The Jack Comes to Lynchburg This Weekend, a Week After the Royal
Barbecue's hardest invitation to get runs October 9 and 10, free to attend. Last weekend's American Royal Invitational was decided by 0.0116 points.
The Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue, known as the Jack, runs October 9 and 10 at Wiseman Park in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Only around 90 teams get in, each having won a qualifying contest such as a state championship, and the field usually includes a deep international contingent. Admission has traditionally been free, with a voluntary donation to the Moore County schools.
It comes a week after the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, which ran September 30 to October 4 on the Royal's new campus in Kansas City, Kansas, for the first time. Because the campus is still under construction, the event was limited to invited guests, with no main stage or public activities, and turkey was dropped from the categories.
The Royal's Invitational came down to a hundredth of a point. Pennsylvania's B's Que won with 709.6916, ahead of Munny's Stove at 709.6800, with Porky Butts BBQ third, according to the Smoke Sheet newsletter, which links the full KCBS results. Sunday's Open, with 360 teams including 22 from 11 countries, went to Smokey Bey's Barbecue of Charles Winslow-Bey at 708.5600, ahead of Pop A Top Cookers and Porky Butts. A nine-year-old from Croatia won the Kids Que at her first competition. The Royal itself had not posted results on its site when this was written.
If you are going to Lynchburg, arrive early: parking fills quickly in a town of a few hundred people.
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