LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Smoke will return to the Holler in October and this year’s Jack Daniel’s World Invitational Barbecue promises to be the largest and most exciting in the past couple of years with 23 international teams returning to compete after two years of travel complications created by the pandemic.
Lynchburg’s annual event always proves to be a colorful one but adding teams from Australia to Italy back into the mix will be sure to kick it up a notch. In particular, international teams always add a bit of pizazz to the Parade of Teams that happens on the Friday before the Barbecue. As any local can tell you, the unofficial kick off to the event is worth the trip to Lynchburg as close to 100 teams will parade from Wiseman Park through the historic Lynchburg Square on their way to Barbecue Hill throwing favors along the way like Lynchburg’s own little Mardi Gras parade.
To qualify to compete in The Jack – considered by many to be the Super Bowl of competitive barbecue competitions – teams must win a state championship with at least 25 other teams competing or any other competition of 50 teams or more. There are also several Kansas City Barbecue Society event winners who earn an automatic invitation including winners from this year’s Memphis in May, The American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open, and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. And, of course, last year’s winner, Gettin’ Basted, will return to defend their crown. The final competitors were selected during a blind drawing of all eligible teams last week.
Teams will compete in seven categories : Pork Ribs, Pork Shoulder/Butts, Beef Brisket, Chicken, Dessert, Cook’s Choice and Jack Daniel’s Sauce.
2022 team will include:
US TEAMS
16 Mesh BBQ
3N1 Q – #12 overall finisher in 2021
4 Legs Up BBQ
American Heroes BBQ
Big Boots BBQ
Big Poppa Smokers – #4 overall finisher from 2021
Bleacher Bums BBQ
Blues Hog BBQ – 2022 Memphis in May winner
BnB bbq
Chunky BBQ
Crooked Pig
D’Qued Barbeque
Drilling and Grilling
East Texas Smokers
Fergolicious BBQ LLC
Fred Vegas Smokes
Gettin’ Basted – 2021 The Jack winner
Girls Can Grill
Good Googly Goo BBQ
Heavy Smoke BBQ
Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers
Hogline
Holy Smokers BBQ
Insane Swine BBQ
Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ
Janky Leg BBQ
Kickin’ Ashes
Kith n’ Kin
Last Call Heroes BBQ
LC BBQ
Local Yokels BBQ
Loot N’ Booty BBQ
Mcadoo Heights BBQ
Montana Outlaw BBQ
Oakella Que
Petie’s Smokin Pits BBQ
Phoenix BBQ
Piggin’ Whiskey
Pirates Of Bar B Que Bay
Rhode Hog BBQ
RJs Smokehouse
Sharpe Gourmet Cooking Wood
Shiggin & Grinnin
Shiggin Ain’t Easy
Slaps BBQ – #2 overall in 2021
Small Axe BBQ
Smoke Me Silly
Smoke N’ Ash BBQ
Smokin Leftys BBQ
Smokin Sweetmeats
SmokinGhostBBQ
Son of a Boar BBQ
Stoake D Fire.com
Swine Life BBQ
The Hog Mafia
The Pig’s Pajamas BBQ
Tire Smoke BBQ
Top Gun Barbecue
Triple H BBQ – 2022 The American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open winner
Uncle Pig’s Barbeque Pit
Vallee A/C Cold Smoke
Williamson County Go Texan – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest winner
Wolf’s Revenge BBQ
YSB BBQ
International Teams
Australia – Ribs n pig bbq
Austria – COOKLOUMGE BBQ
Belgium – Barbecoa BBQ Team
Brazil – Churras de Patrao
Canada – Brisket Butts, Frozen Torque BBQ, Rusty’s BBQ
Costa Rica – Justice BBQ
Czech Republic – Bohemian BBQ
Denmark – BBQ Team Smoke It All
Estonia – BBQ Symphony
Finland – Sweaty Hogs
Germany – Grillteam GutGlut e.V.
Hungary – SunCity BBQ
Italy – All You Can Smoke BBQ
Netherlands – PureBBQ, Southern Dutch BBQ
Poland – Polish BBQ Mafia, Polish Bbq KINGS-Smoker
Slovenia – Grillers – BBQ Passion
Sweden – Clean Smoke BBQ
United Kingdom – Uncle Tony’s Cockney Q
You can get more information at the event’s official website. The Times will also start publishing articles leading up to the event beginning on October 1. •
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