the most frequent entrant
POLISH Bbq KING - SMOKER has cooked this contest 5 times — more than any other team in the data.
- POLISH Bbq KING - SMOKER ×5
- Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ×4 · 1 GC
- CHUNKY BBQ ×4
- IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ×4
- Small Axe BBQ ×4
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.
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 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 90 | 710.8684 | Kings BBQ Team | — |
| Oct 9, 2026 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |