It's being held this weekend in Lynchburg, Tennesse... This is the holy grail in the competitive BBQ world... It's the most difficult Invitational competition to get into. Since they only have room for about 60 teams, they have a draw system to make sure each state is represented, and they also invite 10-14 International teams. So just winning a big BBQ competition is usually not enough to get in, you also have to get your name drawn for the state you won in. (Or just win SEVEN qualifying competitions in the same year LOL) This year they even applied the draw rules to Canada - for example, in B.C. there were two qualifying events in the past year but only one of those teams received an invitation - House of Q, friends of PS&S from Surrey, BC.
There were two events in Canada in 2009 that provided an automatic invitation - the Manitoba Open, which as a first year event just needed 15 teams to become a qualifier. The other was the Canadian National BBQ Championships held in Whistler on the August long weekend. That event was won by Smoke & Bones, a BBQ caterer and competition team from North Vancouver.
Today I will be flying into Nashville to join Smoke & Bones at Justin's gracious invitation. It is a huge honor to be competing in the Jack, and I'm going to work my butt off to make sure we do as well as possible. I'm also looking forward to being among BBQ royalty. I saw most of these teams in Kansas City but since this is a smaller venue maybe I'll get a chance to meet a few more of them.
Click here for more details on "The Jack". You will have to enter your age and country. (Pick the U.S. or the Barbecue contest won't be visible to you)
To read more about Smoke & Bones and the JACK experience please visit the blog. http://smokeandbonesbbq.blogspot.com/
Justin is on a very long BBQ road trip, first stopping at the American Royal, before sweeping through Metropolis, IL to pick up some more BBQ awards, then the Jack. After that he's headed to the Best of the Best in Douglas, GA before meandering back home through LA and TX.
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