Clark Crew BBQ wins The Jack

Clark Crew BBQ wins The Jack
Jack Daniel Master Distiller Jeff Arnett and Assistant Master Distiller Chris Fletcher with Clark Crew BBQ, the 2019 winner of The Jack. {Photo courtesy of Jack Daniel’s}

LOCAL NEWS — Clark Crew BBQ won top honors last night at the 31st annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. It’s their fifth time to compete and first Grand Champion win.

They traveled all the way from Yukon, Oklahoma to earn $25,000, braggin’ right for the year, and a guaranteed invitation to defend their title next year.

“It’s just amazing, really.  We’re completely thrilled to win The Jack,” said Pitmaster Travis Clark. “At every event we compete in, we try to be as consistent as possible.  We felt great about our entries this year at The Jack, so we were just really hopeful that the judges liked them enough for us to be successful.”   

Travis credits fierce competition on the KCBS sanctioned circuit as a secret to his team’s success. Led by Travis and his wife, Kimberly, the team began competing in 2013. They’ve amassed 650 Top 10 awards since then, including the overall title at the 2017 American Royal World Series of Barbecue.

It was close this year, with three team scoring above 700. Here’s a list of the final standings:

Rank Team Name Total

1 Clark Crew BBQ 705.1544

2 Shake ‘n Bake BBQ 703.4056

3 Redneck Scientific 700.5256

4 T Mac Smokin 699.9884

5 Bunch of Swines 699.4056

6 Timbone Barbeque 698.2856

7 Burnin and Lootin 694.8456

8 Rio Valley Meat BBQ 694.2972

9 Boomerang BBQ 693.1428

10 Smokin’ Gringo’s BBQ 693.1084

11 Paddy McQ’s 693.0972

12 Good Smoke BBQ 692.5600

13 Rusty’s BBQ 691.9772

14 Smoke324 BBQ 690.7768

15 Uncle Pig’s Barbeque Pit 690.2168

16 White Squirrel Bbq 689.7028

17 Big Raz BBQ 689.6456

18 Fire Down Below 689.0512

19 Gettin’ Basted 686.8228

20 Pig-Chicka-Cow-Cow 686.8224

21 Grey Street BBQ 686.2860

22 Spitfire 686.2628

23 Miss Piggy’s U.K. 686.1940

24 Angry Jack BBQ 685.1540

25 Contagious Q 685.1312

26 Old Colony Smokehouse 685.1196

27 4 Legs Up BBQ 685.0968

28 Buckshot BBQ 684.6400

29 Vallee A/C Cold Smoke 684.5484

30 Team Meat Coma 683.9656

31 Razorracks 683.4056

32 Double G Southern Bbq 682.8344

33 Rub My Rack 682.1824

34 iBQ’[email protected] 681.0972

35 Big Poppa Smokers 679.9084

36 Sublime BBQ 679.9084

37 Warpig BBQ 679.4172

38 Continental Barbecue Co. 679.3940

39 BBQ Rangers Belgium 679.3828

40 SmellaQue 679.3708

41 Insane Swine BBQ 678.1824

42 Rooters-n-Tooters 677.6224

43 You Que’d Me All Night Long 675.9656

44 Aporkalypse Now 675.9428

45 Keep Calm & Sauce On 675.9196

46 %23Midnight Smokers BBQ 675.8972

47 Fire At The End of the Day 675.3484

48 Smokin O’s 674.1596

49 Operation BBQ Relief 673.7256

50 Cool Smoke 673.6684

51 Smokey and His Bandits 673.6112

52 Smoke Me Silly 673.0856

53 Iowa’s Smokey D’s BBQ 673.0284

54 Local Yokels BBQ 671.9312

55 A Mazie Q 671.8972

56 Rocky Mountain Smokers 670.8000

57 Montana Outlaw BBQ 670.7768

58 Brisket Bones n Brews 670.7768

59 WV Loc-N-Loaded BBQ 670.1940

60 Parrothead Smokers 669.0396

61 Heavy Smoke STL 667.9312

62 The Specialists 667.9196

63 Smokin’ Hoggz BBQ 667.8740

64 Divine Swine 667.3828

65 Moe Cason Barbeque 666.2172

66 Smokin’ Rack BBQ 663.3024

67 Fastlane BBQ Crew 662.7540

68 M&K BBQ 662.7424

69 Eggspert BBQ Minnesota 662.7200

70 Killer V Cooking Team 661.7024

71 Parkstad Smokers 661.6220

72 Ridge Route Boys BBQ 661.1312

73 B-S BBQ Outlaws 661.0056

74 Weekendsmokers Competition BBQ Team 660.5024

75 The Pig’s Pajamas BBQ 660.4568

76 Cajun Blaze 659.8628

77 BBQ Freaks Puerto Rico 659.3028

78 Butcher BBQ 657.0280

79 Suncity BBQ 655.9424

80 Dante’s Inferno 654.7884

81 Pelon Parrillero 650.8344

82 Luna Smoke 650.2168

83 Team Bbqwar NZ 649.6112

84 Grill Ueli BBQ Team 649.0284

85 Maddogs’ BBQ 646.6628

86 Swamp Boys 644.5024

87 Smoke Troopers 643.9772

88 Cooklounge BBQ 643.9196

89 BBQ Brothers 643.9196

90 Sweaty Hogs 641.0972

91 Good Old BBQ 638.2404

92 Black Forest 630.2512

93 Fine Young Carnivores 629.6000

94 Food Venture 628.4112

95 Swine Fellows 623.3140

96 Salzburger Barbecue Bulls 614.6968

97 Polish BBQ King-Smoker 610.2056