On Saturday, October 28, 2006, the Jack Daniel�s Distillery and the people of Lynchburg, Tennessee, will host more than 60 award-winning barbecue teams at the 18th Annual Jack Daniel�s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. An opportunity exists for a UK journalist or film crew to accompany the former world champions from the UK and possibly even compete as a member of the team.

Jackie and Rick Weight of the American BBQ Co have been invited to return to compete for the title � which they have already won once before, in 2004.

They are the only non American team ever to win the competition.

The Jack Daniel�s Invitational is the most prestigious barbecue competition in the world.

BBQ Champions from across the United States and around the world compete in the categories of Pork Ribs, Pork Shoulder, ,Beef Brisket and Chicken. International teams enjoy being especially creative by entering their �Home Cookin� from the Homeland,� while the U.S. championship teams do the same with their �Cook�s Choice.�

Now, having won the title once already and become total converts to the American �smoker� method of barbequing, Rick and Jackie are the sole distributors for two leading American brands of barbeque: Cookshack (Europe) and Traeger (UK & Ireland).

They distribute and sell the barbeque machines, accessories and also the wood pellets which are used to give the unique �smoke� flavour � a flavour which is well known to our American cousins, but relatively untried here in the UK.

For the Jack Daniels Invitational they will be competing on a Cookshack Fast Eddy Smoker BBQ.

If you would like more information about the competition and are interested in joining Jackie and Rick for the competition, please contact Alison Jee on 020 8744 0744. www.americanbbq.co.uk