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K-Train 03-28-2012 10:44 AM

Shaping thighs
 
I usually cook boneles thighs and have no problem shaping them up. I did a practice with old fashion bone in thighs yesterday. I really struggled shapping them up. Any tips?

Q-Dat 03-28-2012 11:09 AM

We do bone in thighs. We try to trim and shape them all as close as possible, but we find that we have to cook two dozen or so to get six that look similar after cooking.

carlyle 03-28-2012 11:26 AM

As and organizer and judge - not a cook- it seems logical to me that either Zumba dancing or and exercise bike are worth a try. :wink::rolleyes::loco:

And now for something completely different .....

K-Train 03-28-2012 11:32 AM

I was thinking P90X

Rich Parker 03-28-2012 11:43 AM

Check out this site.

http://www.howtobbqright.com/

Podge 03-28-2012 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K-Train (Post 1995289)
I usually cook boneles thighs and have no problem shaping them up. I did a practice with old fashion bone in thighs yesterday. I really struggled shapping them up. Any tips?

sorry, no good answer other than practice. After about 50 you should be getting good at it.

MAP 03-28-2012 12:09 PM

That being said for all you judges out there. What scores better bone or boneless?

Parts_Guy 03-28-2012 12:16 PM

We do bone in and I brine them. When done with the brine and a double wash, I shape them in my hand and use long tooth picks to hold them in the shape I want while they cook.

roksmith 03-28-2012 12:59 PM

Start with similar looking(sized) thighs, trim just the nasty that you need to, and let them look like thighs.

boogiesnap 03-28-2012 02:19 PM

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like this....

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i trim the crap out of them.

*edit* note to self, read entire OP before responding.

carlyle 03-28-2012 02:40 PM

MAP - it is what they taste like, not the presence or absence of a bone that determines the score. For appearance- they should look like a thigh.

Boogie snap - those look mighty tempting.

pahutchens 03-28-2012 05:21 PM

I know a lot of work goes into shaping and molding thighs for boxes. Some of them look so 'perfect' its wrong if that makes any sense. Subtlety is lost, a fine line between good looking and surreal
I'm trying to think of an analogy that won't have me in the penalty box....

K-Train 03-28-2012 07:42 PM

Thanks all. I know what you're all saying about natural looking. We've been doing boneless in a pan ala Myron. We've actually scored best in chicken, but I don't like how it looks like something from McDonalds. I'll keep practicing. Thanks for all the tips.


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