First Comp Results - Harrison, AR

Hey All,

So a buddy of mine, his wife, and I jumped in and did our first competition last weekend in Harrison, AR. Wow! We had a great time and learned a lot. Our neighbors were overwhelmingly friendly and helpful. The reps were really cool. Etc, etc, etc. We had a blast.



Thanks to hours and hours (and hours) of reading through the Brethren forums, we didn't jump in totally unprepared. We have A LOT to learn still, but we were very pleased with our first effort.

Chicken
989 999 989 998 988 988
Ribs
887 887 989 877 988 877
Pork
999 978 999 999 899 886
Brisket
987 888 988 888 889 978

We loved our chicken (and it's scores), but still only took 13th. There must have been some damn good chicken all around that day.

We tanked our ribs, but pretty much know what went wrong. I had a sick kid on Monday and fixed the rib problem. More than anything, they just needed more attention to detail.

We took 4th in pork, offsetting the entry fee. Huge win for us there. Getting our first walk on our first competition was a rush.

Brisket was good, but not great.

All in all, it was a great experience and we're sad we waited this long into the season to get started. Now we face the long wait until next season. Ughhh. Time for lots and lots of practice cooks.

Looking forward to more.

-Bret

Thanks David. It was great and we're looking forward to more.

Thanks all! We're definitely hooked.

We meant to go around and introduce ourselves to the Brethren teams, but as it turns out, a rookie team gets a little, um, panicky and busy. Who knew?

Cayman1, grats on the chicken!

-Bret

Absolutely. That must have been some damn fine chicken.

Thanks!